Denkyembour District Assembly Holds DPCU Meeting

Posted by Elvis Offei-Bekoe - 28th September 2023

The District Planning Coordinating Unit (DPCU) of the Denkyembour District Assembly met on Thursday, 28th September 2023 to discuss pertinent matters of the assembly. Key on the agenda was the discussion and validation of the 2024 Annual Action Plan.

The chairman for the committee and the District Coordinating Director; Alhaji Shamrock Abdulai Gafaru, in the opening remarks welcomed all members to the committee. He mentioned how important the role of the committee was. He then added members to put in their best towards the meeting.

The District Planning Officer; Mr Mohamed B. Abdulai led the discussion of the draft 2024 Action Plan. He explained that each department had presented the inputs into the action plan which was presented for discussion. Departments that presented their plans were Central Administration, Procurement, Planning, Stores, Budget, Information Services, Social Welfare and Community Development, Statistics, Human Resource, Works, Agriculture, Physical Planning, Finance, Internal Audit, Birth and Death, Education and Health.

After discussion of the plan, the chairman for the committee urged all departments which had certain issues with their inputs into the plan to visit the development planning office and sort out those issues. Departments who were not featured into the plan also were urged to submit their inputs by end of day.

The chairman, in his closing remarks, expressed his gratitude to all members for taking time off their busy schedules to participate in the preparation of the 2024 annual action plan. He then informed the development planning unit to fine-tune the document for onward approval at the development planning sub-committee, Executive Committee and General Assembly.