1.0PROFILE OF WEST AKIM MUNICIPAL
1.1 Introduction
The West Akim Municipal is one of the thirty-two (32) Districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1421 of 1988 and Local Government Act 462 of 1993. The district was elevated to a Municipal status in 2008. Asamankese is the Municipal capital.
In 2012, a portion of the Municipality was carved out to create a new district, the Upper West Akim District Assembly.
1.1.1Geographical location and size
The West Akim Municipal lies between longitudes 00 25′ West and 00 47′ West and latitudes 500 40′ North and 600.0′ North. It shares boundaries with Denkyembour District to the North; Birim South District to the West; Agona, Awutu-Efutu-Senya and Ga Districts to the South and Suhum Municipal and Upper West Akim District to the East. The total land area of the Municipality is estimated to be 559 km2. The Municipal capital, Asamankese, is about 75 km. North-West of Accra.
1.1.2Vision
The West Akim Municipal Assembly seeks to mobilize resources in partnership with both the public and the private sectors to develop and grow through increase in the incomes its people in its development agenda
1.1.3Mission statement
The West Akim Municipal Assembly exists to proactively improve upon the quality of life of its people by harnessing the resources for the development of the Municipal Assembly.
1.1.5Goal
To harness both human and physical resources for the development of social and economic infrastructure to increase employment and productivity in order to raise the standard of living of the people in the Municipality
1.1.6Organizational Structure-See Appendix ‘A1’
The organizational structure is attached as Appendix ‘A1’
1.2Physical Features
1.2.1 Relief and Drainage
The land is generally undulating with heights ranging between 60 meters and 460 meters above sea level. The highest point is around the Atewa Range, located between Pabi-Wawase and Asamankese in the Northern part of the Municipality, most of which is occupied by the Atewa Range Extension Forest Reserve.
The Municipality is well drained by rivers like Ayensu, Ntoasu, Abukyen, Akora, Supon, Obotwene/Ansing, and Adeiso among others. These flow in the Southern direction. Most of the rivers have their sources in the Atewa Range and a few taking their sources from the Eastern part. The rivers are mostly perennial due to the double maxima rain-fall which feeds them.
1.2.2 Climate
The Municipality lies within the wet-semi-equatorial climatic zone which receives rainfall between 1,238mm and 1,660mm. This is characterized by a double maxima rainfall pattern with which supports all-year round plant growth. The major rainy season is from March to June with the heaviest rainfall in June. The second rainfall season is from September to October. The average temperature ranges between 25.20C minimum and 27.90C maximum. Relative humidity is highest during the rainy season of about 80-95% and 55-80% during the dry season.
1.2.3 Vegetation
The Municipality falls within the semi-deciduous forest. The vegetation is mainly characterized by tall trees with evergreen undergrowth and contains valuable economic trees like Odum, Wawa, Sapele, Obeche, Onyina, Emire and others. Scattered particles of secondary forest are characteristic of the vegetation as a result of indiscriminate farming, lumbering, building and mining activities. The West Akim district has about 42 km2 of the Atewa Range Extension Forest Reserve.
1.2.4 Soils and Suitability for Agriculture
The soils of the district can be classified into four main groups, namely:
- Kumasi-Asuansi/Nta-Ofin, Nsaba-Swedru/Nta-Ofin and Bekwai-Nzima/Oda Soil associations
- Atewa/Ansum, Adawso-Bawjiasi/Nta-Ofin, Atewiredu-Katie and Atukrom-Asikuma/Ansum Soil Associations
- Yaya-Bediesi/Bejua, Nyanao-Tinkong/Opimo and Pimpimso-Sutawa/Bejua Soil Associations
- Chichiwere-Ayensu/Kakum and Amo-Tefle Soil Association
1.2.5 Geology
The municipality is under-lain with Granite and Birimian rock formation, rich in natural resources including gold, clay deposits, diamonds, forest and water resources.
1.2.6 Natural Resources
The natural resources are:
1. Diamond: This is mined at Anomakwadwo
2. Gold: Gold is mined at Akanteng and Awaham.
3. Sand Winning/Stone Quarrying: Sand winning goes on in the district.
1.3 Political Administration
The Local Government Act, 1993, Act 462 established the Municipal Assembly as the highest political and administrative authority with the mandate to initiate development and coordinate all activities aimed at sustained development within the area of its jurisdiction.
The Municipal Assembly is headed by the Chief Executive, who is the political head and the Co-ordinating Director is the head of administration of the municipality. The Municipal Assembly has a total of 48 members, comprising 34 elected members, 14 Government Appointees including the Municipal Chief Executive and 1 Member of Parliament. A number of established sub-committees function as operating arms of the Executive Committee and assist in the implementation of specific activities of the Assembly. The sub-district structure is made of 3 Zonal Councils, namely:
- Asamankese Zonal Council
- Osenase Zonal Council
- Brekumanso Zonal Council
1.4 Cultural and Social Structure
The Municipality is under the jurisdiction of Oseawuo division of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council. The festival celebrated by the people of the Municipality is Ohum .The major ethnic groups are the Akans 48.3% followed by the Ewes, 20.7%; people of the Northern origin, 13.8% and the Ga-Adangbe 17.2%.
The Municipality is predominantly Christian constituting about 81.6% of the population, Muslims 8.5%, traditional religions 1.0% and other religion 9.0%.
1.5 Demographic characteristics
1.5.1 Population size and sex
Table 2.1 shows population size and sex ratio of the Municipal. The total population of West Akim Municipal according to the 2010 population and housing census is 108,298.This is almost three percent of the regional population. The population constitutes sex segregation of 48.2 percent males and 51.8 percent females.
The sex ratio of the Municipal stands at 93.1which shows predominance of females over males in the Municipality. It also implies that for every 100 females there is a corresponding 93 males.
| All Localities | ||
| District/ Sex | Number | Percent |
| Total | 108,298 | 100.0 |
| Male | 52,208 | 48.2 |
| Female | 56,090 | 51.8 |
| Sex Ratio | 93.1 |
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census
1.5.2 Household Size
In total there is a household population of 107,095 in the Municipality with an average household per house of 1.7. The average household per house in urban is 2.3 and that of the rural is 1.3. The population per house in the Municipal is 6.8 and average household size is 4.0. The average household size in the urban (3.7 persons per household) is lower than the rural (4.5 persons per household) areas.
1.6 Dominant economic and agricultural activities
| Industry | Both sexes | Male | Female | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 45,077 | 100.0 | 21,529 | 100.0 | 23,548 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture forestry and fishing | 20,105 | 44.6 | 11,800 | 54.8 | 8,305 | 35.3 |
| Mining and quarrying | 769 | 1.7 | 595 | 2.8 | 174 | 0.7 |
| Manufacturing | 4,708 | 10.4 | 1,548 | 7.2 | 3,160 | 13.4 |
| Electricity gas stream and air conditioning supply | 49 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities | 60 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 28 | 0.1 |
| Construction | 863 | 1.9 | 842 | 3.9 | 21 | 0.1 |
| Wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 8,628 | 19.1 | 1,996 | 9.3 | 6,632 | 28.2 |
| Transportation and storage | 1,647 | 3.7 | 1,598 | 7.4 | 49 | 0.2 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | 2,311 | 5.1 | 151 | 0.7 | 2,160 | 9.2 |
| Information and communication | 52 | 0.1 | 46 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 132 | 0.3 | 86 | 0.4 | 46 | 0.2 |
| Real estate activities | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Professional scientific and technical activities | 602 | 1.3 | 252 | 1.2 | 350 | 1.5 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 217 | 0.5 | 154 | 0.7 | 63 | 0.3 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | 377 | 0.8 | 278 | 1.3 | 99 | 0.4 |
| Education | 1,820 | 4.0 | 989 | 4.6 | 831 | 3.5 |
| Human health and social work activities | 435 | 1.0 | 201 | 0.9 | 234 | 1.0 |
| Arts entertainment and recreation | 222 | 0.5 | 186 | 0.9 | 36 | 0.2 |
| Other service activities | 1,853 | 4.1 | 624 | 2.9 | 1,229 | 5.2 |
| Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods – and services – producing activities of households for own use | 222 | 0.5 | 108 | 0.5 | 114 | 0.5 |
| Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census
1.6.1Employed population 15 years and older by employment sector and sex
| Employment Sector | Both sexes | Male | Female | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 45,077 | 100.0 | 21,529 | 100.0 | 23,548 | 100.0 |
| Public (Government) | 2,713 | 6.0 | 1,679 | 7.8 | 1,034 | 4.4 |
| Private Formal | 1,629 | 3.6 | 1,094 | 5.1 | 535 | 2.3 |
| Private Informal | 40,633 | 90.1 | 18,710 | 86.9 | 21,923 | 93.1 |
| Semi-Public/Parastatal | 29 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.1 |
| NGOs (Local and International) | 73 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |
| Other International Organizations | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census
1.6.2 Employed population 15 years and older by occupation and sex
| Occupation | Both sexes | Male | Female | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 45,077 | 100.0 | 21,529 | 100.0 | 23,548 | 100.0 |
| Managers | 889 | 2.0 | 319 | 1.5 | 570 | 2.4 |
| Professionals | 2,359 | 5.2 | 1,395 | 6.5 | 964 | 4.1 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 726 | 1.6 | 497 | 2.3 | 229 | 1.0 |
| Clerical support workers | 349 | 0.8 | 229 | 1.1 | 120 | 0.5 |
| Service and sales workers | 9,053 | 20.1 | 1,610 | 7.5 | 7,443 | 31.6 |
| Skilled agricultural forestry and fishery workers | 19,731 | 43.8 | 11,514 | 53.5 | 8,217 | 34.9 |
| Craft and related trades workers | 6,964 | 15.4 | 3,007 | 14.0 | 3,957 | 16.8 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 2,573 | 5.7 | 2,368 | 11.0 | 205 | 0.9 |
| Elementary occupations | 2,413 | 5.4 | 574 | 2.7 | 1,839 | 7.8 |
| Other occupations | 20 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census
1.6.3 Type of agricultural activity by type of locality
| Total | Urban | Rural | ||||
| Agric Activity | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Total household | 26,753 | 100 | 14,717 | 100.0 | 12,036 | 100.0 |
| Households engage in Agric | 15,238 | 57.0 | 5,432 | 36.9 | 9,806 | 81.5 |
| Crop Farming | 14,656 | 96.2 | 5,045 | 92.9 | 9,611 | 98.0 |
| Tree Farming | 76 | 0.5 | 46 | 0.8 | 30 | 0.3 |
| Livestock Farming | 5,264 | 34.5 | 1,107 | 20.4 | 4,157 | 42.4 |
| Fish Farming | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census
1.7 Potentials
1.7.1Tourism
The Municipality is endowed with some potential tourist attractions which can be sufficiently developed to generate revenue for the local economy. These are mainly waterfalls, ecotourism, caves, and traditional festivals. The hospitality industries include hotels, restaurants and the traditional ‘chop’ bars.
The municipality’s tourism potentials are mainly scenic and historical. Some of these attractions are:
1. The Atewa Range Forest Reserve which is located at the Northern end of the municipality.
2. Three waterfalls which take their source from the Atewa Range Forest. The summit of the water falls is surrounded by natural vegetation/virgin forest. The three waterfalls are:
i) Kwaku Sae Waterfalls are 20 meters high sited on River Ansome at Amanfrom near Brekumanso.
ii) Akanteng falls is 50 meters high and takes its source from River Emow. It is located South-East of Akanteng near Osenase.
iii) Aworotenteng Falls is 50 meters high and sited on River Pram, 6km away from Kobriso near Akanteng.
3. There are 2 caves which are described as tunnels. These caves can accommodate 10-15 people at a time. These are:
i) Kwaku Yirebi-Odeng Cave: It is situated on top of a hill located 3km west of Kwaku Yirebi village near Sukrong-Amanfi. The cave is 8 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 2.5m high.
ii) Yokpeh Cave: located on a hill and 5km east of Bunso. The cave has two apartments. The first measures 15.20 me long, 4.5 m wide and 2.5 m high. The second apartment measures 7m long, 4 m wide and 1.5m high.
iii) Stone Carved Oware: Oware is a popular game of Ghanaians. This game has been carved
1.8 Functions of the Municipal Assembly
According to Act 936 of 2016 the functions of the Municipal Assembly are as follows:-
(1) Be responsible for the overall development of the Municipality and shall ensure the preparation and submission through the Regional Co-ordinating Council: –
(i) Of development plans of the Municipality to the commission for approval; and
(ii) Of the budget of the municipality related to the approved plans to the Minister of Finance for Approval.
(2) Formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the effective mobilization of the resources necessary for the overall development of the Municipality.
(3) Promote and support productive activity and social development in the Municipality and remove any obstacle to initiative and development.
(4) Initiate programmes for the development of basic infrastructure and improve Municipal works and services in the Municipality.
(5) Be responsible for development, improvement and management of human settlements and the environment in the municipality.
(6) In co-operation with the appropriate national and local security agencies are responsible for the maintenance of security and public safety in the Municipality.
(7) Ensure ready access to courts in the Municipality for the promotion of justice.
1.9 List of Departments, Agencies and Services over Which the Assembly Has Oversight Responsibilities
The Municipal Assembly has oversight responsibilities as well as working relationship with the following Departments, Agencies and Services:-
1.9.1 Departments
Works Department
Physical Planning Department
Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Social Welfare and Community Development
Department of Agriculture
Finance Department
Department of Education, Youth and Sports
Disaster Prevention and Management Department Municipal Health Department
Waste Management Department
1.9.2 Subvented Organizations
National Youth Council
Land Valuation Board
National Commission for Civil Education (NCCE)
Non- Formal Education Division (NFED)
Rent Control
Labour Office
Municipal Health Insurance Scheme
1.9.3 Services
Ghana Police Service
Ghana Fire Services
Cocoa Services Division
Ghana Immigration Service
Information Service
Department of Statistical Service
Department of Meteorology
1.10 PROGRAMME DELIVERY
Central Administration
1.10.1 Annual Action Plan 2019 for West Akim Municipal Assembly
| PROJECT TITLE | LOC. | TIME SCHUDULE | RES. INPUT | OUTPUT | LEAD AGENCY | COLLAB.AGENCY | IND. BUDGET (GH ¢) | SOURCE OF FUNDING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1ST QR | 2ND QR | 3RD QR | 4TH QR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.Payment of utility bills | WAMA | Funds | Utility bills paid | WAMA | 13,000.00 | IGF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Maintenance of Assembly vehicles and provision of T &T | WAMA | Funds | Assembly Vehicles maintained and T & T provided | WAMA | 195,000.00 | IGF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Purchase of parts for official vehicles | WAMA | Funds | Official vehicle parts purchased | WAMA | 6,600 | IGF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Purchase of office supplies | WAMA | Funds | Office supplies purchased | WAMA | 70,500.00 | IGF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Maintenance/ repairs of Assembly properties | WAMA | Funds | Assembly properties maintained | WAMA | 130,937.00 | IGF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Provision of social facilities (MPs Fund) | WAMA | Funds | Facilities provided | WAMA | 250,00.00 | MP’s Fund | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Update of revenue data | WAMA | Funds | Revenue data updated | WAMA | 25,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Organize 3 town hall meetings | 3- Zonal Councils | Funds | Classroom block completed | WAMA | GES | 60,000.00 | DACF | MA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Disinfecting and maintenance of sanitary sites | District wide | Funds | Sanitary sites disinfected | WAMA | 30,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Construction of 6 unit classroom block with ancillary facility | Asamankese Anum L/A primary | Funds | Classroom block constructed | WAMA | GES | 250,000.00 | DACF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Support for immunization programmes | Municipality | Funds | Immunization programmes supported | WAMA | GES | 10,000.00 | DACF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Construction of 10 No boreholes | WAMA | Funds | 3 No boreholes constructed | WAMA | 30,000.00 | DDF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Construction of CHPs Compound | Pabi | Funds | CHPS constructed | MA | GHS | 300,000.00 | DACF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Assembly support for Community Water and Sanitation Programme | Asamankese, Brekumanso & Osenase zones | Funds | Community Water and sanitation Programme supported | MA | 35,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Support best teacher awards | Asamankese | Funds | Best teacher awards organized | MA | 38,640.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16. Construction of zonal council office | Osenase | Funds | Zonal council office constructed | MA | 200,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Support for People With Disabilities | Asamankese | Funds | Programmes for Persons with Disability | MA | 60,104.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18. Support for education related programmes | WAMA | Funds | Education related programmes supported | MA | 49,661.56 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19. Construction of a modern stadium | James Town Asamankese | Funds | Football pitch and running trucks constructed and in use | MA | 1,000,000.00 | UDG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20. Clearing of Bushes and Excavation of refuse at the proposed sports stadium. | Asamankese | Funds | Bushes cleared and Refuse excavated at the proposed stadium site. | MA | 80,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21. Municipal AIDS Committee Activities | WAMA | Funds | Municipal AIDS committee activities done | MA | 12,083.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22. Rehabilitation of street light in selected communities | Selected communities | Funds | Street lights rehabilitated | MA | 30,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Monitoring of development projects and programmes | Asamankese, Brekumanso & Osenase zones | Funds | Developmental projects and programmes monitored | MA | 60,000.00 | DACF, DDF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Maintenance and repairs of monitoring vehicles | WAMA | Funds | Monitoring vehicles repaired | MA | 20,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Capacity building for WAMA staff | WAMA | Funds | Capacity training organized | MA | 50,000.00 | DACF, DDF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26. Organize public education on revenue mobilization | WAMA | Funds | Public education organized | MA | 132,000.00 | IGF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27. Preparation of Annual Action Plan and 2018 budget | WAMA | Funds | Action Plan and budget prepared | MA | 15,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28. Construction of 2 No 3-unit bedroom bungalows for senior staff | WAMA | Funds | Bungalow constructed | MA | 350,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Construction of 4 No semi-detached 1 bedroom quarters for junior staff | WAMA | Funds | Quarters constructed | MA | 300,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30. Purchase of 1 No. urvan bus | WAMA | Funds | Urvan bus purchased | MA | 95,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Procurement of 6 No Desktop computers and 6 No Laptops | WAMA | Funds | Desktop and laptop computer procured | MA | 25,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32. Update the profile of West Akim Municipal Assembly | WAMA | Profile update in the Assembly | MACU | 40,000.00 | DACF | MA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33. Refurbishment offices | WAMA | Funds | Offices refurbished | MA | 15,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34. Procurement of intercom and networking | WAMA | Funds | Intercom procured | MA | 35,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35. Organize training workshop for officers and farmers | WAMA | Funds | Workshops organized | MA | 4,790.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36. Support farmers’ day celebration | WAMA | Funds | Farmers day celebration supported and organized | MA | MOFA | 12,980.00 | DACF, GoG | MA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37. Procurement of furniture for Assembly hall | WAMA | Funds | Assembly hall renovated | MA | 12,358.87 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38. Acquisition of land for developmental activities | WAMA | Funds | Land acquired for developmental activities | MA | 500,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39. Rehabilitation of selected roads | Asamankese | Funds | Roads rehabilitated | MA | Feeder roads | 58,525.00 | DACF, IGF | MA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40. support for disaster management and contingency | WAMA | Funds | Disaster managed | MA | 64,144.32 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41. Acquisition of land for waste disposal | Asamankese | Funds | Land for waste disposal acquired | MA | 35,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 42. Refuse evacuation | Asamankese, Brekumanso & Osenase | Funds | Refuse evacuated | MA | 20,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43. Procurement of chemicals and drugs against scheduled livestock diseases | WAMA | Funds | Chemicals and drugs procured | MA | 8,245.