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| DCE for Bongo, Mr Alexis Ayamdor |
The newly elected District Chief Executive for Bongo,
Alexis Ayamdor says his major priority will be to strengthen and support the
operationalization of the sub-district structures with the aim of ensuring
popular participation at the grassroot level. This, he noted forms part of his
strategic development plan to promote participation in the decision making
process of the assembly since citizens participation on issues of the assembly
is not encouraging. He however announced plans to create social accountability
platforms, particularly at the area council level. With this, communities would
be empowered to make inputs with regards to government policies and programmes
for consideration. Beyond that, decisions made at the town and area council
level could be fed into the district development plan in consultation with
relevant stakeholders at the assembly. Mr Ayamdor also touched on the need for
effective and efficient public service delivery and called on the support of
the people in executing his development agenda, particularly in the area of
education. Quality education as a result will be vigorously pursued with
collaboration with key stakeholders. This, he added, would be done through
effective monitoring and supervision as far as teachers and students are
concerned. Quality education, he further stressed was the bedrock to eradicating
poverty and challenged the people to prioritize education. On water and
sanitation, Mr Ayamdor underscored the urgent need to revisit the existing work
plan contained in the assembly’s strategy documents. The move, he assured would
assist in identifying the key stakeholders in both sectors, and by so doing,
the idea would be set before them for workable solutions to be provided. The high fluoride content in water bodies of
the district Mr Ayamdor indicated will also be given the needed attention as plans
are afoot to deepen external collaboration with donor partners in providing
workable mechanisms to solve the problem. Mr Ayamdor moreover seized the
opportunity to appeal to the Ministry of Water Resources to also show interest
in resolving the challenge. With his vast experience on local governance
issues, Mr Ayamdor is poised to put his expertise to bear and tackle the
developmental deficiencies affecting the district.
GBC
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