Denkyembour District Assembly Holds Last General Meeting for 2021
Posted by Elvis Offei-Bekoe - 27th October, 2021
On Wednesday 27th October 2021, the Denkyembour District Assembly held its last ordinary meeting of the General Assembly for the year 2021 at the District Assembly Hall. The meeting began with an opening prayer at around 9:20 am.
The Presiding Member for the assembly; Honourable Asante Kennedy, called the house to order and gave his opening address. He expressed his gratitude to all assembly members, the Member of Parliament, heads of departments, Nananom and all guests for honouring the invitation. He also appealed to the assembly members to give out their maximum cooperation during the meeting. He then took the house through a discussion on actions taken and recommendations from the previous meeting.
The Social Welfare Officer for the district; Mr. Bernard Abangiba took the house through a presentation on the rollout of LEAP program and how selection is done in the various communities. He also took the house through the process through which e-zwich cards which are used to cash out the monies can be replaced when it gets missing. He also took the house through the appropriate channel to report to in case a LEAP beneficiary passes on.
The District Chief Executive for the Denkyembour District; Honourable Seth Birikorang Ofosu was called upon to deliver his sessional address to the house. He began by expressing his gratitude to all members present. He also expressed his deepest gratitude to all assembly members, heads of departments and Nananom for the respective roles they played in his second nomination and confirmation as District Chief Executive.
He centred his address on Finance, Security, Developmental Projects, Education, Health, Agriculture, Community and Social Development and the just ended general election. He stated that a total of IGF generated by the assembly was Eight Hundred and Seventy-Two Ghana Cedis, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Two Ghana Cedis and Seven Pesewas (GHC 872,892.07) was generated as against a budgeted amount of Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-Seven Ghana Cedis and Fifty Pesewas (GHC 789,127.50) representing 110.61%.
On issues of Agriculture, he stated that the year’s farmers day celebration will organised in Sakyikrom under the theme ‘Planting for Food and Jobs – Consolidating the Food System in Ghana’ and urged assembly members to inform farmers within their electoral areas.
Lastly, on issues of health, he mentioned that one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine persons were tested for COVID, out of which three hundred and eighty-three (383) tested positive. Fifteen (15) persons have died and three hundred and sixty-eight persons have recovered, leaving no active case for the district. He further mentioned that five thousand five hundred and seventy-two (5572) people within the district are fully vaccinated and urged all assembly members to encourage their electorates to vaccinate.
He then presented the report from the Executive Committee and reports from the seven sub-committees of the assembly.
The Presiding Member for the Denkyembour District Assembly; Honourable Asante Kennedy in his closing remarks, expressed his gratitude to all members for making it through the meeting.