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44. Opening up of access roads in Asamankese | WAMA | Funds | Opening up access roads | MA | 200,000.00 | DACF | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45. Construction of 6 unit classroom block | Islamic School | Funds | Classroom block constructed | MA | GES | 300,000.00 | UDG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46. Construction of 6 unit classroom block | Anglican JHS | Funds | Classroom block constructed | MA | GES | 400,000.00 | UDG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47. Construction of 6 unit classroom block | Onyinafumso | Funds | Classroom block constructed | MA | GES | 400,000.00 | UDG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 48. Construction of 2-unit kg block, office and store | Asamankese Methodist B | Funds | Classroom block constructed | MA | GES | 400,000.00 | UDG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49. Construction of CHPS Compound | Adiembra | Funds | CHPS Compound constructed | MA | GHS | 200,000.00 | UDG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50. Construction of CHPS Compound | Bunso | Funds | CHPS Compound constructed | MA | GHS | 200,000.00 | DACF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51. Construction and furnishing of offices for the Police Command | Asamankese | Funds | Offices constructed | MA | 500,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52. Construction of bungalow road | Asamankese | Funds | Road constructed | MA | 1,500,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 53. Rehabilitation of 50 No boreholes | Selected communities | Funds | Boreholes rehabilitated | MA | 50,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54. Construction of 20 No boreholes | Selected communities | Funds | Boreholes constructed | MA | 200,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55. Rehabilitation of Community Centre | Asamankese | Funds | Community centre rehabilitated | MA | 200,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 56. Fencing of cemetery | Asamankese | Funds | Cemetery fenced | MA | 300,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 57. Construction of Zonal Council office | Asamankese | Funds | Zonal council office constructed | MA | 250,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58. Upgrading of Osenase Health Centre to Polyclinic | Osenase | Funds | Upgrade of health centre to polyclinic completed | MA | GHS | 400,000.00 | DACF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 59. Construction of a taxi rank | Asamankese | Funds | Taxi rank constructed | MA | 150,000.00 | DACF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60. Construction of butchers’ shop | Asamankese | Funds | Community raining College constructed | MA | GHS | 200,000.00 | UDG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 61. Reshaping and spot improvement of 30km selected roads in three zones | All zones | Funds | All weather usability of roads maintained | DUR-WAMA | 180,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 62. Desilting of drains, culverts and grasscutting along roadsides | All zones | Funds | Roads preserved and floods prevented | DUR-WAMA | 50,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 63. Construction of double cell box pipe culvert | Asamankese Asikafo Amantem | Funds | All weather access to the area | DUR-WAMA | 100,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64. Construction of double cell pipe culvert at | Asamanketewa | Funds | All weather access to the area | DUR-WAMA | 200,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65. Construction of 0.9 diameter pipe culvert at Jamestown | James Town | Funds | All weather access to the area | DUR-WAMA | 50,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 66. Rehabilitation of AnomaKwadwo road | AnomaKwadwo (Osenase Zone) | Funds | All weather access to the area | DUR-WAMA | 160,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67. Rehabilitation of Akim Boso road | Akim Boso (Osenase zone) | Funds | All weather access to the area | DUR-WAMA | 150,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 68. Construction of 20-unit lockable stores | Main lorry park Asamankese | Funds | Lockable stores constructed and in use | MA | 450, 100.00 | UDG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 69. Construction of 20-unit lockable stores | Taxi Rank Asamankese | Funds | Lockable stores constructed and in use | MA | 450, 100.00 | UDG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70. Construction of 12 seater W/C with urinal | Beposo Asamankese | Funds | 12 seater W/C constructed and in use | MA | 194,000.00 | UDG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 71. Construction of 3-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities | Anglican JHS Asamankese | Funds | 3-unit classroom block constructed and in use | MA | 205,000.00 | UDG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGRICULTURE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 72. Train 200 farmers in 10 communities on post-harvest handling of maize, vegetables | All zones | Funds | 200 farmers acquired knowledge and skills in post-harvest handling along the cassava, maize, rice etc. value chain | WAMADU | MA | 7,940.00 | MAPLE (CIDA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 73. Train 500 livestock farmers in 20 communities in livestock management, record and financial management | All zones | Funds | 500 livestock farmers acquired basic knowledge and skills in livestock management , record and financial management | WAMADU | MA | 11,310.00 | GOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 74. Build capacity of field staff to conduct crops and animal census in the municipality | All zones | Funds | Animal census conducted in the municipality for small ruminants | WAMADU | MA | 13,544.00 | MAPLE (CIDA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 75. Procure 1 oil palm extracting machine | Quarshie | Funds | 1 oil palm extracting machine acquired | WAMADU | MA | 30,000.00 | GASIP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 76. Organize National Farmers day. | Asamankese | Funds | National farmers day organised | WAMADU | MA | 40,000.00 | GOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 77. Integrate 1,000 vulnerable, persons with disabilities and disadvantaged into the mainstream of development | Asamankese, Osenase and Brekumanso | Funds | Vulnerable identified and registered | DSW | CD, Labour Co-op. | 300.00 | WAMA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 78. Livelihood empowerment against poverty programme | Asamankese, Osenase and Brekumanso | Funds | Grants paid | DSW | Ghana Post | 1,000.00 | WAMA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 79. Educate group members and conduct training on income generation | Yaw Tano, Brekumanso, Oworam, Asamankese, Estate, Adiembra, Asamanketewa, Jamestown | Funds | Group members educated and trained in vocational skills | Community Development | Dept. of Co-operatives, Rural Enterprise Program | 2,200.00 | WAMA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 80. Organize training for 3-Zonal Councils. | Osenase Asamankese Brekumanso | Training for 30- Zonal Councils | 60,000.00 | WAMA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 81. Development of waterfalls | Kobriso | Waterfall development | 100,000.00 | WAMA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.0 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
2.1 Executive Summary
The report seeks to outline the performance of Agriculture in West Akim Municipality. It includes all the agricultural programmes and activities that took place in the Municipality within the period under review. It also contains the impact of agro-climatic conditions on agriculture in the Municipality. Further, it contains all the constraints and challenges facing the staff of the department as well as farmers in the Municipality and measures that needs to be employed to overcome them.
The West Akyem Municipality has a land area of 475.02km2. The Municipality is located on the southern part of the eastern region, and Asamankese the Municipal capital is about 75 kilometers north-west of Accra.
The Municipality lies within the wet-semi-equatorial climatic zone which receives rainfall between 1,238mm and 1,660mm. This is characterized by a double maxima rainfall pattern which supports all-year round plant growth. The major rainy season is from March to June with the heaviest rainfall in June. There is a second rainfall season from September to October. Relative humidity is highest during the rainy season of about 80-95% and 55-80% during the dry season.
The Municipality falls within the semi-deciduous forest and is mainly characterized by tall trees with evergreen undergrowth. Economic trees such as Odum, Wawa, Sapele, Emire and others can be found as the Municipality has about 42 km2of the Atewa Range Extension Forest Reserve. The soil of the municipality can be classified into four main groups.
Agriculture is the major economic activity in the Municipality employing over 52.1% of the labour force. The major crops cultivated in the municipality are cocoa, oil palm and citrus as cash crops. Others are maize, cassava, plantain, cocoyam and vegetables. Most of these crops are cultivated on a subsistence level with few farmers who cultivate them on large scale above two (2) hectares.
Livestock are kept by farmers who are also engaged in crop farming. The main animals kept by the farmers in the municipality are sheep, goats, poultry and pigs with few farmers engaged in cattle production. About 89% of livestock farmers rear sheep, goats and fowls using the backyards of their living areas. Poultry farming is the preoccupation of 8.6% of farmers engaged in livestock farming and is predominantly found in municipal capital. Only about 2.6% of livestock farmers engaged in piggery. High production cost is limiting producers from increasing their stock. Cattle rearing are not much practiced.
2.2 Climatic Data of the period
2.2.1 Rainfall and Its Effects on Crop and Livestock Production
| DATA | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | TOTAL | |||||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Rainfall (mm) | 380.6 | 94.8 | 428.9 | 686.5 | 339 | 445.6 | 367.8 | 337.8 | 1516.3 | 1564.7 |
| No. of Rain days | 12 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 59 | 72 |
| Rainfall Distribution | Normal | Below normal | Above Normal | Above normal | Normal | Above normal | Above Normal | Above normal | Above | |
| Normal | Above normal | |||||||||
| Rainfall Pattern | Wet | Dry | Wet | Wet | Wet | Mixed | Wet | mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
Source: DAWAMA, 2019
Rainfall Distribution: eg. Above normal (15 & above rain days), Normal (8 – 14 rain days), below normal (4 – 7 rain days), Erratic (0 – 3 rain days)
Rainfall Pattern: Wet, Dry, Mixed, Mist patched, Windy, Cloudy, Sunny.
Rainfall distribution Indicators: Green vegetation, Dry vegetation, Flooding, Erosion, Wilting, etc.
Rainfall distributions were better compared to the previous year. Even though rainfall was evenly distributed, the weather was sunny and warm for most part of the year. There were cloudy periods, wet days as well as periods of high temperatures coupled with high humidity. In brief, the weather could be described as mixed.
The usual harmattan condition of dryness, haziness and dusty weather was very severe in the first quarter of the year compared to same periods last year. The rains started in the second week of March. As a result of the severity of the harmattan compared to same period 2018 there were late planting of the major season crops. However, only a few incidences of livestock diseases were reported.
The weather condition in the second quarter was quite different from that of the first quarter. There were increases in both the amount of precipitation and number of wet days with intermittent sunshine. These conditions however, did not result in wetness and flooding of low lands. Although diseases such as fruit rot and stem rots in crops and foot rot, in farm animals were also experienced during the period.
The third quarter was mostly wet with torrential rainfall. Temperatures were very high in both day and night. The situation encouraged crop production in the minor season.
The weather conditions of the fourth quarter were very appreciable. There were adequate rainfalls with intermittent sunshine. The prevailing conditions encouraged plant growth and development.
2.3 Impact of Pest & Diseases in Crop Performance
2.3.1 External forces impacting on Agriculture Performance
| MMDA | Climate Change | Crop Damage (Pest, Etc.) | Livestock Epidemics | Migration | Urbanization | Agro Input Price Variation | Illegal Mining/ Logging | Bush fire | Conflicts / Chieftaincy dispute | Alien herdsmen | OTHER/S |
| West Akim | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
Source: DADs, 2019
Significance of impact on agriculture performance: 1 = very important with mostly positive impact on agriculture. 2 = Important with mostly positive impact on agriculture; 3 = Medium with mostly positive impact on agriculture; 4 = Minor and occasional with mostly positive impact on agriculture. 5 = Very important with mostly negative impact on agriculture. 6 = Important with mostly negative impact on agriculture; 7 = minor with mostly negative impact on agriculture; 8 = No impact
The table above shows all the external forces imparting on agriculture performance in the municipality. It could be seen from the table that the major factor militating against agricultural performance in the municipality is illegal mining going on in the Osenase zone. As at now it has taking over large farm lands creating dugouts preventing farmers from accessing their farm lands. Most youth in the area are also engaged in the illegal mining therefore unwilling to engage in any thing agriculture. Others factors included malaria and high cost of agro chemical are also impacting negatively on agricultural production.
Fuel price increases are also having negative impact on agriculture; during the year under review fuel price increases affected prices of agro inputs. This affected incomes of people in the agricultural value chain. One other major external factor that impacted seriously on agricultural production for the period under review was the incidence of fall army worms. Several hectares of maize farms were infested with the worms, fortunately with timely intervention of the central government; the West Akim Municipality did not record any completely destroyed farm.
2.3.2 Emergency Occurrences
Fall Army Worm Infestation, other pest and diseases, flood, bushfire
| Name of MMDA | Type of disaster | Type of enterprise affected (crop, etc) | No of Farmers affected | Total farm area cropped (Ha) | Area Affected (Ha) | Period of infestation / damage (Month) | Area destroyed completely | Estimated value of crop destroyed | Actions taken | Collaborators |
| Fall Army Worm Infestation | Maize | 37 | 20 | 10 | August-September | – | – | Supplied with the necessary chemicals to spray | – | |
| flood, | Cabbage/ Eggplant | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | September | 0.5 | 1000.00 | – | ||
| Okra | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | September | 0.2 | 400.00 | ||||
| Cucumber | 1 | 2 | 1.2 | September | 0.7 | 1000.00 |
Source: DAWAMA
Analysis
In the year under review two emergency occurrences affected farmers in the municipality. There were Pest infestations in maize farms (Fall Army Worms) and flooding. Farmers whose farms were invaded by the worms obtained support from the central government through the provision of free chemicals for its control. However, farmers whose farms were destroyed by the floods are yet from obtain support if any.
2.3.3 Chemical distribution for Fall Army Worm Control
| Name of MMDA | Crop | Name of chemical | Quantity received(litres) | Quantity supplied(litres) | Beneficiaries | |||||
| Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | |||||
| West Akim | Maize | Imidacloprid Emaster Pyrinex KD215EC Eforia 45ZC Eradicott Agoo | 258 Litres+ 40 sachets (500g/sachet) | 169 Litres | 297 | 94 | 391 | 108 | 277 | 6 |
Source: DAWAMA, 2018
Analysis
The department of agriculture upon reports of the infestation of fall army worms in maize farms in the municipality received about two hundred and fifty-eight (258) litres of chemicals to be distributed to farmers. It was distributed freely to farmers whose farms have been invaded by the worm. Out of the quantity received one hundred and sixty-nine litres of chemicals were distributed during the year under review. The effect of the fall army worm infestation was not very deplorable as a result of the government intervention on the free distribution of chemicals for its treatment.
2.3.4 Outbreak Of Scheduled Diseases And Vaccination Of Animals
| DISEASES | Species Affected | Annual – 2018 | Annual – 2019 | ||||||
| No. of outbreaks/ disease | No. of animals affected | Total Loss | Number of Communities Reporting | No. of outbreaks/ disease | No. of animals affected | Total Loss | Number of Communities Reporting | ||
| African Swine Fever | Pig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Anthrax | Cattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Avian Infectious Bronchitis | Poultry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trypanosomiasis | Cattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pigs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tuberculosis | Cattle | ||||||||
| Dog/Cat/Monkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mange | Sheep | 6 | 346 | 6 | Asamankese | 8 | 117 | 2 | Berekumanso , Ekoso |
| Goats | 9 | 434 | 14 | Berekumanso | 7 | 164 | 9 | As’kese, Ekoso, Osenase |
Source: DAWAMA, 2018
2.3.5 Vaccinations and Prophylactic Treatments of Farm Animals and Pets
| Animal Species | Disease | No. of Animals Vaccinated | Achievement (+/-) for Annual (2018 vs. 2017) | |
| Annual – 2017 | Annual – 2018 | |||
| Poultry | Newcastle Orthodox | 22627 | 24363 | +1736 |
| I-2 | – | 8861 | +8861 | |
| Gumboro | 31224 | 30604 | -620 | |
| Fowl pox | 19469 | 20761 | +1292 | |
| Marek’s disease | – | – | ||
| Cattle | Anthrax | – | – | |
| Blackleg | – | – | ||
| CBPP | – | – | ||
| Sheep | PPR | 809 | 646 | -163 |
| Anthrax | – | – | ||
| Goats | PPR | 1064 | 941 | -123 |
| Anthrax | – | – | ||
| Dogs | Rabies | 163 | 139 | -24 |
| Cats | Rabies | 13 | 9 | -4 |
| Cattle | Trypanosomiasis | – | – |
Source: DAWAMA-2017
Analysis
There is an increase in vaccination figures for New castle disease due to orthodox and I2 vaccination.I2 vaccines were not available in 2017 that resulted in low vaccination figures. Fowl pox also had increased vaccination figures but other recorded lower figures mainly due to unavailability of vaccines.
2.4 Crop Performance in Municipality
2.4.1 Major Crop Performance (PFJ and Non PFJ)
| Crop | Area Cropped (ha) | Average Yield (MT/Ha) | Estimated Production (MT) | No of Farmers | Estimated Production | Number of Farmers | |||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | ||
| Maize | 1900 | 2140 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 5890 | 6848 | 8560 | 6400 | 14960 | – | – | ||
| Rice (milled) | |||||||||||||
| Cassava | 3700 | 4730 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 62,530 | 78,991 | 10,500 | 6700 | 17200 | – | – | ||
| Yam | 20 | 20 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 130 | 120 | 620 | 200 | 820 | – | — | ||
| Cocoyam | 20 | 23 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 130 | 150 | 320 | 230 | 550 | – | – | ||
| Plantain | 800 | 620 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 5520 | 3720 | 1230 | 950 | 2180 | – | – | ||
| Tomatoes | |||||||||||||
| Pepper | |||||||||||||
| Onion | |||||||||||||
| Okro | |||||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||||
DAWAMA-2019
Analysis
Yields for major staples grown in the municipality were good. There were enough rains during the major and minor planting seasons. It could also be attributed to the fact that most farmers are adhering to improved agricultural technologies.
During the year under review, there was a bumper harvest for cassava farmers in the municipality. This can be attributed to the fact that more farmers went into cassava cultivation due to good price last year. There were also increase maize productions as a result of the PFJ. This has resulted in maize farmers complaining about lack of market for their produce.
2.4.2 Major Crop Performance (Non PFJ Field)
| Crop | Area Cropped (ha) | Average Yield (MT/Ha) | Estimated Production (MT) | No of Farmers | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | |
| Maize | 1,830.0 | 1,808.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 5,856.0 | 5,604.0 | 8450 | 6120 | 14,570 | |||
| Rice (milled) | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Cassava | 6,567.0 | 3,700.0 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 110,325.6 | 62,530.0 | 10,500 | 6700 | 17200 | |||
| Yam | 18.0 | 20.0 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 91.8 | 130.0 | 620 | 200 | 820 | |||
| Cocoyam | 22.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 110.2 | 130.0 | 320 | 230 | 550 | |||
| Plantain | 120.0 | 800.0 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 669.6 | 5,520.0 | 1230 | 950 | 2180 | |||
| Tomatoes | ||||||||||||
| Pepper | ||||||||||||
| Onion | ||||||||||||
| Okro | ||||||||||||
| Others |
Source: DAWAMA, 2019
2.4.3 Performance of Planting for Food & Jobs (PFJ) farms
| District | Crops | Variety | Area cropped (Ha) | Average yield (MT/Ha) | Estimated production (MT) | No of Farmers | |||||
| Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | ||||||
| Maize | Wang Dataa Obatampa SanzaliSima | 117.6 | 3.2 | 312.8 | 143 | 22 | 165 | 7 | 157 | ||
| Rice (Paddy) | |||||||||||
| Tomatoes | Pectomech | 1.6 | 8.1 | 12.96 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pepper | Cayenne | 3.6 | 6.3 | .68 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Source: DAD, 2018
Analysis
In the year under review under the government flagship programme planting for food jobs, farmers in the Municipality planted 205.04ha of maize, 1.6 ha of tomatoes and 3.6 ha of pepper. Most of the farmers that registered to take part in the programme later withdraw because of the arrangement and the mode of payment that came with the intervention.
As a result most of the seed maize and fertilizers that were given to the department for distribution to farmers are still in the stores of the Department. The tomato and the pepper seeds that were given to the department were also not suitable for climatic conditions and the local market. This resulted in great loss to the farmers who engaged in the cultivation of the vegetable.
2.4.4 Farmers Registered under Planting for Food & Jobs (PFJ)
| No. | District | Male | Female | Total Registered Farmers | % of farmers registered who are females | Youth | Aged | PLWDs |
| 1 | West Akim | 143 | 22 | 165 | 13.33% | 31 | 134 | 0 |
| 2 |
A lot of farmers registered for PFJ but only one hundred and sixty-five farmers came for the seeds and fertilizers as a result of conditions attached ie initial deposit and repayment.
2.4.5 Agro Input Distribution under Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)
| District | Kind of inputs | Type/Variety of Input | Unit | Quantity | No of beneficiaries | ||||||
| Received | Distributed | Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | ||||
| West Akim | Fertilizer | NPK | 50 kg | 1040 | 482 | 107 | 19 | 126 | 24 | 102 | 0 |
| Urea | 50 kg | 540 | 241 | 107 | 19 | 126 | 24 | 102 | |||
| Seed (Maize) | 45kg | 94 | 65.4 | 130 | 21 | 151 | 28 | 123 | 0 | ||
| Rice seed | |||||||||||
| Vegetable | |||||||||||
| Pepper | Cayenne | 100g(sachets) | 10 sachet | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Tomato | Pectomech | 100g(sachets) | 4 sachet | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Onion |
Source: DAWAMA, 2019
The Department received 1040 of 50kg bags NPK, 540 of 50kg bags of Urea, 10 and 4 sachets pepper and tomato respectively. Out of these figures 482 and 241 bags of the NPK and urea respectively have been given to one hundred and twenty-six farmers. Sixty-five bags of 45kg seed maize has been distributed out of the ninety four bags that were received.
2.4.6 Total Recovery under Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)
| District | Type of Input | Cost of input given out to farmers (GHc) | Amount Recovered(GHc) | Balance (GHc) | Remarks |
| West Akim | NPK | 55,430.00 | 28,060.00 | 27,370.00 | |
| UREA | 16,387.5 | 8,336.5 | 8,051.00 | ||
| Seed(Maize) | 10,464 | 5,376.00 | 5,088.00 | ||
| Rice(Seed) | |||||
| Vegetable(Seed) | |||||
| Pepper | 212.00 | 106.00 | 106.00 | ||
| Tomato | 106.00 | 53.00 | 53.00 |
Source: DADs, 2019
Analysis
A total of forty one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one Ghana Cedis (41,931) has been recovered out of the total sum of eighty two thousand five hundred and ninety-nine Ghana Cedis (82,599) wealth of inputs that were given to the Municipality. Farmers are delaying the payment of the other half of the money with some giving reasons of non-purchase of their produce.
2.4.7 Municipal Allocation of Subsidized Fertilizer
| Urea | No of beneficiaries | NPK | No of beneficiaries | Compost | No of beneficiaries | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity (MT) | Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | Quantity (MT) | Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | Quantity (MT) | Male | Female | Total | Youth | Aged | PLWDs |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1487 | 273 | 28 | 301 | 0 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: DAD, 2019
Analysis
The government subsidized fertilizer programme in the municipality can be described as not satisfactorily successful because input dealers in the municipality were not ready to trade with the government citing low levels of profit margin as the major barrier. As a result subsidized fertilizer came into the Municipality very late. This was at point when most farmers had acquired some from the open market at higher price. At the close of the farming seasons 1487 NPK, 15 bags of urea were sold out to farmers under the government fertilizer subsidized program.
2.4.8 Recoveries from Credit In-Kind Scheme (Pigs and Small Ruminants)
| District | Type of Livestock | Number of Animals Supplied | Number Recovered / Distributed | % Recoveries | Remarks |
| West Akim | Goat | 30 | 4 | 13.33 |
Source: DADs, 2019
Six farmers in six communities (Amaako, Afranse, Amantra, Ekoso, Akanteng and Kobriso) were given five goats as an opening stock in livestock production in 2019. The same number of animals would be taking from these farmers and given to other farmers. At the close of the year under review, four (4) of the animals have been recovered. The animals could not adapt to the environmental conditions in the municipality as a result of their reproduction became a major problem.
2.4.9 Availability and Access to Food Outlets
| District | Number of District Food Markets (daily to weekly, Seasonal) all Year Round | |
| 2017 | 2018 | |
| West Akim | 24 | 28 |
SEASONAL
Analysis
There are various market and food outlets in the municipality. These makes access to food stuff throughout the week day accessible to consumers. In the year under review, the municipality observed an increase in the number of food market outlet. This may primarily be due to the bumper harvest observed during the major and minor in the year under review.
2.4.10 Municipal Monthly Average Retail Price Information
| No | Commodity | Unit, Kg/Litre | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | District Average |
| 1a | Maize (White) | Bowl | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| 1b | Maize (Yellow) | Bowl | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Millet | Bowl | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Sorghum | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 4a | Rice Local (perfumed) | Bowl | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| 4b | Rice Local (non-perfumed) | Bowl | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 4c | Rice Imported (perfumed) | Bowl | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 4d | Rice Imported (non-perfumed) | Bowl | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 5a | Yam (White) | single | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5b | Yam (Puna) | single | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Cocoyam | 6 singles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Cassava | 6single | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Gari | Olonka | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Dried Cassava Powder (Kokonte) | Bowl | |||||
| 10 | Dried Cassava Chips (Kokonte) | Bowl | |||||
| 11a | Plantain (Apentu) | finger | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 11b | Plantain (Apem) 101.92% | finger | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 12a | Banana (Exotic) | Bunch | 2 | 1.50 | 2 | 1.50 | 1.75 |
| 12b | Banana (Local) | Bunch | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Orange | 4-5single | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.75 |
| 14 | Watermelon | 1 single | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3.50 |
| 15 | Pineapple | 1 single | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 16a | Mango (Exotic) | Group | |||||
| 16b | Mango (Local) | Group | |||||
| 17 | Coconut (Fresh) | 1 single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18a | Tomato (Local) | 5-6 single | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 18b | Tomato (Navrongo) | 5-6 single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Garden Egg | 4-5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 20a | Okro (Fresh) | 4-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20b | Okro (Dried) | ||||||
| 21 | Onion | 5-6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.75 |
| 22 | Ginger | 5-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Dried Pepper (eg. Legon 18) | Olonka | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
| 24 | Fresh Pepper (eg. Legon 18) | Olonka | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| 25 | Palm Fruit | Olonka | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 26 | Unshelled Groundnut | Paint bowl | 25 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 22.5 |
| 27 | Groundnut (Red) | Olonka | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | Cowpea (White) | Olonka | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 29 | Soya Bean | Olonka | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 30a | Melon seeds (agushi/neri) | ||||||
| 30b | Melon seeds (agushi/neri) Powder | ||||||
| 31 | Groundnut Oil | ||||||
| 32 | Palm Oil | Gallon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 33 | Coconut Oil | Gallon | 190 | 180 | 185 | 196 | 188 |
| 34 | Beef | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | |
| 35 | Pork | Weighed | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| 36 | Smoked Herring | Group | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 37 | Salted Dried Fish(Koobi) | Group | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 38 | Anchovy | Olonka | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| 39 | Egg (Commercial) | Crates | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| 40 | Live Bird | Single | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 35.5 |
| 41 | Chicken | Weighed | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 168.75 |
| 42 | Nkontomire | Bundle | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 43 | Ademe/Ayoyo (jute mallow) | Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Alefu (Amaranthus) | Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Cabbage | Single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Lettuce | Group | |||||
| 47 | Carrot | Group | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.25 |
| 48 | Pawpaw | Single | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 49 | Avocado Pear | Single | |||||
| 50 | Bambara Bean | Bowl | |||||
| 51 | Mutton (Sheep meat) | Weighed | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 52 | Chevon (Goat meat) | Weighed | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 53 | Snail | Group | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 22.5 |
| 54a | Sweet Potato (general: white and pinkish) | Group | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.75 |
| 54b | Sweet Potato (ORANGE) | Group | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Cassava Dough | Rubber part | |||||
| 56 | Fresh Cow Milk | ||||||
| 57a | Fresh Red Fish | Group | |||||
| 57b | Fresh Salmon (Mackerel) Fish | Group | |||||
| 57c | Fresh Kpanla Fish | Group |
Source: DAWAMA, 2018
Analysis
Retail prices of major food commodities in the municipality were generally stable. Prices of food commodities such as maize, cocoyam, cassava, plantain, gari remained relatively same throughout the year. Prices of vegetable like tomato and garden eggs fluctuated from quarter to quarter throughout the year.
2.4.11 Municipal Wholesale Prices
| No. | Commodity | Unit | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | District Average |
| 1a | Maize (White) | 100 | 150 | 110 | 183 | 195 | 160 |
| 1b | Maize (Yellow) | 100 | 156 | 110 | 183 | 195 | 161 |
| 2 | Millet | 109 | 200 | 190 | 186 | 288 | 216 |
| 3 | Sorghum | ||||||
| 4a | Rice Local (perfumed) | 50kg | 300 | 320 | 358 | 300 | 320 |
| 4b | Rice Local (non- perfumed) | 50kg | 120 | 120 | 120 | 96 | 114 |
| 4c | Rice Imported (perfumed) | 50kg | 120 | 180 | 180 | 120 | 150 |
| 4d | Rice Imported (non-perfumed) | 50 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94.7 |
| 5a | Yam (White) | 250 | 350 | 200 | 160 | 150 | 215 |
| 5b | Yam (Puna) | 250 | 380 | 350 | 200 | 160 | 273 |
| 6 | Cocoyam | 91 | 180 | 168 | 180 | 160 | 172 |
| 7 | Cassava | 91 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 67 |
| 8 | Gari | 68 | 72 | 80 | 64 | 128 | 86 |
| 9 | Dried Cassava Powder (Kokonte) | ||||||
| 10 | Dried Cassava Chips (Kokonte) | 40 | 50 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 45 |
| 11a | Plantain (Apentu) | 9-11 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
| 11b | Plantain (Apem) | 9-11 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 |
| 12a | Banana (Exotic) | 6-8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| 12b | Banana (Local) | 6-8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| 13 | Orange | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| 14 | Watermelon | Single | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Pineapple | 150 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| 16a | Mango (Exotic) | 100 | |||||
| 16b | Mango (Local) | 100 | |||||
| 17 | Coconut (Fresh) | Single | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 18a | Tomato (Local) | 52 | 390 | 390 | 250 | 150 | 295 |
| 18b | Tomato (Navrongo) | 52 | 420 | 460 | 250 | 150 | 320 |
| 19 | Garden Egg | 27 | 106 | 212 | 48 | 40 | 102 |
| 20a | Okro (Fresh) | ||||||
| 20b | Okro (Dried) | ||||||
| 21 | Onion | 73 | 380 | 230 | 556 | 500 | 417 |
| 22 | Ginger | 48 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 26 | 49 |
| 23 | Dried Pepper (eg. Legon 18) | 16 | 160 | 140 | 160 | 160 | 155 |
| 24 | Fresh Pepper (eg. Legon 18) | 20 | 70 | 50 | 55 | 55 | 58 |
| 25 | Palm Fruit | 36 | 70 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| 26 | Unshelled Groundnut | 37 | 86 | 70 | 90 | 90 | 84 |
| 27 | Groundnut (Red) | 82 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 320 | 305 |
| 28 | Cowpea (White) | 109 | 290 | 260 | 400 | 400 | 338 |
| 29 | Soya Bean | 109 | 280 | 280 | 280 | 338 | 295 |
| 30a | Melon seeds (agushi/neri) | ||||||
| 30b | Melon seeds (agushi/neri) Powder | ||||||
| 31 | Groundnut Oil | 18litres | |||||
| 32 | Palm Oil | 4 gallons | 100 | 80 | 80 | 90 | 88 |
| 33 | Coconut Oil | 4 gallons | 169 | 160 | 168 | 196 | 173 |
| 34 | Beef | 4 gallons | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 35 | Pork | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| 36 | Smoked Herring | 100 | 120 | 120 | 110 | 113 | |
| 37 | Salted Dried Fish(Koobi) | 100 single | 250 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 263 |
| 38 | Anchovy | 100 single | 60 | 40 | 80 | 70 | 63 |
| 39 | Egg (Commercial) | Bag | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| 40 | Live Bird | Crates | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 32 |
| 41 | Chicken | Single | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 |
| 42 | Nkontomire | Bag | 40 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 34 |
| 43 | Ademe/Ayoyo (jute mallow) | Bag | 50 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 44 |
| 44 | Alefu (Amaranthus) | Bag | 40 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 42 |
| 45 | Cabbage | Bag | 400 | 130 | 265 | ||
| 46 | Lettuce | Bag | |||||
| 47 | Carrot | Bag | 200 | 200 | 200 | 120 | 180 |
| 48 | Pawpaw | Bag | 50 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 33 |
| 49 | Avocado Pear | Bag | |||||
| 50 | Bambara Bean | Bag | |||||
| 51 | Mutton (Sheep meat) | 1KG | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16.75 |
| 52 | Chevon (Goat meat) | 1KG | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17.75 |
| 53 | Snail | Full | 200 | 200 | 200 | ||
| 54a | Sweet Potato (General: white and pinkish) | Bucket | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 |
| 54b | Sweet Potato (ORANGE) | Bag | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 |
| 55 | Cassava Dough | Bag | 50 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 43.75 |
| 56 | Fresh Cow Milk | Bag | |||||
| 57a | Fresh Red Fish | ||||||
| 57b | Fresh Salmon (Mackerel) Fish | 100singles | 350 | 300 | 325 | ||
| 57c | Fresh Kpanla Fish | 100 single | |||||
| 100 single |
Source: DADAs
Wholesale prices of some food commoditiesincreased slightly in the year under review. Food commodities such as yellow maize, local rice (perfumed), yam (puna), tomato (navarongo) etc increased in price from quarter to quarter. However, many food commodity wholesale prices remained stable during the year under review.
2.4.12 Input Prices eg. Cost of fertilizer, seed, labour, ploughing
| No | Input | Type Of Input | Unit of Sale | Average Price (GH¢) | Remarks |
| Fertilizer | NPK | 50kg | 58.00 | ||
| Urea | 50kg | 58.00 | |||
| Insecticide | Dursban | 1litre | 35.00 | ||
| Furadan | 1litre | 15.00 | |||
| K Optimal | 1litre | 30.00 | |||
| Fungicide | Kocide | 50gm | 6.00 | ||
| Manzeb | 1litre | 6.00 | |||
| Champion | 50gm | 6.00 | |||
| Aboricide | Garlon 4 | 1litre | 80.00 | ||
| Garlon 2 | 1litre | 18.00 | |||
| Nicoherb | 1litre | 18.00 | |||
| Weedicide | Round up | 1liter | 14.00 | ||
| Chemosate | 1litre | 15.00 | |||
| Cutlass | Single | Single | 20.00 | ||
| Matchet | Single | Single | 22.00 | ||
| Hoe | |||||
| Knapsack Sprayer | Single | 50.00 | |||
| Tractor Hire | Ploughing | ||||
| Harrowing | |||||
| Seeding | |||||
| Bullock Ploughing | |||||
| Labour Rates | Activity (Specify) | ||||
| WEEDING | |||||
| Land Lease Price per Season | Contract (Specify) | ||||
| Other Items | Wheat Bran | ||||
| Fish Meal | |||||
| Veterinary Drugs | 1Oxytetracycline 20% | 100ml | 25.00 | ||
| 2 Albendazole 10% | 1 litre | 40.00 | |||
| 3 Multivitamine | 100ml | 30.00 | |||
| Vaccines | 1Hitchner B1 | 1000 doses | 45.00 | ||
| 2 Lasota | 1000 doses | 45.00 | |||
| 3 gumboro | 1000 doses | 55.00 | |||
| Packaging Material | Jute Sack | ||||
| Poly Sack (Fertilizer Sack) |
2.4.13 Extension Delivery AEA Farmer Ratio
| District | Number of AEAs at post (existing) | No. of AEAs engaged under PFJ (AEAs employed under YEA) | No. AEAs with running motor bikes | Number of female AEAs | Estimated number of farmers in MMDA | AEA : Farmer Ratio | Number of operational Areas | Average number of communities per AEA | Total number of home & farm visited by AEAs in the district |
| West Akim | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28,000 | 5600 | 12 | 8 |
Source: DAD
Analysis
The department have inadequate AEAs. This is putting too much stress on the few AEAs in the Municipality. The current AEA to farmer ratio is around two thousand five hundred and fifty-five. There are currently about twenty-four communities without AEAs, farmers in these communities are not getting the necessary agricultural technologies needed to increase productivity. Extension Officers employed under YEA programme has not been paid as at this quarter. This has impeded their operations in their operational areas.
2.4.14 Number of farmers visited with Agriculture technology by AEA sex/age/PLWDs
| Name and Type of Technologies disseminated | Total | No of farmers visited (2016) | No. of farmers visited (2017) | |||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | Male | Female | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | Male | Female | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | |
| Correct use of agro-chemicals | 84 | 157 | 50 | 34 | 52 | 31 | 11 | |||||
| Planting material multiplication | 20 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Pest/disease recognition and control | 171 | 84 | 32 | 15 | ||||||||
| Post-harvest of grains and legumes | 154 | 80 | 54 | 20 | ||||||||
| Improved crop variety | 116 | 60 | 41 | 15 | ||||||||
| Total |
Source: DAD
Analysis
During the quarter under review data on attendance at Agric programme did not capture the Aged and PLWD. It would be capture in our subsequent reports.
2.4.15 Vaccinations and Prophylactic Treatments of Farm Animals and Pets
| Animal Species | Disease | No. of Animals Vaccinated | Achievement (+/-) for Annual (2018 vs. 2017) | |
| Annual – 2017 | Annual – 2018 | |||
| Poultry | Newcastle Orthodox | 13000 | 4700 | 8300 |
| I-2 | – | 1200 | +1200 | |
| Gumboro | 6500 | 11200 | -4700 | |
| Fowl pox | 5600 | 4500 | 1100 | |
| Marek’s disease | ||||
| Cattle | Anthrax | |||
| Blackleg | ||||
| CBPP | ||||
| Sheep | PPR | |||
| Anthrax | ||||
| Goats | PPR | 250 | 100 | 150 |
| Anthrax | ||||
| Dogs | Rabies | 250 | 75 | 175 |
| Cats | Rabies | 40 | 20 | 20 |
| Cattle | Trypanosomiasis |
Source: DAD &RAD
Analysis
There was rabies vaccination campaign during same period last year as a result more animals were vaccinated against the disease as compared to same period this year. With regards to PPR the vaccines were available same period last year but stock depleted this quarter resulting in decline in vaccination during the quarter under review.
Newcastle vaccination appreciated during the quarter under review due to availability of I2 vaccines to augment the orthodox Newcastle. Gumboro also appreciated considerably perhaps due to the endemic nature of the disease in the municipality
2.4.16 Status of Other key Indicators
| Total No of MMDAs in Region | No of districts that have developed a district agricultural development plan | No of districts that have developed costed action plans derived from district plans | No of districts producing result oriented report | Number of districts collecting SRID required agricultural data (GAPS) | % of DADs who reported (Quarterly, Annually) | ||||
| GAPS | MRACLE | Market Data | 3rd qtr | 4th qtr | Annual, 2017 | ||||
| West Akim | West Akim |
2.4.17 Number of Farmers in Commodity Based FBOs/ Networks by Gender
| MMDA | Commo-dity | No of beneficiaries | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Male | Female | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | Total | Male | Female | Youth | Aged | PLWDs | Total | ||
| West Akim | Cocoa | 1800 | 540 | 110 | 2 | – | 1800 | 540 | 110 | – | 2 | 2452 | |
| Vegetable | 20 | 11 | 12 | – | – | 19 | |||||||
Source: DAD
Analysis
The Municipality has a very formidable cocoa farmers association. There are about 39 cocoa farming communities were farmers have group into cocoa farmers’ cooperative societies. These societies come together at the District level to form district cocoa farmers’ cooperative union. There are other commodity based FBOs but are not formidable.
2.5 Challenges
Inadequate staff.
2.6 Way forward
Quarterly funds for MAG activities should be released on time
2.7 Conclusion
The year under review was a successful one, all planned activities were carried completely or is ongoing.
Detailed activity reports for the various activities carried out have been attached.
3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SANITATION ACTIVITIES
This report centered on the following activities during the period under review:
1. Inter-agency Collaboration during the Year under review.
2. Human resource analysis
3. Monitoring and Supervision
4. Wastes management in general in the Municipality. It also captured premises inspection, Meat hygiene exercise and Water and sanitation activities carried out in the first quarter.
3.1 Inter-Agencies Collaboration
As usual, the unit collaborated with the Ghana Health Services, Ghana Police Services, Municipal Water and Sanitation Team, Judicial Service, Public Works Department, Town and Country Planning, Assembly and Area Council members in their activities during the year. The unit also collaborated with Ghana Water Company to ensure that safe drinking water is passed to the public during the period.
3.2 Monitoring and Supervision
During the period under review MEHO and his deputy visited all the three zonal councils to interact with the officers and to ascertain the progress of work of the officers. Zonal heads were also monitored via their monthly reports submitted to the MEHO.
3.3 Waste Management (General)
3.3.1 Solid Waste Management
The main solid wastes generated include street refuse, domestic refuse, and trade refuse which were generated at the central business district of Asamankese.
The wastes were properly managed and disposed of by the unit in collaboration with Zoom Lion Ghana Limited.
Officers were at post sensitizing the mass on how to manage (store wastes in liter bins) generated daily prior to discharging into the public refuse containers. The final disposal site was regularly sprayed and graded during the reporting period.
3.3.2 Liquid Waste Management
Generally, liquid waste management in the Municipality was adhered to during the period under review. The unit in collaboration with other stake holders (Assembly members and unit committee members) sensitized the mass on proper management of liquid waste.
3.4 Wastes/Storm Water Drainage
There were two tertiary drains that receive storm water and secondary drains that contain runoff water. However residents around the drains were dumping refuse into these systems as a result of clogged drains in the communities. The unit went round the area to educate them during the reviewing period.
3.5 Mosquito Control
The Zoom lion company is responsible for the Mosquito control exercise in the Municipality; they sprayed the refuse dumps and drains in the Municipality during the year. The mass was educated to sleep under mosquito net to prevent mosquito bites. The Zoom lion supervisor was advised to submit his work plan to the office.
3.6 Human Resource Analysis
CATEGORIES OF STAFF
| GRADE | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL |
| CHIEF ENV. HEALTH OFFICER | 0 1 | 0 | 01 |
| ASST. ENV. HEALTH ANALYST | 01 | 0 | 01 |
| ENV. HEALTH OFFICER GDII | 01 | 0 | 01 |
| CHIEF ENV. HEALTH ASST. | 04 | 0 | 04 |
| ENV. HEALTH ASST | 02 | 03 | 05 |
| SANITATION GUARDS | 05 | 07 | 13 |
| LABOURERS | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| Total | 34 | 20 | 54 |
COMMENT: The office needs additional female Environmental Health Officers to come on board.
Gender Ratio
| GENDER | NO. |
| MALE | 34 |
| FEMALE | 20 |
| TOTAL | 54 |
Age Distribution
| SEX/GROUP | 21 – 30 | 31 – 40 | 41 – 50 | 51 – 60 |
| MALE | 03 | 02 | 01 | 03 |
| FEMALE | 02 | 01 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 05 | 03 | 01 | 03 |
3.7 Meat Hygiene
| TYPES OF ANIMALS | NO.SLAUGHTERED | PASSED FIT | PASSDE UN-FIT | TOTAL |
| BOVINE | 180 | 180 | 0 | 120 |
| GOAT | 91 | 91 | 0 | 50 |
| SHEEP | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| PIG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COMMENT: the unit organized a day clean up exercise to clear dirt around the slaughter house facility during the period under review.
3.8 Salt Iodation Programme
The programme was not carried out because there were no kits to work with. However the mass was advised to eat iodated salt.
3.9 Control of Stray Animals
| TYPES OF ANIMALS | NO | collected | auctioned | TOTAL |
| GOAT | 10 | 4 | 06 | 10 |
| CATTLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SHEEP | 01 | 01 | 0 | 01 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
COMMENT:The exercise was not carried out effectively due to bad shape of the only animal pen in the Assembly.
3.10 Cemetery Inspection
| LOCATION OF CEMETARY | NO. | NO. IN GOOD CONDITION | NO. IN BAD CONDITION |
| ASAMANKESE | 01 | 01 | 0 |
| BREKUMANSO | 01 | 01 | 0 |
| YAW-TANO | 01 | 01 | 0 |
| OSENANSE | 01 | 01 | 0 |
3.11 Deaths Registered
| B.SEX/TOTAL | TOTAL NO. REGISTERED | TOTAL NO. ADULT | TOTAL NO. CHILDREN | PRIVATE BURIAL |
| MALE | 09 | 07 | 02 | 0 |
| FEMALE | 12 | 10 | 02 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 17 | 04 |
3.12 Hospital Sanitation
| HEALTH FACILITY | NUMBER | GOVERNMENT | PRIVATE | NO INSPECTED | % COVERED |
| HOSPITAL | 01 | 01 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| HEALTH POST | |||||
| CLINIC | |||||
| TBA | 51 | ||||
| HEALTH LABS | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 100 |
| VETERINARY | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
| MORTUARY | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
| FUNERAL HOME |
3.13 School Health Programme
| SCHOOL BY TYPE | NUMBER | NO. INSPECTION | % COVERED |
| TERTIARY | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| SECONDARY | 04 | 02 | 50 |
| VOCATIONAL | 35 | 17 | 51 |
| JHS | 54 | 27 | 50 |
| PRIMARY | 115 | 60 | 52 |
| PRE-SCHOOL |
COMMENT: Presently all schools visited in the Municipality were adhering to environmental cleanliness. Some private schools were also given waste bins in the Municipality to help managed their wastes during the period under review.
3.14 Hospitality Industry
| TYPE | NUMBER | GOOD CONDITION | BAD CONDITION | |
| 01 | HOTEL | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 02 | RESTAURANT | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 03 | GUEST HOUSE | 07 | 07 | 0 |
COMMENTS: two (2) guest houses one at Asamankese and the other at Osenase were under construction and yet to be inspected. Officers were given blocks to ensure that hospitality industries kept clean.
3.15 Court Cases
| 01 | NO. OF NOTICE SERVED | 330 |
| 02 | NO. COMPLIED WITH | 240 |
| 03 | NO. OF SUMMONS SERVED | 30 |
| 04 | NO. OF SUCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS | 30 |
3.16 Internal Revenue Generation
| ITEMS | AMOUNT (GH₵) |
| `FOOD VENDORS MEDICAL EXAM | 0 |
| SLAUGHTERING | 986.00 |
| GRAVE SPACE | 0 |
| COURT FINE | 144.00 |
| CESSPOOL EMPTIER SERVICE | 0 |
| TOILET USER FEES | 0 |
| STRAY ANIMALS | 0 |
| SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FEES | 0 |
| TOTAL | 1130.00 |
COMMENT: there is the need for the Assembly to purchase cesspool emptier to help generate more revenue.
3.17 Water and Sanitation Activities
The Municipal Water and Sanitation Team (MWST) Members with the unit have monitored the existing water facilities in the Municipality during the period in review.
Again, water and sanitation management training two was conducted in all the CMB bore hole communities in the Municipality.
Below table shows available water facilities in the Municipality.
| TYPE OF WATER FACILITY | NUMBER | NO. INSPECTED | NO. IN GOOD STATE | NO. IN BAD STATE |
| STAND PIPES | 251 | 43 | 40 | 3 |
| BORE HOLE | 205 | 66 | 58 | 8 |
| H.D.W. WITH PUMP | 85 | 32 | 29 | 3 |
| STREAM | 54 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| RIVERS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| POUNDS | 1 | 1 | ||
| H.D.W WITH OUT PUMP | 685 | 202 | 95 | 107 |
3.18 Logistics
| S/NO. | ITEM | NUMBER | CONDITIONS | REMARK | |
| Good | Bad | ||||
| 01 | Refuse Trucks | 05 | 03 | 02 | Two (2) for Zoom lion and one (1) for Assembly |
| 02 | Refuse Tractor | 0 | 0 | Has broken down | |
| Cesspool Emptier | 01 | 01 | Has broken down | ||
| 03 | Refuse Containers | 14 | 14 | 0 | The Unit needs additional refuse containers |
| 04 | Motor Bikes | 01 | 0 | 01 | Has broken down |
COMENT: the unit was hiring cesspool emptier from the nearby districts for liquid waste management.
3.19 Liquid Waste
| TOILET | PUBLIC NO. | NO. INSPECTED | NO. IN GOOD STATE | NO. IN BAD STATE | PRIVATE NO. | NO INPECTED | NO. IN GOOD STATE | NO. IN BAD STATE | |
| WATER CLOSET | 09 | 09 | 09 | 0 | 265 | 200 | 197 | 03 | |
| KVIP | 92 | 65 | 55 | 10 | 123 | 120 | 96 | 24 | |
| STL | 21 | 17 | 14 | 03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| VIP | 2100 | 800 | 702 | 98 | 2200 | 1500 | 1005 | 495 | |
| PAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07 | 07 | 0 | 07 | |
COMMENT: The 20-seater water closet latrine in Asamankese main station was not functioning during the period under review due to defective septic tank. The unit and management have asked the contractor to renovate the facility.
3.20 Constraints
- Poor state of existing slaughter house at Asamankese.
- Poor remuneration for Sanitary Labourers
- Inadequate sanitary tools and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for the worker
- Inadequate refuse containers in Municipality.
- Lack of in-service training for staff in the Municipality.
- Lack of computer to facilitate report writing.
3.21 Way Forward
- Purchase of ten (10) more refuse containers.
- Zoom lion to provide six (6) more refuse containers.
- The management should purchase new cesspool emptier.
- Purchase of sanitary tools of all kinds.
- There should be regular training of staff on the job
3.22 Recommendations
- It is recommended that there should be capacity building for staff and effective supervision for the whole staff.
- The Assembly should ensure regular maintenance of refuse trucks and the cesspool emptier.
- The Assembly should also provide more refuse containers to enhance solid waste management in the Municipality.
- Remuneration for casual labourers should be increased.
3.23 Conclusion
We hope that if all above recommendations are considered and implemented, the general environmental sanitation in the Municipality would improve the health of the populace.
4.0 NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (NADMO)
4.1 Introduction
The West Akim Municipal NADMO Secretariat 2019 annual report respectively describes the activities which were undertaken by the organization during the period of January to December 2019. These include, Education on fire prevention, Hazard Mappings, Clean-up Exercises, Fumigation, Decongestion Exercises, 60th independence celebration, Workshops, Open Forum Meetings and General Disaster Management etc.
The report further illustrates on the staff numerical strength and all that the secretariat requires for effective and efficient execution of work within its jurisdiction.
4.1.1 Staffing
The numerical staff strength at the beginning of the year was twenty one (21) these reduce d to nineteen (19) as results of two staffs who retired and vacated their post respectively. Out of these nineteen, fifteen (15) are managing the Municipal Office while the remaining four (4) are in the various zones.
4.1.2 Attendance and Reporting to Work
Attendance and reporting to work during this year was very encouraging with the exception of few who were queried
4.1.3 Vacation of Post
Mr. Emmanuel Adu Kwasi and Mr. Alhassan Abubakari retired and vacated their post respectively
4.2 Programs and Projects
4.2.1 Public Education
We organized nine (9) outreach programs within the year
Environmental tidiness at Abaase on 2nd March, 2019
Prevention of bush fires at Brekumanso and Owuram 17th January, 2019
Flood and fire prevention at Brekumanso, Owuram and Pabi on 7th-9th August, 2019
Prevention of Commercial fire outbreaks at restaurants and fuel stations on 14th August, 2019
Personal hygiene- for school feeding cooks and food vendors on the 12th of October, 2019
Prevention of bushfire outbreak for palm wine tappers
Domestic and commercial fire outbreak for artisans
4.2.2 In-Service Training
The Department organized an in-service training for the staff on 6th July, 2019 to deepen their understanding of the organization and it activities. This was facilitated by the Administrator Mr. Asare, Bekoe Noah.
4.2.3 Workshop
We attended capacity training which was organized by the Fulbright-Fogarty global heath, fellow sub Saharan Africa on the topic mass casualty mapping and moulage simulation on 18th of May 2019.
4.2.4 Staff Auditing
A team from the Regional Office conducted a staff auditing at the Municipal Secretariat on Thursday 24th of August, 2019 to ascertain.
The following from the staffs and the Municipal secretariat
Numerical strength of staff
Staff IDs
Date of birth of staff
Rank on employments of staff
All academic certificates of staff
Qualification on appointments of staffs
Educational upgradement of staffs
National IDs cards of staff
Attendance
Punctuality
Number of zones in the Municipal
4.2.5 Clean-Up Exercises
The office organized thirty five (35) clean ups exercises within the year
They were:
Desilting and fumigation at Ayinasu River on 1st January, 2019.
Evacuation of rubbish containers and fumigation at Internal Revenue on 17th January, 2019.
Desilting of drains at Osenase – Kade and Osenase-Akanteng roads on 25th January, 2019.
Fumigation at the Government Bungalows at Asamankese on 3rd February, 2019.
Spraying and Desilting at the lorry station on14th February, 2019.
Desilting at Sab Zongo on 17th February, 2019.
Desilting at Roman Down on 22nd February, 2019.
Fumigation at the final disposal site on 28th February, 2019.
Desilting at market ‘B’ on 2nd March, 2019.
Desilting and fumigation on 10 and 11th March,2019
Desilting of drains at Osenase, Kade and Akanteng roads 24-25th March,2019
Desilting at Osenase market 17thMay,2019
Spraying and fumigation of rubbish containers and public toilets on 22to 25th 2019
Desilting and fumigation at Asikafomantem on 8th April,2019
Desilting and fumigation at Sabon Zongo 20to 21st April, 2019
Desilting at Brekumanso township on 17th may, 2019
Desilting at lorry station on 5th July, 2019
Clean up exercises at internal revenue on 12thJuly,2019
Fumigation at Sabaki on 20th July, 2019
Desilting at Asamankese-Osenase road 25-27th July,2019
Clean up exercise at Amanfrom on 3rd August,2019
Clean up exercise on the hospital road 14th-17th August,2019
Fumigationa at Suhum junction on 23rd August,2019
Larviciding 2nd to 5th October 2019at Lorry station, Pabi, Osenase
Desilting On 10th to 12th October 2018at Hospital road, old Zongo, Pabi Osenase
Adulticiding on 13th October 2019at M.C Es residence, Osenase, Pabi
Destruction of breeding sites on 16th to 19th October 2019at Asamankese zion school, pabi, Osenase L/A school Pabi community
Weeding On 24th to 26thOctober, 2019at Pabi community
Sensitization on personal hygiene on 30th to 31st October 2018 at Old Zongo/Abaase
Larviciding on 1st to 3rd November 2019at Lorry station, market B Osenase market
desilting on 7th to 9th November 2019at Sabaki major drains
Adulticiding on 14th to 16th November 2019 at Sabon Zongo/Anum
Sensitization on environmental tidiness on 20th to 23rd November 2019at Pabi/Sabon zongo
Destructing of breeding sites on 24th to 27th November 2019at Osenase police station, Anum L/A school/Pabi
weeding on 29th to 30th November 2019at Osenase
4.3 Public Education on Bird Flu Disease
We embarked on a week-long public awareness creation on the outbreak of bird flu disease in the following communities; Kwaku Sae, Owuram and Pabi on 12th to 20 July, 2019. We advised the community people to quickly report any unusual death of domestic as well as wild dog or bird to the vertinary office and also to properly cook all poultry products before consumption.
4.3.1 Clean Up Exercise
The office organized a clean-up exercise at Brekumanso Township on 20th July 2019. Choked drains in the community were desilted as part of the clean-up exercise.
4.3.2 National Sanitation Exercise
The office participated in the entire national sanitation programme organized by the assembly in the year.
4.4 Visits to Institutions
4.4.1 Fuel stations
We visited two fuel feeling stations on the 23rd October 2019 to check on their activities. They were Engine and Empeckom. We inspected their firefighting gadgets (fire extinguishers)
4.4.2.R.T.F Industry
We visited the Rural Technology Facility and garages at Bunso junction on 7th of September, 2019 for outreach program on disaster prevention.
4.4.3 Inspection of Government Projects in the Municipal
NADMO in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly inspected some on-going projects in the Municipal.Roman Catholic Primary, Anum PresbyNkurakan 6 Unit Classrooms with Teachers Quarters, Anoma Kojo, BunsoOtwe Nkwanta L/A New Primary building and K.G, Industrial Area Toilet 12 Seater andEkoso Chips Compound
4.4.4 Recognizance Survey on Flooding
The office conducted a recognizance survey on flood in the Asamankese Township after a heavy down pour on Tuesday 12th of September, 2019. We observed that no damage has been caused as a result of the heavy down pour. We also inform the information centres within the township to announce to the people to create awareness on the upcoming rainfall to curb flooding.
4.4.5 Survey of Flood Prone Communities
The office in collaboration with a four member team from the Regional Office conducted a survey on some flood prone areas in the municipal.
The following places were visited old Zongo, Lydia girls SHS, and roman down areas in Asamankese township.
4.4.6 Inspection of Mass Communication Poles
The exercise took place on the 17th to 19th of October 2019 the following observation were made during the inspection.
4.4.6.1 Tigo
We observed that their fire extinguishers ware out of date and the security guard was not knowledgeable about maintenance of the pole. We advised them to renew their fire extinguisher since it has expired.
4.4.6.2 Mtn And Airtel
We observed that there are no guards managing the poles and also most of their machines and heavy duty machines are not working.
4.4.6.3 Vodafone
We observed that they have guards managing the poles. We inspected their machines and realized that they have regular checks on their machines.
4.4.7 Inspection of Government Projects in the Municipal
NADMO in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly inspected some on-going projects in the Municipal.
4.4.8 Flood Prone Communities in the Municipal
The following information on flood prone communities was mapped during the quarter.
(a) Name of Communities
(b) Number of people living in the community
(c) Number of people likely to be affected by flood
Find below the table showing the Data.
| S/N | COMMUNITY | NO. OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY | NO. OF PEOPLE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD |
| 1. | Roman Down | 4,500 | 1,300 |
| 2. | Asikafo Amantem | 4,200 | 1,500 |
| 3. | First Stop | 4000 | 1,800 |
| 4. | Yayo | 3,268 | 1,800 |
| 5. | Old Zongo | 6,300 | 1,400 |
| 6. | Abaase | 3500 | 1,400 |
| 7. | Estate | 3000 | 700 |
| 8. | Osenase | 6,000 | 1000 |
| 9. | Awaham | 1,500 | 500 |
| 10. | Akim Boso | 2,400 | 400 |
| 11. | Oworam | 2600 | 800 |
| 12. | Amarko | 1,800 | 630 |
| 13. | Obotwene | 230 | 230 |
| 14 | Brekumanso | 3,500 | 1,200 |
| 15 | Akanteng | 4000 | 600 |
| 16 | Ekoso | 1000 | 260 |
4.4.9 Three Felling In Asamankese Township for Construction of New High Tension Cables
We supervise the felling of trees which were obstructing high tension cables in the Asamankese Township by the Electricity Company of Ghana.
4.4.10 61stIndependence Anniversary Celebration
We participated in the 61stIndependence Anniversary Celebration at Brekumanso and Asamankese Methodist C Park for the Match pass. The programme at Methodist C was attended by the security services, various Government departments, the Immediate Past Municipal Chief Executive Officer, the Member of Parliament the traditional authorities and the general public.
NADMO was among the Judges at the Match pass at Brekumanso. 19 Schools participated in the Match pass. We also collaborate with the Municipal Red Cross Society to provide first aid service to the student at Brekumanso.
4.4.11 Army Worm Infestation
We recorded a major army worm infestation in 17 communities in the municipal
Sixty hectares of farmland were affected during the second quarter.
4.4.12 Disaster Day Celebration
We marked this year’s disaster day for international day for disaster reduction at Odjarde on the 20th of October 2019. We educated the gathering about duties and responsibilities of Nadmo in the municipal; we also informed them about the importance of DVGs and also formed one in the community. We educated them on how to fight domestic and bush fires. The program was very successful
4.4.13 Early Warning Projects
Domestic fire outbreak awareness prior to the harmattan season at the information centers at the central market and market b on Thursday 1th of December, 2019.
Pre-flooding education within the second quarter.
4.4.14 Potential Hazards
The following Potential Hazards identified in the previous reports are still in existence.
Deplorable toilet facility at Brekumanso.
Deplorable toilet facility at Asamankese Community Centre.
Street hawking at the Central business area in Asamankese.
Indiscriminate dumping of refuse and liquid waste into the central market drains.
Drainage flow of river at Densuakwa in Osenase as a result of bushy weeds that have grown along the banks of the river. This makes it difficult for the water to flow when it rains.
Dumping site at Osenase Zongo is very close to the Densuakwa River. The rubbish overflow from the container which finds its way into the river therefore making it difficult for the river to flow.
Wells at various households within the Asamankese Zongo area are very short and not covered. This is a dangerous trap to children and even adults if not address making hazards to deal with.
There is on-going serious erosion at old Zongo, in Asamankese which needs urgent attention.
Exposed electrical cases of various houses and shops within the Asamankese Zongo area.
About seven (7) cracked building where identified at Esaase and Old Zongo which needs to be demolished immediately to avoid danger.
Choked culvert at Roman down at Asamankese which needs to be drained to ensure free flow of water when it rains.
Lack of Public Place of convenient at Asibirim
Final dump site at Asibirim close to their houses.
Dilapidated structure, house 295, at Yayo. The owner has been advised to demolish it immediately to avert disaster.
There is stagnant water at roman down behind Mr. C.K house this is as a result of the main drain at the roadside side higher than the water table at the nearby streams
The Anyinasu drains is developing cracks as a result of a tree growing along the drains
Uncovers drains at the middle of Sabaki road
There is an open inspection chamber at the middle of the road behind the church of Pentecost at old Zongo
There is deep erosion developing at Anum along papa alafa’s road to the church of Christ church. Another one is also developing at James town at the old clinic and the Zion school road.
4.4.15 Deplorable Foot Bridges
There is a deplorable footbridge both at Kwasi Badu Junction and Old Zongo around Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Bank all in Asamankese.
4.4.16 Dilapidated Structure at Christian Quarters
The office identified a two storey dilapidated structure at Christian Quarters during it hazard mapping on 20th June, 2019. The structure poses a serious treat both to the occupants and the surrounding people.
We have assessed the structure together with the Municipal Assembly’s engineer and also invited the owner of the house Mr. Lartey Samuel for discussion on the issue where we directed him to immediately
4.4.17 Occurrence of Disaster
We recorded nine (9) disasters within the year they were four domestic fire outbreaks, two commercial fire outbreaks, one flooding and two windstorms disasters cases within the quarter.
4.4.17.1 Domestic Fire Out-Break
James Town:
A severe fire broke at Madam Rose Karikari residence at the government bungalow near the Asamankese old clinic on 6th February, 2019. The fire affected one of her bedroom, lots of her personal belongings were destroyed by the fire and two male children were also affected.
Roman Down
Another Domestic fire broke at Roman down at house number B214B on the 8th February, 2019. One single room belonging to Mr. Aboagye Dacosta was affected. The fire affected All His Personal Belongings.
Akanteng
Similar incidence occurred at Akanteng-Pentimpa on 3rd January, 2019 at Mr. Eric Davor house. Two of his single rooms were affected. No casualty was recorded. His solar lighting system and personal belonging estimated to GH 2,500.00 were destroyed.
Osenase House Number A178
A domestic fire outbreak occurred at house no A178 in Osenase on the 16th of November 2019. Three single rooms were gutted by the fire. Two male adult, two female adult, one make child and five female children making a total of ten people were affected by the incidence. Lot of personal belongings was destroyed. The owner of the house is Mr. Kwame Awuakye.
4.4.17.2 Commercial Fire Outbreaks
Topease Rubber Plantation Company Limited
There was a commercial fire outbreak at Topease rubber plantation limited on 1st of December 2019. The fire affected one of the ware houses they keep their raw materials of the rubber. The officer went there on two occasions for assessment of the incident but the management of the company denied us asses to the ware house
Asamankese Boutique Container
A boutique shop sited behind Akos chop bar got burnt beyond recognition on Friday 1sts of December 2019. Mrs. Leticia Darko the owner of the boutique shop said she was not around when the fire started. Everything in the boutique got burnt.
4.4.17.3 Windstorm
Awaham
There was a windstorm at Awaham on 22nd January 2019 this ripped off two classroom blocks of the Presby Primary School. We have written to the Assembly for immediate renovation of the classroom blocks for the community.
Asamankese Local Authority Basic School
There was a heavy windstorm at Asamankese Sabon Zongo local authority basic school on 1st November 2018. The wind ripped off roofing sheets of their class four classroom blocks. According to the headmaster Mr. Lawrence Addo this has halted teaching and learning in that classroom. Thirty five females’ twenty male pupils were occupying the class.
4.4.17.4 Flooding
There was a heavy downpour on 1st July, 2019. Seven houses were flooded at Roman down but no casualty was recorded.
4.5 Challenges
Inadequate funds to support the office activities of the organization.
Lack of logistics for smooth running of the office.
Lack of relief items to disaster victims and incentives to the DVG’s for effective performance.
4.6 Conclusion
NADMO should be given all the legal backing and resources to mitigate all man-made disasters.
5.0 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
5.1 Social Welfare Unit
Department of Social Development is one of the decentralized institutions in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection whose mission is to take the lead in collaboration with Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in integrating the vulnerable, disadvantaged and persons with disabilities into the mainstream of development with active participation and support of their families and communities for realization of their full potentials.
Justice Administration, Child Rights Protection and Promotion and Community Care are the three (3) core programmes under which the mission was accomplished with positive results.
- Five (9) SERs were written and submitted to court.
- Twenty-three (23) families were assisted to solve family related problems.
- Two Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH₵2,500.00) collected as maintenance money was released to beneficiary clients.
- Three (3) visits were made to the Osenase orphanage for inspection to ensure its operations are in the best interest of the children.
- Twenty-five (25) Day Care Centres were visited and inspected during the year.
- Eighty-four (84) newly identified PWDs and their families benefitted from rehabilitation counselling.
- Four (4) PWDs groups benefitted from counselling and professional social welfare services.
- One Hundred and fifteen (115) PWDs benefited from the Disability Fund for Educational, Health and Economic Support.
- LEAP payment for September-October, 2018 was undertaken from 6thto 8thDecember, 2018.
- LEAP payment for November-December, 2018 was undertaken from 24thto 29th January, 2019.
- LEAP payment for January-February, 2019 was undertaken from 27th to 29thMarch, 2019.
- LEAP payment for March-April, 2019 was undertaken from 23rdto 28thMay, 2019
- LEAP payment for May-June, 2019 was undertaken from 14thto 20th August, 2019.
- LEAP payment for July-August, 2019 was undertaken from 4th to 8thOctober, 2019.
- LEAP payment for September – October, 2019 was undertaken from 12th to 14th December, 2019.
5.1.1 Mission
The department works in partnership with people in the communities to improve their social wellbeing through promoting development with equity for the disadvantaged, vulnerable and excluded.
5.1.2 Vision
To take the lead in integrating the disadvantaged, vulnerable and the excluded into the main stream of development.
5.1.3 Staff List
| NO | NAME | SEX | DATE OF BIRTH | STAFF NO. | PRESENT GRADE | DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT | SOCIAL SECURITY NO. |
| 1. | JOVITA ADABRA | FEMALE | 15/02/1962 | 120828 | PRIN. SOC. DEV. OFF. | 01/01/1992 | D066202150021 |
| 2. | DORCAS OSAFO | FEMALE | 11/06/1989 | 900520 | SNR. SOC. DEV. ASST. | 21/08/2012 | E068906110021 |
| 3. | FRANCIS OPOKU NSIAH | MALE | 07/02/1976 | 922413 | SOC. DEV. OFFICER | 03/12/2012 | C037602070018 |
| 4. | GRACE KESEWAA | FEMALE | 17/03/1988 | 922406 | SNR. SOC. DEV. ASST. | 03/12/2012 | E288803170021 |
| 5. | FELIX AGYENIM-BOATENG | MALE | 15/09/1986 | 922483 | SOC. DEV. OFFICER | 03/12/2012 | A078609150010 |
| 6. | BRIGHT AWUAH AMANKWAA | MALE | 03/11/1985 | 925273 | ASST. SOC. DEV. OFF. | 01/03/2013 | F178511030012 |
| 7. | LOUISA ACHEAMPONG | FEMALE | 30/08/1989 | 926781 | ASST. SOC. DEV. OFF. | 01/11/2013 | F058908300027 |
5.1.4 Core Programmes
Justice Administration
Child Rights Promotion and Protection
Community Care
5.1.5 Main Objectives
To carry out the Department’s statutory functions in the field of Justice Administration.
To carry out the Department’s statutory functions in the field of Child Rights Promotion & Protection.
To provide Community Care services
5.1.5 Activities Under Justice Administration
Court Work
Writing of Social Enquiry Reports (SERs)
Probation Services
Voluntary Supervision
Activities Under Child Rights Promotion & Protection
- Child Survival and Development
- Supervision of Day Care Centers
- Services in respect of: Paternity
Child Maintenance
Child Custody
Adoption
Child Labour
Activities Under Community Care
- Service for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
- Assistance to trained disabled persons
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Hospital Welfare Services
- Work with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)
Justice Administration
Court Work, writing and submission of Social Enquiry Reports, (SERs), Social Investigation Reports (SIRs) were the activities undertaken during the year.
Court Work
The Family Tribunal and Juvenile Courts operated during the year.
Below is the breakdown of operations:
| COURT | NATURE OF CASE | B/F | NEW CASES | TOTAL | DISPOSED OF | PENDING |
| JUVENILE | Murder | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Indecent Assault | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Unlicensed Driving | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Defilement | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | |
| Careless Cycling | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Rape | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Stealing | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | – | |
| Total | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| FAMILY TRIBUNAL | NATURE OF CASE | B/F | NEW CASES | TOTAL | DISPOSED OF | PENDING |
| Maintenance | 7 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 9 | |
| Paternity | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | – | |
| Custody | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 15 | 32 | 47 | 37 | 10 |
5.2 Social Enquiry Reports (SERs)
Five (5) S.E.R.s were written and submitted to the Juvenile court during the year.
- Felix Appiah, aged 17, was charged with unlawful entry and stealing.
- Philip Edem, aged 13 was charged with defilement.
- Meshack Effah, 14 was charged with defilement.
- George Darko, aged 16, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit; stealing and stealing.
- Kwaku Boateng, aged 13, was charged with indecent assault.
- Charles Danso, aged 16, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit; stealing and stealing.
- Alex Kwabena Odei, aged 16, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit; stealing and stealing.
- Michael Adu, aged 19, was charged with defilement.
- Bright Adu, aged 20, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit; stealing, unlawful entry, unlawful damage and stealing.
5.3 Probation:
One (1) juveniles was put on probation during the year.
Data on Probationers
| No.of Probationers | Age | Period of Probation | |||
| Male | Female | Months | Start Date | End Date | |
| 1 | – | 13 years | 12 | 11/06/2019 | 10/05/2020 |
- Kwaku Boateng, aged 16, who was charged with Indecent Assault, was put on 12months probation. The Juvenile is cooperating and complying with all the probation terms.
Through Care
- Michael Adu, aged 19, who was charged with defilement was sentenced to the Senior Correctional Centre for 36 months on June 26, 2019.
- Philip Edem, aged 13, who was charged with defilement was sentenced to the Senior Correctional Centre, Maamobi – Accra, for the period of 36 months on 20th March, 2019.
- Meshack Effah, aged 14, who was charged with defilement was sentenced to the Senior Correctional Centre, Maamobi – Accra for the period of 36 months on March 20, 2019.
- Edward Kumi, aged 15, who was charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit, stealing, unlawful entry and stealing, was sentenced to the Senior Correctional Centre, Maamobi – Accra for the period of 36 months on February 5, 2019.
- Abdulai Jibrilla, aged 20, who was charged with stealing and sentenced to the Senior Correctional Centre, Maamobi – Accra on 7th December, 2016 for 36 months has duly served his term and is expected to be released to his family.
Data on Juveniles in Institutions
| No. | NAME | AGE | OFFENCE | COURT | SENTENCE | DATE OF SENTENCE |
| 1 | Michael Adu | 19 | Defilement | Juvenile | Thirty-six (36) months | 26/06/2019 |
| 2 | Philip Edem | 13 | Defilement | Juvenile | Thirty-six (36) months | 20/03/2019 |
| 3 | Meshack Effah | 14 | Defilement | Juvenile | Thirty-six (36) months | 20/03/2019 |
| 4 | Edward Kumi | 15 | Defilement | Juvenile | Thirty-six (36) months | 05/02/2017 |
5.4 Voluntary Supervision:
One (1) juvenile was put on supervision during the year.
A school drop-out, Richard Osra Afrane aged 16, was charged with stealing and arraigned before the District Magistrate Court. Due to failure of the witness to report, he was discharged and acquitted. However, a recommendation was made to put subject on voluntary supervision for six (6) months.
He was re-enrolled in school, and successfully completed his supervision term.
5.5 Child Rights Promotion and Protection (CRPP)
Activities undertaken under this programme included working with families in solving family related problems, registration and inspection of Day Care Centres and Orphanages and providing assistance to children in need of care and protection.
5.6 Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDCs)
Thirty-One (31) Day Care Centres were visited to ensure their operations are in the best interest of the children vide section 1 (1) of ACT 560/98. Proprietors were encouraged to improve upon their infrastructural and material situations to enable them meet the criteria for registration and to ensure the safety and welfare of the children entrusted into their care.
Data on Centres Inspected
| No. | Name of E.C.D.C | Location | No. on Roll | Age Distribution (Months) | No. Trained Attendants | Certificate Expiry Date | ||||
| Boys | Girls | <18 | 18-24 | 25-36 | >36 | |||||
| 1. | Holy Child Int. School | Yayo-Asamankese | 23 | 29 | – | 27 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 2. | Genesis Early Learning Cent. | Yayo-Asamankese | 60 | 67 | 35 | 19 | 53 | 20 | – | 05/12/2019 |
| 3. | Grace Academy | Pinora -Asamankese | 46 | 35 | – | 37 | 23 | 21 | 2 | – |
| 4. | Glory Prep School | Mantemankabi – Ekoso | 7 | 12 | – | – | 8 | 11 | – | – |
| 5. | Think Tank Prep. School | Mantemankabi – Ekoso | 24 | 23 | – | – | 20 | 27 | – | – |
| 6. | Promise Academy | Mantemankabi – Ekoso | 14 | 12 | – | – | – | 26 | – | – |
| 7. | Great Brilliant Home Academy | Yayo-Asamankese | 41 | 47 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 33 | – | – |
| 8. | Global Impact Academy | Roman Down-Asamankese | 43 | 40 | 28 | 20 | 35 | – | – | – |
| 9. | YMCA Day Care | Asamankese | 26 | 39 | – | 33 | 24 | 8 | – | – |
| 10. | Ambassador Prep. School | Asikafoambantem-Asamankese | 92 | 90 | 12 | 47 | 53 | 70 | – | – |
| 11. | Precious Life Model School. | Asikafoambantem-Asamankese | 53 | 54 | – | 18 | 32 | 57 | – | 12/09/2019 |
| 12. | Fountain of Life Int. School | Zongo – Ekoso | 15 | 12 | — | – | – | 27 | – | – |
| 13 | Wiseway School Complex | Amponsah – Ekoso | 41 | 20 | – | 23 | 16 | 22 | – | – |
| 14. | Deustche Int. School | Yayo-Asamankese | 99 | 99 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 79 | 1 | 07/10/2016 |
| 15. | Life Educational Center | Amanfrom-Asamankese | 19 | 15 | – | – | 11 | 23 | – | – |
| 16. | United Pentecostal Sch. | Amanfrom-Asamankese | 16 | 16 | – | 13 | 9 | 10 | – | – |
| 17. | Everglory Prep. School | Asamanketewa-Asamankese | 24 | 31 | – | – | 34 | 21 | – | – |
| 18. | Apostolic Prep. School | Amanfrom-Asamankese | 26 | 28 | – | 11 | 13 | 24 | – | – |
| 19. | Christ Apostolic Prep. School | Anum-Asamankese | 56 | 53 | – | 33 | 35 | 41 | – | 12/09/2018 |
| 20. | Liberty Home Academy | First Stop-Asamankese | 57 | 64 | – | 52 | 30 | 39 | 1 | – |
| 21. | Happy Child Int. School | Anum-Asamankese | 15 | 15 | – | 10 | 10 | 10 | – | – |
| 22. | Mckeown Pentecost Sch. | First Stop-Asamankese | 18 | 18 | – | 5 | 13 | 19 | – | – |
| 23. | Otoo’s Int. School | Freetown-Asamankese | 17 | 17 | – | 10 | – | 24 | – | – |
| 24. | High Brain Sch. Complex | Emperkom-Asamankese | 15 | 13 | – | – | 11 | 17 | – | – |
| 25. | Emmanuel Day Care Center | Amanfrom-Asamankese | 16 | 33 | – | 10 | 19 | 20 | – | – |
- The department during the year identified new centres within the Municipality. These included Grace Academy, Glory Preparatory School, Think Tank Preparatory School, Promise Academy, Fountain of Life Academy and Wiseway School Complex.
- Liberty Home Academy applied formally for permission to operate, and was given 6 months interim permission.
- Genesis Early Learning Centre applied for certification, and had been duly issued with it.
- Christ Apostolic School Complex and Deustche International School applied for renewal of their certificates and were duly issued with.
- A meeting was held during the year with the Regional Directorate and Proprietors/ Proprietresses of centres in the Municipality to discuss issues pertaining to the operation of Day Care Centres.
- Six (6) ECDC Caregivers in the Municipality participated in the six weeks Certificate Training Course organised by the Regional Office at Koforidua.
- An NGO (The maternal and Child Survival Programme) visited the Municipality to undertake data collection on eleven (11) selected Day Care Centres. The centres visited include Christ Care International School, Lighthouse Christian Mission school, Deustche International School, Genesis Early Learning Centre, Christ Apostolic School Complex, Ambassador School Complex, Precious Life Model School, Global Impact Academy, Golden Child Preparatory School, Sweet Valley Academy and Holy Child Preparatory School.
Below are the centres notified?
| EXISTING CENTRES | NEWLY IDENTIFIED |
| Apostolic Preparatory School | Model Preparatory School |
| Global Impact Academy | Bless Preparatory School |
| Life Educational Centre | High Brain School Complex |
| Hawell International School | Emmanuel Day Care Centre |
| Otoo’s International School | Noble and Able Preparatory School |
| United Pentecostal School | |
| Mckeown Pentecost School | |
| Great Brilliant Home Academy | |
| Happy Child International School | |
| Christ Care Academy | |
| Bright Morning Star Academy |
- Eight (8) centres out of the above listed ECDCs, namely; Otoo’s Int. School, High Brain School Complex, Bless Prep. School, Model Prep. School, Global Impact Academy, Great Brilliant Home Academy, Emmanuel Day Care Centre and Noble & Able Prep. School have put in application for permit to operate officially.
- Noble & Able Prep. School, Emmanuel Day Care Centre, Global Impact Academy and Great Brilliant Academy have been given six (6) months interim permit to operate in order to warrant registration and certification in future.
- The following centres, whose interim permission has expired, were given letters of reminder to apply for certification.
- Everglory Academy
- Ambassador School Complex
- Genesis Early Learning Centre
- YMCA
- Holy Child Int. School
- Liberty Home Academy
- Omega Schools
- Lighthouse Christian School
- Genesis Early Learning Centre has applied for certification and a Social Investigation Report has been written and submitted to the Regional Office for further action.
5.7 Osenase Orphanage
Three (3) visits were made to the orphanage during the year.
There are fifteen (15) children in the home presently. The total number is made up of eleven (11) boys and four (4) girls.
The staff strength of the orphanage stands at three (3). One (1) administrator and two (2) care mothers.
A visit was made to the facility to deliver a message received from the Head Office of the Department of Social Welfare through email, concerning the monitoring tool designed for the RHCs. The form was submitted to the Home and awaiting response to be forwarded to the Head Office accordingly.
5.8 Child In Need of Care and Protection
The Municipal Health Directorate wrote to the Department to request for a needy baby who was on admission. The baby was born by a mentally challenged woman, and her refusal to breastfeed the child resulted into the baby developing severe malnourishment.
5.9 Work with Families
Twenty-three (23) cases involving maintenance, custody, family reconciliation and paternity were received and handled during the year.
An amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢2,500.00) was received and released to beneficiary clients.
Below is the breakdown of cases.
| NO. | NATURE OF CASE | B/F | NEW | SUCCESSFULLY HANDLED | REFERRED TO COURT | WITHDRAWN | REM. |
| 1 | Maintenance | – | 7 | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| 2 | Custody | – | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 3 | Family Reconciliation | – | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| 4 | Paternity | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| Total | – | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | – |
5.10 Community Care
Activities under this programme included identification and registration of Persons with Disabilities (P.W.Ds), Rehabilitation Counseling, follow Ups, assisting clients to source for the Disability Fund and Hospital Welfare Services.
Identification and Registration of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)
Eighty-four (84) persons were identified and registered during the year.
| Age Group | Speech / Hearing Impairment | Seeing Impairment | Moving Impairment | Multiple Impairment | Others | Total | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0-15 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 11 | 7 |
| 16-30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 31-50 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 51+ | – | – | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 11 | 8 |
| Total | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 42 |
5.11 Rehabilitation Counseling
The eighty-four (84) newly registered clients and their families were counseled and asked to register with the Association of the Disabled to enable them benefit from any assistance that come to them.
5.11.1 Follow-Ups and Community Based Rehabilitation
Follow-ups were made to thirty-eight (38) clients who are traders. They are doing well in their respective trading. However, they were encouraged to attach seriousness to their job.
5.12 Association of Persons with Disabilities
Associations of speech/hearing, moving and visually impaired are operational in the municipality and continue to hold regular meetings at which they benefit from counseling and support services.
- The Associations of moving, speech/hearing and visually impaired were linked to the NHIS with which there was education on the registration and renewal process of the NHIS membership cards.
5.12.1 Disability Fund
A total of 207 applications were received from PWDs across the Municipality. The Disability Fund Management Committee embarked on a ten (10) day Needs Assessment Exercise to validate the applicants.
The Committee travelled far and wide the Municipality to each applicant’s residence to assess their needs and validate them.
Report on the exercise was submitted to the Municipal Assembly’s management for approval and disbursement.
Assorted support items were distributed to 115 PWDs who were successfully validated to be equipped economically. Items distributed included:
- Electrical/Manual Sewing Machines
- Shoemaking Kits
- Deep Freezers
- Hairdressing Equipments
- School Fees
- Medical Support
- Provisions
- Plastic Chairs
- Weedicides
- Wheelbarrows
- Second-hand Clothing; etc etc
Details of Disbursement
| CATEGORY | NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES | |
| PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED | 77 | |
| VISUALLY IMPAIRED | 21 | |
| HEARING/SPEECH IMPAIRMENT | 10 | |
| MENTALLY CHALLENGED | 5 | |
| MULTIPLE DISABILITY | 2 | |
The Disability Fund Management Committee embarked on a three (3) day monitoring exercise to forty-one (41) beneficiaries of the fund. The exercise was aimed at finding out if the items disbursed to them are being put to good use.
Many of them are doing well and have increased their trade items. Encouragement was given to those who were doing well. Beneficiaries who have misused their support were however advised to put the little they have left into good use for their own benefit.
5.13. Personal Welfare Services
One hundred and six (106) clients received various assistance to enable them overcome their personal and social problems during the year.
- Seventy-three (73) benefited from psychosocial counselling; Male-35; Female-38
- Three (3) were given directions on the registration of NGOs; Male-2; Female-1
- Thirteen (13) were linked to other agencies for support services, e.g. CHRAJ, DOVVSU, NHIS etc; Male-7; Female-6
- Seventeen (17) were given directions on the registration of Day Care centres; Male-7; Female-10
5.14 Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)
Seven (7) LEAP payments were undertaken during the year.
Below are the payment details for the cycles covered during the year.
5.14.1 51stPayment Cycle
LEAP payment for September/October, 2018 was undertaken from 6thto 8thDecember, 2018. Beneficiaries from all the Twenty-nine (29) communities received their cash grant in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 44,858.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 601 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 1,958.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 27 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK (ABRB)
5.14.2 52ndPayment Cycle
LEAP payment for November/December, 2018 was undertaken from 24thto 29th January, 2019. Beneficiaries from all the Twenty-nine (29) communities received their cash grant in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 43,718.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 578 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 3,638.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 50 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK
5.14.3 53rd Payment Cycle
LEAP payment for January/February, 2019 was undertaken from 27th to 29thMarch, 2019. Beneficiaries from Twenty-nine (29) communities received cash grants in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 42,350.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 565 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 4,466.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 63 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK
5.14.4 54th Payment Cycle
LEAP payment for March/April, 2019 was undertaken from 23rdto 28thMay, 2019. Beneficiaries from Twenty-nine (29) communities received cash grants in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵ 46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 43,324.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 580 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 3,492.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 48 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK (ABRB)
5.14.5 55th Payment Cycle
LEAP payment for May/June, 2019 was undertaken from 14th to 20th August, 2019. Beneficiaries from Twenty-nine (29) communities received cash grants in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵ 46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 42,722.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 572 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 4,094.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 56 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK (ABRB)
5.14.6 56th Payment Cycle
LEAP payment for July/August, 2019 was undertaken from 4th to 8thOctober, 2019. Beneficiaries from all Twenty-nine (29) communities received cash grants in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵ 46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 44,376.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 594 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 2,440.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 34 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK (ABRB)
5.14.7 57th Payment Cycle
LEAP payment for September/October, 2019 was undertaken from 12th to 14thDecember, 2019. Beneficiaries from all Twenty-nine (29) communities received cash grants in their respective communities.
| TOTAL AMOUNT CREDITED TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS | GH₵ 46,816.00 | TOTAL NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CREDITED | 628 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 44,242.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASHED OUT | 592 |
| TOTAL AMOUNT NOT CASHED OUT | GH₵ 2,574.00 | NO. OF BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS NOT CASHED OUT | 36 |
- Name of PFI: AKIM BOSOME RURAL BANK (ABRB)
- LEAP expansion activities such as Community Entry and Training of Community Focal Persons (CFPs) were undertaken during the year.
- Community Sensitisation of Thirty (30) communities selected for expansion was done.
- Enumeration of eligible Households of eighteen (18) communities out of the thirty (30) selected for expansion was undertaken by Esoko during the year.
- The eighteen (18) communities of One Hunndred and Fifty-Three (153) beneficiary households enumerated by Esoko were enrolled successfully onto the E-zwich platform
5.15 Hospital Welfare
One hundred and eighty-two (182) clients benefited from the services of the medical social worker in the areas of counseling, assisting in negotiation for payment of bills by relatives, contacting relatives, follow-ups and tracing of absconded patients.
A total amount of One Hundred and Forty-five Ghana Cedis (GH₵ 145.00) was waived off for one (1) female patient who had been at the hospital to deliver but had no one to fall on to settle her bills
Breakdown of Activities Undertaken
| M | F | TOTAL | |
| Counselling with patients/relatives | 32 | 28 | 60 |
| Contact of relatives | 38 | 34 | 72 |
| Follow-ups | 22 | 21 | 43 |
| Bills waived | – | 1 | 1 |
| Absconded | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Assistance to pay bill | – | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 93 | 89 | 182 |
5.16 Staffing Position
Staffing position stands at seven (7).
SUMMARIZED MDAs ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT, 2017
| PROGRAMMME/ACTIVITY | EXPECTED RESULTS | ACTUAL OUTCOMERS/ PROGRESS | REMARKS/ CHALLENGES |
| Produce departmental reports | Four (4) quarterly reports to be written. One (1) annual report to be written. | Four (4) quarterly reports written One (1) annual report written | Submitted Submitted |
- JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
| Write and submit Social Enquiry Reports (SERs) and Social Investigation Reports (SIRs) for the courts | Twelve (12) SERs to be written and submitted to courts. | Nine (9) SERs written and submitted. | Recommendations accepted. |
| Provide probation services to probationers | Twelve (12) Probationers to be supervised | One (1) juveniles was supervised. | Subject is complying with probation terms. |
| Provide voluntary supervision for status offenders. | Twelve (12) to be supervised. | – | – |
- CHILD RIGHT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION
| Inspect and supervise Day Care Centers (DCC) | Thirty-two (32) DCCs to be inspected and supervised | Twenty-five (25) DCCs were inspected and supervised. | Six (6) new centres have been identified. Lack of Mobility for inspection. | |
| Inspection of orphanages | One (1) orphanage home to be visited. | No visit was made to the home. | – | |
| Children in need of care and protection | Forty (40) children to be assisted | One (1) child was given care and protection. | The family of a malnourished baby was assisted by way of report to source for baby formular | |
| Provide professional social welfare services to families | Sixty (60) family welfare and related cases to be handled | Twenty-three (23) Family welfare and related cases received. | Fourteen (14) cases successfully handled, one (1) withdrawn and six (6) referred to court. An amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Ghana cedis (GH₵2,500.00) was received and released to beneficiary clients. | |
| COMMUNITY CARE | ||||
| Provide professional social welfare services to persons with disabilities. (PWDs) | Forty (40) PWDs to be identified registered and needs assessed. | Eighty-four (84) PWDs identified and registered. | Clients/families received rehabilitation counselling. | |
| Disability fund | PWDs to be assisted to source for disability fund. | Assorted trade items were disbursed to 115 PWDs | ||
| Follow up and CBR | Disability fund beneficiaries to be visited. | Seventy-nine (79) PWDs visited | They are doing well in their respective businesses. Lack of mobility for monitoring. | |
| LEAP | Grant to be paid to beneficiaries. | Seven (7) LEAP payments were undertaken during the year. | All payments were successful. | |
| Personal Welfare Service | One hundred (100) to be benefited | One hundred and six (106) benefited. | Seventy-three (73) benefited from psychosocial counselling; Male – 35; female – 38Three (3) were given directions on the registration of NGOs; Male-2; Female-1Thirteen (13) were linked to other agencies for support services. |
6.0 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UNIT
6.1 Executive SummaryThe Department, during the quarter, undertook some activities under the following programmes:
- Adult Education
- Women Empowerment Programmes
- Community Initiative Projects
- Extension Services
Varying approaches were employed in carrying out the task which included the following:
- Undertaking extension services for development partners
- Jointly undertaking projects with other decentralized departments
- Undertaking projects or activities as directed by the Municipal Assembly
- Helping communities or groups to undertake projects
6.2 Organizational Structure
The Department operates under five main divisions namely:
- General Administration
- Budget and Planning
- Mass Education
- Technical Services
- Technical and Vocational Institutions
6.3 Municipal Level
As a decentralized organization, the Department facilitates development under the Municipal Assembly and implements community development programmes aim at assisting deprived communities to improve their living conditions and reports quarterly and annually to the Municipal Assembly with copies to Regional Director of Community Development.
6.4 Introduction
The Department of Community Development is a decentralized department charged with the responsibilities of facilitating the enhancement of the living standards of the communities in Ghana.
6.4.1 Vision
The vision is to ensure that community development practices are voluntary and healthy interdependent that will mutually benefit the people with shared responsibilities to enhance the living standards of both urban and rural communities.
6.4.2 Mission Statement
The Department exists to promote and ensure improvement in the living standards of people in rural areas and disadvantaged section of urban communities through their own initiatives and active participation in a decentralized system of administration through Adult Education and Extension Services.
6.4.3 Functions
The Department of Community Development performs the following functions;
- Provides community education and mobilization
- Supports extension services to government and NG0s
- Offers employable and sustainable skills and training for the youth
- Assists communities to undertake initiated development projects
- Conducts mass education campaigns
6.4.4 Objectives
In the pursuance of its mission, the Department has set to achieve the under listed objectives;
- To facilitate the dissemination of development related information to the people through adult education programmes,
- To expose women to available opportunities for enhancing their socio-economic status,
- To extend support services to sister agencies in areas like awareness creation, community animation, and mass mobilization and grassroots participation,
- To provide technical support and advise towards the construction of essential socio-economic infrastructure for needy communities through self-help and community initiatives.
6.5 Organogram
The Department at the Municipal level is headed by (1) Assistant Director assisted by One (1) Community Development Officer, two (2) Social Development Officers and one (1) Assistant Community Development Officer.
6.7 Programme/Activities
This report contains activities undertaken by the Department at the West AkimMunicipal Assembly from January to December, 2019. Under mass education, topics treated included, Environmental Cleanliness, Girl-Child Education, Child Labour, Renewal of National Health Insurance Cards, Business Management, Sleeping under Mosquito Nets, Pension Schemes, Savings, Investments, Nutrition and Mob Actions, Insurance, Stigma and Discrimination, Know Your HIV Status, Birth Control, Prevention of Communicable Diseases, Accessing Funds..
Participants totaled one thousand and fifty (1,050). A total of three hundred and forty-eight (348) was recorded for study groups and seven hundred and two (702) people attended women’s groups meetings.
6.7.1 Workshops and Meetings:
The Department was well represented at the following programmes:
- MPCU Meeting held on 17th January, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- CLOGSAG General Meeting held on 27th January, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Tender Opening Meeting held on 2nd February, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- MPCU Meeting held on 10th March, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- MPCU monitoring of projects within the municipality was held on 21st and 22nd March, 2019.
- Social Services Sub-Committee Meeting held on 22nd March, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Working session on the preparation of the Medium Term Development Plan held on 19th April, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Management Meeting held on 20th April, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Meeting on the Composite Budget held on 29th May, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Management Meeting held on 31st May, 2018 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Meeting of Community led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Implementation Committee held on 1st June, 2018 at West Akim Municipal Assembly.
- Staff Durbar held on 2nd June, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Meeting with the Head of Local Government Service held on 15th June, 2019 at Conference Hall at the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council, Koforidua.
- Meeting with heads of department on 29th June held at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Disability Management Committee meeting held on 5th July, 2019 at the Municipal Budget Officer’s office, Asamankese.
- Executive Committee Meeting held on 8th August, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Management Meeting held on 29th August, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Regional Budget Hearing on 2018 Composite Budget held on 31st August 2019, at the conference hall of the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council, Koforidua.
- Reconstitution, Inauguration of Municipal Planning and Coordinating Unit (MPCU) held on 8th September, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Monitoring Planning and Coordinating Unit (MPCU) meeting held on 19th October, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Management Meeting held on 31st October, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Heads of Department meeting held on 2nd November 2019, at the Municipal Assembly hall, Asamankese.
- Meeting with the Eastern Regional Minister held on 13th November 2019, at the Municipal Assembly hall, Asamankese.
- Tender Committee meeting held on 17th November 2019, at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- MPCU Monitoring Exercise Project held on 21st November 2019.
- Farmers’ Day Planning Committee meeting held on 23rd November 2019, at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Inaugural Meeting of Municipal Education Oversight Committee held on 23rd November 2019 at the Office of the Municipal Chief Executive.
- Management Meeting held on 28th November, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- 33rd National Farmers’ Day Celebration held on 1st December 2019, at Pabi.
- Social Service Sub Committee meeting held on 13th December 2019, at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Executive Committee Meeting held on 19th December, 2019 at the Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
- Municipal Education Oversight Committee meeting held at the Office of the Municipal Chief Executive on 20th December, 2019.
33.General Assembly Meeting held on22nd December, 2019 at Municipal Assembly Hall, Asamankese.
6.7.2Total Staff Strength
| Name | Sex | Date of Birth | Date of App’nt | Staff No. | Pay Roll No. | Grade | Age Group |
| Isaac K. Adu | M | 02/04/1958 | 02/02/1986 | 31395 | 0208 | Asst. Director | 56-60 |
| Stella Esaba Addo | F | 22/04/1987 | 01/08/2013 | 929256 | 0210 | Community Dev. Officer | 20-35 |
| Abigail Okan | F | 14/05/1987 | 01/09/2012 | 912094 | 0210 | Social Dev. Officer | 20-35 |
| Ishmael Ashitey Amarh | M | 15/04/1984 | 16/10/2012 | 915256 | 0210 | Social Dev. Officer | 20-35 |
| Cecilia Pokua | F | 24/07/1985 | 01/09/2010 | 788309 | 0210 | Ass. Comm. Dev. Officer | 20-35 |
Programme /Activities
| PROGRAMMES/ ACTIVITIES | EXPECTED RESULTS | ACTUAL OUTCOMES |
| Adult Education (Study Groups) | To organize 17 groups and hold meetings and discuss issues of relevance with members | At the end of the year, the Department managed to work with 17 active groups. The total number of members who participated under this programme was 348 made up of 97 males and 251 females. Topics treated included: Sleeping under mosquito nets Child Labour Girl-Child Education Renewal of National Health Insurance Cards Environmental Sanitation Pension Schemes Savings and Investments Nutrition Mob Actions Insurance Stigma and Discrimination Know Your HIV Status Birth Control Prevention of Communicable Diseases Accessing Funds |
| Women’s Empowerment Programme | Planned to visit 6 women’s groups to give health talks to members and perform demonstrations. | At the end of the period, staff worked with 6 women’s groups, gave talks on health issues, held demonstrations on food and organized training for them with a total attendance of 702 females. Topics treated included : Sleeping under mosquito nets Child Labour Girl-Child Education Renewal of National Health Insurance Cards Environmental Sanitation Pension Schemes Savings and Investments Nutrition Mob Actions Insurance Stigma and Discrimination Know Your HIV Status Birth Control Prevention of Communicable Diseases Accessing Funds |
| Extension Services | To work with communities and collaborate with organizations like NBSSI – Business Advisory Center, G.E.S., Ghana Health Service and Facilitating Learning of Women in Emerging Regions (FLOWER), Rural Enterprises Programme and other emerging development partners. | Conducted monitoring of enterprise groups in Kwapaah, Adiembra and Aworasa to ascertain the level of knowledge gain in business management. Monitoring of enterprise groups in income generating activities in selected communities to ascertain the level of knowledge in gained business management. A talk on Education and Career Options for the Youth organized by International Citizen Service UK, Volunteers from Voluntary Service Overseas in partnership in Asamankesse based NGO, FLOWER at Odjarde. A talk on nutrition in collaboration with Ghana Health Service for beneficiary households of National Insurance Scheme A Talk on Role Model titled “Challenge Yourself: Get Inspired” for the girl child organized by Facilitating Learning of Women in Emerging Regions (FLOWER) in collaboration with Ghana Education Service at Berekumanso. The department collected data from women groups in varying business activities within Asamankese James Town to conduct an assessment on the impact of women’s participation in income generating activities in the municipality. From 6th to 8th November 2018, a training on cassava processing at Topaase was conducted for twelve women between the ages of 30 to 60years. Advance Finance Investment training conducted for 27 (6 males and 21 females) GNTDA members between ages 30 – 60 years at Asamankese – Tigo house. |
7.0 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
7.1 Number of Schools
| LEVEL | PUBLIC | PRIVATE | TOTAL |
| KG | 66 | 43 | 109 |
| PRIMARY | 75 | 39 | 114 |
| JHS | 56 | 19 | 75 |
| SHS | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 199 | 102 | 301 |
7.2 Enrolment
| LEVEL | PUBLIC | PRIVATE | TOTAL |
| KG | 3,991 | 1,753 | 5,744 |
| PRIMARY | 12,116 | 4,205 | 16,321 |
| JHS | 5,050 | 1.058 | 6,108 |
| SHS | 3,171 | 308 | 3,479 |
| TOTAL | 24,328 | 7,324 | 31,652 |
7.3 Staffing
| LEVEL | PUBLIC | PRIVATE | TOTAL | |
| Teaching | Non-Teaching | |||
| KG | 171 | 65 | 236 | |
| PRIMARY | 443 | 161 | 604 | |
| JHS | 288 | 77 | 365 | |
| SHS | 234 | 90 | 22 | 324 |
| MEO | 34 | 28 | 62 | |
| TOTAL | 1,170 | 118 | 260 | 1,526 |
7.4 Management
| STATUS | INDICATOR | NUMBER |
| PUBLIC | Management Staff | 61 |
| No. received Training | 34 | |
| Vacant Positions | 1 | |
| No. of C/S | 7 | |
| No. of Circuits | 8 |
7.5 Infrastructure Situation
We still have some communities with dangerous structures.
Seventeen (17) KGs have poor structures. Six (6) Primary schools and Six (6) Junior High Schools have serious situations. Below is a list of those schools:
| S/N | KG | PRIMARY | JHS |
| 1 | Ekoso Presby | Ekoso Presby | |
| 2 | Asamankese L/A | ||
| 3 | Akanteng Presby | ||
| 4 | Topease Methodist | Needs additional classroom | |
| 5 | Nyadeaye L/A | ||
| 6 | Akim Boso AME Zion | Akim Boso AME Zion | |
| 7 | Akanteng R/C (roofed, in use) | ||
| 8 | Otwenkwanta L/A | Otwenkwanta L/A | |
| 9 | Akanteng Methodist | ||
| 10 | Akwadum L/A | Akwadum L/A | Akwadum L/A |
| 11 | Bunso Presby | Bunso Presby | |
| 12 | Bunso Methodist | Bunso Methodist (Construction On-Going) | |
| 13 | Onyanfunso L/A | Onyanfunso L/A | |
| 14 | Oworam R/C | ||
| 15 | Oworam Presby | ||
| 16 | Kwaku Sae L/A | ||
| 17 | Ammako Presby | Ammak Presby | |
| 18 | Wasabiampa L/A | ||
| 19 | Adiembra L/A | ||
| 22 | Krofofrom L/A | Krofofrom L/A |
7.5.1 Schools under Construction
| S/N | SCHOOL | STATUS |
| 1 | Asamankese R/C Primary | Roofing Level |
| 2 | Kakoase Presby Primary | Lintel level |
| 3 | Asamankese Islamic Primary | Almost completed |
| 4 | Asamankese Anglican JHS | Completed |
| 5 | Anum Presby Primary | Roofing Level |
| 6 | Akanteng R/C Primary | Roofing Level |
| 7 | Kwaku Sae L/A JHS | Lintel Level |
7.6 Update on Free SHS
The Semester System under the Free Senior High School Policy by the government took off successfully during the last quarter of the year.
7.7 Major Activities
SCHOOL VISITS
- Circuit Supervisors monitored activities of teachers in their circuits during the period. Teachers who were found wanting was warned and those with serious issues were queried.
- The Private schools co-ordinator, in collaboration with the Basic Schools Co-ordinator, also visited private schools to monitor their activities.
- The Early Childhood Care and Development Co-ordinator visited some KG schools to monitor teaching and learning, teacher and pupil’s attendance and gave professional assistance to teachers.
7.7.1 Workshops
Series of training workshops were organised for head teachers and teachers alike during the year.
7.8 Human Resource Management
New head teachers were appointed to fill vacancies (acting heads) and to replace retiring ones. Twelve (12) new heads were appointed to head schools. Out of these, six (6) are substantive and the remaining six are in acting capacities.
Fifteen (15) teachers were released to other districts whilst ten (10) were given assurances to join the municipality.
Twenty-two (22) teachers were re-posted from their schools to other schools upon request.
Two (2) teachers retired during the period and one (1) officer passed on.
Sixty-six (66) newly-trained teachers were posted to the municipality and they have all been posted to schools. Fifty-five (55) service personnel have also being posted to the schools to fill vacancies. Seven (7) other service personnel are also at the directorate.
7.9 Logistics
The office received five thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven (5797) boxes of chalk and they were all distributed to the schools. One hundred and eighty-eight Teachers’ Notebooks were also received and were distributed to only the Junior High Schools. Six hundred and sixty-two (662) registers were also received and distributed to the schools.
7.10 Sporting Activities
The annual inter-school’s sports festival has taken place at all Zonal centres successfully.
The activities were held at Akanteng, Osenase, Topease, Brekumanso, Asamankese Methodist Park and St. Thomas SHTS.
7.11 Work Inspection for Promotion/Confirmation
The office inspected the work of thirty-one (31) teachers for promotion to Senior Superintendent I, whilst sixty-nine (69) teachers were inspected for confirmation. One hundred and twelve (112) teachers were also invited for interview to be promoted to various positions/ranks and are awaiting results.
7.12 Monitoring and Supervision
The Circuit Supervisors and schedule officers went round schools to monitor activities in the schools. These activities included teacher and pupil’s attendance, work outputs, teaching and learning.
7.13 My First Day at School
The programme was successfully conducted with the support of the Assembly. Two teams were detailed to visit the schools separately to welcome the new pupils to the schools. The first team was led by the Municipal Chief Executive and the Municipal Director of Education. The second team was also led by the Municipal Planning Officer and the Deputy Director in charge of Supervision. Exercise books, crayons, pencils and erasers were given to the pupils. They were also refreshed with Yoghurt and Biscuits. In all, seventeen (17) schools were visited. Other schools were also visited by the Circuit Supervisors.
7.14 Achievements
(STMIE)
The Directorate participated in the Regional STMIE Camp 2019 at Koforidua and placed third (3rd) in the Science Fair. The Directorate was represented in the fair by Master Emmanuel Adadzi and Benjamin Dei from Afranse L/A JHS. We came first (1st) in the Science and Maths Quiz. Nana Yaw Agyei from Golden Child School and James Asare from Christ Care Academy represented the Directorate.
7.15 Regional Best Teachers’ Awards
Three Teachers/Workers were honoured during the just ended Regional Best Teachers/Workers Awards held at Kibi.
Mr. Bernard Baah Duah from ASASCO won the 2nd Best SHS General Award. Miss Grace Ofosua from Asamankese Wesley Methodist JHS won the third Best French Teacher Award whilst Miss Linda Antwi from St. Thomas SHTS was adjudged the third Best non-teaching staff.
7.16 Basic Education Certificate Examination (2018)
The results for the 2018 BECE was received and analyzed.
A summary analysis of the past three (3) years is compared in the table below:
| S/N | DESCRIPTION/INDICATORS | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| 1 | No. of Schools registered | 63 | 68 | 72 |
| 2 | No. of School candidates | 1687 | 1647 | 1575 |
| 3 | No. of candidates who were present for the examination | 1675 | 1634 | 1556 |
| 4 | No. of candidates absent | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 5 | No. of candidates who obtained Aggregate. 6-36 (passed) | 1016 | 1029 | 860 |
| 6 | No. of candidates who obtained Aggregate 36+ (failed) | 657 | 609 | 690 |
| 7 | Percentage of candidates who passed | 60.3 | 63.0 | 55.3 |
| 8 | Percentage of candidates who failed | 39.7 | 37.0 | 44.7 |
| 9 | No. of schools that scored 100% | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| 10 | No. of schools that had all candidates failed | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Best Aggregate | 6 | 6 | 7 |
A look at the table shows that there has been a consistent increase in the number of schools registered for the examination. (i.e. from 63 to 68 to 72)
The number of schools whose candidates recorded 100% pass (where all candidates obtained aggregate 6 to 36) first saw an increase from 10 in 2016 to 13 in 2018. Unfortunately, this figure was repeated this year (2019).
The rest of the indicators sadly recorded negative trends this year; thus making this year’s results the worst among the years being compared.
The Directorate has taken steps to reverse this negative trend and improve upon the good ones by engaging all major stakeholders to play their roles responsibly.
School Performance Appraisal Meetings (SPAM) have been organized at School, Community and District levels for them to appreciate the problems which resulted in our performance and to find strategies to overcome the difficulties accounting for our results.
Schools whose performances continue to pull down our performance have been asked to sit up. Support would be given to subject teachers on regular basis before the 2019 BECE. Monitoring of teachers would also be intensified in the second and third terms of the academic year.
7.17 School Performance Appraisal Meetings (SPAM)
In view of the low performance of some schools at the Basic Education Certificate Education Examination, School Performance Appraisal Meetings were organized. The purpose was to identify challenges and the way forward. Teachers and schools were encouraged to set targets and work towards them.
7.18 Registration of 2019 BECE Candidates
The Directorate has registered 1534 candidates for the 2019 BECE. This number comprise of 795 males and 739 females. The total number of schools that registered is 74. Out of this, 55 are public and 19 are private. The first phase of the registration ended on 15th December, 2018. The second phase begins on 5th March and ends on 16th April, 2019.
I am happy to inform you that government absorbed the registration fee of GHc75.00 for all the Public schools in the country. Private schools candidates however paid the said amount.
7.19 Girls’ Education
He unit, in collaboration with FLOWER, an NGO, organized activities to celebrate the Girls’ Education Week under the theme, “Challenge Yourself, Get Empowered”. A workshop was also organized for school-based co-ordinators.
The International Day of the Girl-child was observed in the various schools. The officer in charge visited two schools to address parents and students on the theme “The Power of the Adolescent Girl”.
7.20 Inauguration of Municipal Education Oversight Committee (MEOC)
The Committee was inaugurated on 23rd November, 2018, and working very well to ensure discipline and high education standards in our schools. The following are the members:
| S/N | NAME | OFFICE | STATUS |
| 1 | HON. SETH ODURO BOADU | MUN. CHIEF EXECUTIVE | CHAIRMAN |
| 2 | MS. REBECCA AYISAH | DIRECTOR, GES | SECRETARY |
| 3 | DR. SAMUEL BOATENG | DIRECTOR, GHS | MEMBER |
| 4 | MR. ISAAC K. ADU | DEPT. OF SOCIAL WELFARE | MEMBER |
| 5 | MISS LAMRANA ISSAHAKU | ASSEMBLY WOMAN (REP) | MEMBER |
| 6 | REV. GEORGE EDUBAAH | LOCAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (REP) | MEMBER |
| 7 | MR. K. S. ZABALLAH | MUSLIMS (REP) | MEMBER |
| 8 | MR. SOLOMON AWUKU | NAGRAT (REP) | MEMBER |
| 9 | NANA OBENG AWUAKYE | TRADITIONAL RULERS (REP) | MEMBER |
| 10 | MR. JUSTIN OTUM | MUNICIPAL PTA (REP) | MEMBER |
| 11 | MR. RAYMOND ESSAH | MUNICIPAL SMC (REP) | MEMBER |
| 12 | MR. EVANS ADJEI | PRIVATE SCHOOLS (REP) | MEMBER |
| 13 | MR. GODFRED AMARGBLEY ZORMELO | SOCIAL SERVIICE SUB-COMM (REP) | MEMBER |
| 14 | MS. HELEN ATTAN HONESTY | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (REP) | MEMBER |
7.21 Guidance and Counseling
A sensitization workshop was organized for school-based Co-ordinator’s, JHS 3 pupils and their parents. They were briefed on how to select second cycle schools and the programmes they intended reading at that level. They were also taken through the acts that constitute Examination malpractices.
7.22 Base Grant/Capitation Grant
The Capitation Grant for schools, with effect from 2018/2019 academic year, has been increased by 100% by the government. It is now GHc9.00 per pupil from GHc4.50 per pupil.
The Base Grant, which is 50% of the total amount for the municipality, is to be released every first term and distributed according to the number of schools. The remaining 50%, which is the Capitation Grant, would be disbursed in two tranches and allocated to the schools based on the enrolment.
7.23 Challenges
The Directorate is plagued with many challenges that seem to have no solution. Some of these are:
- The office has two old official vehicles. Only one is partially in use by the Director. This one even has to be sent to mechanics almost every week. Nothing good can be said about the second one, which was given to the directorate 18 years ago.
The directorate always has to rely on the Assembly for vehicles for use during Basic Education Certificate Examinations.
- Even though we have quite a number of good schools in terms of structures in the Primary and JHS some of the KG structures are in poor state.
- Schools have no furniture for teachers. Some headteachers have no furniture in their offices. Schools lack other logistics like Pupils’ Attendance Registers, Teachers’ Lesson Notes Books, Chalk, pens and textbooks among others because what is supplied annually is not adequate. This situation retards teaching and learning in our schools. Pupils in the JHS especially have no suitable furniture- mono desks that promote comfort during classes.
- Running of the office is also difficult for us as a directorate. There are no funds for the activities of the office, such as maintenance of office vehicles and equipment, INSET for personnel, purchase of stationery and fuel, etc.
- Another major challenge is the attitude of our teachers. This relates to absenteeism, lateness to school, unpreparedness of teachers at school and insubordination.
- Some of our teachers also dress indecently to school, thus breeding indiscipline among our pupils.
7.24 Appeal
We wish to appeal to the Assembly to come to our aid and support the Directorate in our quest to improve the standard of education in the Municipality.
We would be glad if we are supported with funds to undertake all our activities, Best Teacher Awards, BECE Mock Exams for the 1534 registered candidates and most importantly monitor our schools on regular basis.
We shall also appeal to the Assembly to support us in our quest to see teachers dress decently to bring sanity and decency.
With the inauguration of the Education Oversight Committee, we are very hopeful that it would address all our challenges in due course.
7.25 Appreciation
We are very grateful to the MCE and the Assembly for their prompt response to our request for the roofing of our office block.
We are happy to say that a major challenge is now over with the roofing of the building. We are now safe when there are rains.
We however appeal for the total completion of the top floor to ease congestion and also accommodate the officers who are still at the old office.
8.0 MUNICIPAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE
8.1 Profile of the Municipal Health Directorate
8.1.1 Location and Size
West Akim District is one of the Twenty Six (26) districts in the Eastern Region located at the southern part of the region. It lies between longitude 0.25 west and 0.17 west and latitudes 5”40 north and 6”0o north. The District shares common boundaries with some other districts namely:
1. NORTH : DENKYEMBOUR
2. SOUTH : UPPER WEST AKIM DISTRICTS
3. EAST : AYENSUONNOR DISTRICTS
- WEST : BIRIM CENTRAL, DISTRICTS
Asamankese, the district capital, is located to 75km North-West of Accra.
8.1.2 Health System of the District
Health services are delivered at three levels
- Community
- Sub municipal
- Hospital (including private)
8.1.3 Sub-Municipals
The district is divided into 10 sub municipals
- ASAMANKESE
- AMANFROM
- OSENASE
- BREKUMANSO
- BLUE DIAMON
- AKANTENG
- AWORASA
- EKOSO QUARSHIE
- SABONG ZONGO
- PABI
8.1.4 Topography
The topography West Akim District is generally mountainous and undulating characterized by lowland and highlands. The highest point, which is around the Atiwa range is 1,250 ft above sea level and is located between Pabi Wawase and Asamankese in the northern part of the district. The Atiwa Range Extension forest Reserve occupies most of the northern areas.
The medium range rises gradually between 500ft and 1,200 ft above sea level. This can be found at the eastern part of the district. The relative lowland occupies the rest of the district. The general height is between 350 ft and 500 ft above the sea level.
The district is generally well drained by main rivers and their tributaries. Notable among the rivers are Ayensu, Sukrun, Nyankumasi Ntoasu, Abukyen, Akora and Aburonsu rivers.
8.1.5 Facilities
| FACILITIES/ | NUMBER |
| HOSPITAL | 1 |
| HEALTH CENTRE | 5 |
| PRIVATE CLINICS | 4 |
| NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES | 162 |
| FUNCTIONAL CHPS ZONES | 32 |
| PRIVATE MATERNITY HOMES | 1 |
| NUMBER OF BASIC SCHOOLS | 266 |
8.1.6 Schools in the Districts
| SCHOOLS | PUBLIC | PRIVATE | TOTAL |
| KG | 55 | 37 | 92 |
| PRIMARY | 75 | 37 | 112 |
| JHS | 52 | 20 | 72 |
| SHS | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 184 | 97 | 281 |
8.1.7 Population
The population of the district in 2018 was 127339 with an annual growth rate of 2.1% per annum Out of this, 51% are females with 49% males. The population density is 160 persons per square kilometre.
Population Distributions by Sub-District
| SUB – MUNICIPAL | POPULATION | % |
| BLUE DIAMOND | 12607 | 9.9 |
| ASAMANKESE | 18974 | 14.9 |
| AMANFROM | 14135 | 11.1 |
| SABON ZONGO | 10951 | 8.6 |
| OSENASE | 15535 | 12.2 |
| AKANTEN | 10569 | 8.3 |
| AWORASA | 10696 | 8.4 |
| EKOSO | 13243 | 10.4 |
| BREKUMANSO | 9678 | 7.6 |
| PABI | 10951 | 8.6 |
| MUNICIPAL | 127339 | 100.0 |
Population Distribution by Age Groups
| TARGET GROUP | ESTIMATED POPULATION | % OF POPULATION |
| Population 6-11 months | 31071 | 2 |
| Population <1 year | 5094 | 4 |
| Population 12-23 months | 53482 | 4 |
| Population 24-56 months | 25468 | 10.5 |
| Population <5 years | 10442 | 8.5 |
| Population 6-59 months | 5094 | 16.5 |
| Population 12-59 months | 5094 | 14.5 |
| Population 5-9 years | 2547 | 12.7 |
| Population 10-14 years | 2547 | 13.8 |
| Population <15 years | 29161 | 45 |
| Population 15 -19 years | 13498 | 10.6 |
| WIFA Population | 30561 | 24 |
| Expected deliveries | 5094 | 4 |
| Expected pregnancies | 5094 | 4 |
8.2 Water and Sanitation
Only few communities including, Asamankese, and Osenase have access to pipe-borne water. They constitute just 4.8% of the District population. 28.5% of the population in the District depends on wells and boreholes. Thus only 48% of the population in the district has access to portable water whiles the remaining 52% percent of the people in the district depend in unsafe sources like ponds, rivers and streams.
8.3 Major Road Network
Five main tarred roads run through the district with intersection at Asamankese the district capital. These are the main roads that join the district to: 2
- The Ayensuonor District (The Asamankese – Suhum road).
- The Denkembour District (The Asamankese – Kade road).
- The Birim Central District (The Asamankese – Akroso road).
- The Upper West Akim District (The Asamankese- Adeiso- Nsawam road).
8.4 Municipal Health Services
The Municipal Health Administration provides technical and administrative support to health service providers. These include resource mobilization and distribution, training and implementation of programmes. The Municipal Health Administration ensures that services provided are in line with the national policies. Planned activities revolved around the 5 main objectives of the Ministry of Health, which are:
- To increase geographical and financial accessibility in health to all people living in
the municipal
- To provide better quality of care in all health facilities.
- To improve efficiency at all levels.
- To foster closer collaboration with communities and other partners especially the
Municipal Assembly
8.5 Service Delivery
8.5.1Vision
The vision of the West Akim Health Service conforms to that of the Ghana Health Service and that is to ensure that every citizen of the district has access to a quality driven, results oriented, close to client focused and affordable health service by a well-motivated workforce.
8.5.2 Mission
To improve the overall health status of all persons living in the West Akim District through provision of access to quality health care delivered in a humane, efficient and effective manner by well- trained, friendly, and highly motivated and client oriented personnel in collaboration with all stakeholders
8.5.3 Objective
- Effective human resource management systems, practices and procedures.
- To provide adequate health personnel with the right skills and attitudes in locations where their services are needed.
- To create an enabling environment for all categories of staff working in the Municipality.
- To attract more Health Personnel into the Municipality
- To ensures that all staff within the Municipality names reflect on West Akim Payment Voucher
8.6 Staffing Situation
| Category of Staff | No. on Nominal Roll (Jan-Dec. 2018) | No. at Post (Jan –Dec. 2018) | No. on Nominal (Jan –Dec. 2019) | No. at Post (Jan-Dec. 2019) |
| Director | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Public Health Nurses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physician Assistants | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Technical Officers | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Field Technicians | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| CHNS / Dip. CHN. | 62 | 62 | 69 | 67 |
| Enolled nurse | 12 | 12 | 20 | 20` |
| Midwives | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Mental health nurse | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Account Officer | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Auxiliary Staff | 14 | 14 | ||
| Total | 130 |
8.7 Key Activities
- Build and maintain an accurate, effective and efficient human resources data on all health staff in the district.
- Maintain and manage accurate payroll for the district and process salaries for new entrant as well as staffs eligible for promotion.
- Process staff performance appraisal reports from sub-municipals to the Regional Health Directorate through the Municipal Health Director.
- Use available and up-to-date HR data for HR planning.
- Organize weekly, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, annual meetings and staff durbar.
- Liaise with Regional Health Directorate to coordinate staff recruitments, promotions, postings, transfers, retirements, study leaves etc.
- Maintain good registry practices at the Municipal Health Directorate
- Organize quarterly monitoring and supervision and quarterly performance review meeting at the facility level.
8.8 Achievement
- Organized fifteen (15) core meetings and three (3) monthly meeting.
- Held quarterly review meeting at the facility level.
- Organized quarterly monitoring and supervision at the sub-districts.
- Organized promotion interview for thirty seven (37) category D staff
- Update of the electronic payment voucher for the municipality.
- MHD has been given a new face by the Government Hospital.
8.9 Challenges / Constraints
- Inadequate Health Assistants and other clinical staff to assist in clinical care.
- Inadequate midwifes in the Municipal
- Bad state of male wash room at the Directorate.
- Poor ventilation at the conference room.
8.10 Way Forward
- To seek permanent employment for casual workers.
- Request for adequate number of staff especially midwifes
- To liaise with the Asamankese Government Hospital for the provision of Air Conditioner for the Municipal conference room.
8.11 Conclusion
The Human Resource department is determined to work effectively and effectively despite the challenges and constraints in the West Akim Municipal Health Directorate.
8.12 Key Priorities at the Beginning of the Year 2019
The Health information unit of West Akim Municipal Health Directorate begun the year 2017 with the following planned activities to roll out.
- Train all unit heads at the District on data analysis using Pivot Table in the DHIMS 2
- Support visit to facilities mainly Hospitals and Health Centers
- Make reporting tools available to all health facilities.
- Provide league table and feedback to sub districts and MHMT members on timeliness and completeness of reports submitted
- Reconciliation of reports at the District level
- Reconciliation of reports at the sub district levels
- submit half year and annual report on all technical activities for 2018
- Organize monthly data validation meetings
8.12.1 Activities Carried Out for the Year.
- Unit heads at the District level were trained on data analysis using pivot table in DHIMS2
- Support visit to some of the Health facilities including the Hospital
- Made reporting tools available to all health facilities.
- Receive, compiled and distribute all reports from the sub districts to the various unit for compilations.
- Organized monthly data validation meetings
- Reconciliation of reports at the District level
OPD Attendance by Sub-Mun-2016-2019
| Period | 2016 | 2017 | Diff | % | 2017 | 2018 | Diff | % |
| Blue Diamond | 97849 | 64254 | -33595 | -52.3 | 64254 | 63292 | -962 | -1.5 |
| Asamankese | 30936 | 37864 | 6928 | 18.3 | 37864 | 26519 | -11345 | -42.8 |
| Pabi | 14151 | 15286 | 1135 | 7.4 | 15286 | 13708 | -1578 | -11.5 |
| Osenase | 12192 | 9851 | -2341 | -23.8 | 9851 | 7843 | -2008 | -25.6 |
| Brekumanso | 2568 | 2464 | -104 | -4.2 | 2464 | 2637 | 173 | 6.6 |
| Ekoso Quashie | 2929 | 2022 | -907 | -44.9 | 2022 | 2519 | 497 | 19.7 |
| Akanteng | 2616 | 1656 | -960 | -58.0 | 1656 | 3042 | 1386 | 45.6 |
| Aworasa | 682 | 543 | -139 | -25.6 | 543 | 446 | -97 | -21.7 |
| Amanfrom | 678 | 471 | -207 | -43.9 | 471 | 727 | 256 | 35.2 |
| Sabong Zongo | 353 | 252 | -101 | -40.1 | 252 | 1005 | 753 | 74.9 |
| West Akim | 164954 | 134663 | -30291 | -22.5 | 134663 | 121738 | -12925 | -10.6 |
The above table shows clearly that there has been a steady decline OPD attendance for the past three years
Trend in Causes of OPD Attendance byThe Top Ten
| Diseases | 2018 | % | 2017 | % | 2016 | % |
| Malaria | 25258 | 22.1 | 25258 | 18.8 | 26138 | 15.7 |
| Respiratory Tract Infection | 15506 | 13.6 | 18393 | 13.7 | 19872 | 11.9 |
| Rheumatism & Other Joint Pains | 10824 | 9.5 | 12882 | 9.6 | 12813 | 7.7 |
| Diarrhoea Diseases | 4234 | 3.7 | 5661 | 4.2 | 4990 | 3.0 |
| Skin Diseases | 3921 | 3.4 | 7797 | 5.8 | 7823 | 4.7 |
| Intestinal Worms | 3706 | 3.2 | 6352 | 4.7 | 7326 | 4.4 |
| Hypertension | 3433 | 3.0 | 5918 | 4.4 | 5474 | 3.3 |
| Anaemia | 3230 | 2.8 | 2938 | 2.2 | 4097 | 2.5 |
| Acute Urinary Tract Infection | 2920 | 2.6 | 5008 | 3.7 | 6051 | 3.6 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1395 | 1.2 | 3397 | 2.5 | 4454 | 2.7 |
| All Other Diseases | 39782 | 34.8 | 40653 | 30.3 | 67556 | 40.6 |
| Total Diseases | 114209 | 100.0 | 134257 | 100.0 | 166594 | 100.0 |
Top Ten Causes of Admission_2018-2019
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
| DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % |
| MALARIA | 2413 | 14 | SEVERE MALARIA | 2118 | 18 | MALARIA | 2450 | 20 |
| ANAEMIA | 1091 | 6 | PREGNANCY & RELATED COMP. | 962 | 9 | PREGNANCY & RELATED COMP. | 1167 | 10 |
| SEPTICEAMIA | 995 | 6 | ANAEMIA | 960 | 8 | ANAEMIA | 1009 | 8 |
| GYNAECOLOGICAL DISORDER | 898 | 5 | SEPTICEAMIA | 754 | 7 | RESPIRATOR TRACT INFECTION | 1000 | 8 |
| PREGNANCY & RELATED COMP. | 816 | 5 | RESPIRATOR TRACT INFECTION | 727 | 6 | SEPTICEAMIA | 750 | 6 |
| RESPIRATOR TRACT INFECTION | 747 | 4 | HYPERTENSION | 566 | 5 | HYPERTENSION | 693 | 6 |
| HYPERTENSION | 558 | 3 | DIARRHOEA DISEASE | 514 | 4 | DIARRHOEA DISEASE | 557 | 5 |
| DIARRHOEA DISEASE | 557 | 3 | DIABETES MELLITUS | 324 | 3 | DIABETES MELLITUS | 381 | 3 |
| DIABETES MELLITUS | 286 | 2 | URINARY TRACT INFECTION | 277 | 2 | URINARY TRACT INFECTION | 323 | 2 |
| SKIN DISEASE & ULCER | 173 | 1 | URINARY TRACT INFECTION | 199 | 1 | SKIN DISEASE & ULCER | 198 | 2 |
| ALL OTHER DISEASE | 8657 | 51 | ALL OTHER DISEASE | 4305 | 37 | ALL OTHER DISEASE | 3795 | 30 |
| TOTAL | 17191 | 100 | TOTAL | 11626 | 100 | TOTAL | 12326 | 100 |
Malaria continues to be the leading cause of admissions from 20105- 2018
Top Five (5) Causes of Under Five Admission
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
| DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % |
| MALARIA | 1375 | 40 | MALARIA | 984 | 37 | MALARIA | 1036 | 39 |
| ANAEMIA | 579 | 17 | ANAEMIA | 440 | 17 | RESPIRATOR TRACK INFECTION | 469 | 17 |
| SEPTICAEMIA | 523 | 15 | SEPTICAEMIA | 401 | 15 | ANAEMIA | 391 | 15 |
| RESPIRATOR TRACK INFECTION | 330 | 10 | RESPIRATOR TRACK INFECTION | 242 | 9 | SEPTICAEMIA | 366 | 14 |
| DIARRHOEA DISEASE | 228 | 7 | DIARRHOEA DISEASE | 204 | 8 | DIARRHOEA DISEASE | 219 | 8 |
| ALL OTHER DISEASE | 392 | 11 | ALL OTHER DISEASE | 371 | 14 | ALL OTHER DISEASE | 211 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 3437 | 100 | TOTAL | 2642 | 100 | TOTAL | 2692 | 100 |
Malaria is still the leading cause of admission amongst children under five years
Top Ten Causes of Inpatient Deaths_2017-2019
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % |
| SEPTICAEMIA | 34 | 26 | CVA | 26 | 18 | HIV/AIDS | 18 | 14 |
| CVA | 16 | 12 | HIV/AIDS | 19 | 13 | HYPERTENSION | 18 | 14 |
| PNEUMONIA | 13 | 10 | SEPTICAEMIA | 16 | 11 | SEPTICAEMIA/ SEPSIS | 14 | 11 |
| ENCEPHALOPATHY | 8 | 6 | PNEUMONIA | 15 | 10 | PNEUMONIA | 12 | 9 |
| CHEST INFECTION | 7 | 5 | HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY /CLD | 15 | 10 | CVA | 9 | 7 |
| CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE | 5 | 4 | SEVERE ANAEMIA | 9 | 6 | CHEST INFECTION | 7 | 5 |
| SEVERE ANAEMIA | 9 | 7 | CHEST INFECTION | 5 | 3 | CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE | 6 | 5 |
| PULMONARY KOCH`S | 4 | 3 | CARDIAC FAILURE | 5 | 3 | ANAEMIA | 3 | 2 |
| CEREBRA TOXOPLASMOSIS | 4 | 3 | PULMONARY KOCH`S | 4 | 3 | HEPATITIS | 3 | 2 |
| HEART FAILURE | 3 | 2 | SEPTIC SHOCK | 3 | 2 | MALARIA | 3 | 2 |
| ALL OTHER DISEASE | 29 | 22 | ALL OTHER DISEASE | 30 | 21 | ALL OTHER DISEASE | 37 | 29 |
| TOTAL | 132 | 100 | TOTAL | 147 | 100 | TOTAL | 130 | 100 |
Top Five (5) Causes Under Five Death
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % | DISEASE | NUMBER | % |
| SEPTICAEMIA | 3 | 75 | SEVERE MALNUTRITION | 2 | 40 | SEVERE MALARIA | 2 | 33 |
| SEVERE MALARIA | 1 | 25 | SEVERE MALARIA | 1 | 20 | PNEUMONIA | 2 | 33 |
| SEVERE ANAEMIA | 1 | 20 | SEPSIS | 1 | 17 | |||
| SEVERE BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA | 1 | 20 | HIV/AIDS | 1 | 17 | |||
| TOTAL | 4 | 100 | TOTAL | 5 | 100 | TOTAL | 6 | 100 |
8.13 Health Promotion
8.13.1 Objectives:
The main objectives of the unit are as follows
- Provide health information to the general population through radio discussion, celebration of national and international health events community durbars.
- Support social mobilization and advocacy issues relating to public health interventions.
8.13.2 Priorities at the beginning of the year
- Coordinate weekly health education at Nkunim FM
- Communication support for all health programmes and celebration of health event.
- Collaboration work with other Agencies, NGOs, and Units within the municipal health directorate
- Human resources development and capacity building on HP
8.13.3 Activities carried out
- Durbars were organized across the sub municipalities on maternal deaths, teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortions, exclusive breast feeding, nutrition and cholera
- Celebration of world Child Health Promotion Week across all the sub municipals
- Weekly health education on Nkunim FM
- Health Education on Meningitis
8.14 Celebration of Child Health Promotion Week
8.14.1 Introduction
As part of the strategies to improve service delivery and coverage of children less than five years, GHS since 2004 has instituted CHILD HEALTH PROMOTION WEEK which is celebrated in the second week of May every year and this year was no exception.
CHILD HEALTH PROMOTION WEEK which is celebrated in the second week of May every year
The Theme for this year’s Child Health Promotion Week was HEALTHY CHILD, START RIGHT, DO IT RIGHT FOR TOTAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
The promotional activities were held simultaneously in all the Ten Sub-Municipals from the 8th – 12th May 2019 and District officers supervised activities.
The District launch was held at Pabi, a community in Pabi sub municipal on 12th May, 2019.
Sub Municipal launches were conducted according to the dates below.
| SUBMUNICIPAL | DATE | LOCATION |
| Amanfrom | 10th | St. Anthony Mat. |
| Blue Diamond | 10th | Adiembra |
| Asamankese | 17th | Asamankese H/C |
| Aworasa | 11th | Odjarde |
| Akanteng | 11th | Akanteng Town |
| Brekumanso | 11th | Yaw Tanor |
| Osenase | 11th | Mfutrom (osenase) |
| Pabi | 12th | Pabi Town |
| Sabon Zongo | 12th | Free town |
| Ekoso/Quashie | 12th | Ekoso town |
Some of the services rendered during the week are as follows;
8.14.2 Activities
Some of the activities conducted during the week were:
- Social mobilization
- Health Talk in all the CHPS Zones before the selected communities with key messages
- District and Sub district launches
- Birth registration
- Bed nets for children aged 18 months
- Growth monitoring
- Vaccination
- Vitamin A supplementation
- Supervision etc
8.14.3 Social Mobilization
Letters were sent to inform key stakeholders of the impending CHPW and to invite them to the district launch.
8.14.4 Municipal and Sub-Municipal
The district launching was at Pabi community. The municipal Public Health Nurse gave the welcome address on behalf of the Municipal Director of Health Services. There were series of talks in addition to the key messages at the grand durbar
Awards were given to mothers who excelled patronizing immunization services with the aim of encouraging others who were not regular at Child Welfare Clinics as well as those who do not attend at all.
8.14.5 Birth Registration
The birth registry was present to registered children under 5 years during the Child Health Promotion Week.
8.15 Reproductive and Chid Health
Reproduction and child health care is constellation of preventive, curative, promotion and rehabilitative services for improving the health and well-being of the population in West Akim especially women and children.
Reproductive and child health report is on activities stems from data on performance indicators collated and analysed from various Sub Municipal health facilities including the municipal hospital and maternity home.
Reproductive health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well- being and not merely the absence of infirmity or disease, ion all matters related to the reproductive system and its functions and processes.
8.16 Components of Reproductive Health
Maternal and New Born Health Service
- Nutrition counselling and iron/ folic acid supplementation
- Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria
- Tetanus immunization
- Prevention of Mother-To- Child Transmission of HIV
- Early detection and management of complication
- Counselling on birth preparedness and complication readiness.
- Labour and delivery care, including essential new-born care
- Postnatal Care.
- Family Planning
- Other Essential Services
- Prevention and management of unsafe abortion and post abortion care
- Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections including STIs
- Management of cancers of the reproductive system including cervical, breast, testicular and prostatic cancer.
- Prevention and management of harmful cultural practices that affect the reproductive health of men and women
- Information and counselling on human sexuality, responsible sexual behaviour, responsible parenthood and pre-conception care
- Gender-based violence and reproductive health.
8.17 Child Health
The child health programme constitutes all health activities aimed at promoting and maintaining the optimal growth and development of children from birth to 18 years.
Components are;
- School health services
- Child welfare services
- Adolescent health development
- Maternal mortality
- Still birth and neonatal death
- Low checking of pregnant women’s Hb at registration and at 36 weeks
- Ineffective Adolescent health services
- Low Ante Natal Care coverage
- Low supervised delivery coverage
- Low Post Natal Care coverage
8.18 Primary RCH Objectives
- To promote and maintain quality health care delivery for mothers and children in the municipality.
- To reduce maternal and infant mortality.
8.19 Key RCH Activities
- Supportive supervision of RCH staffs in the discharge of their duties.
- Supervision and evaluation of on-going service delivery on both static and outreach basis such as ANC, labour and delivery, postnatal, child health services, family planning, school health, PMTCT and EID.
- Supportive supervision and advocacy on community health durbars and other health promotion activities, health digest on radio.
- Community durbars were held at various level within municipality on maternal and adolescent health.
- Requisition and distribution of needed logistics like family planning devices to service providers in the municipality.
- training of midwife’s and CHO/CHNS on elimination of mother to child transmission and early infant diagnosis of HIV/AIDS
8.20 Nutrition
8.20.1 Roles/Duties:
The roles of the unit have been summarized as follows:-
- To submit monthly returns to Regional Health Administration (RHA) by DHIMS
- To give weekly/daily support visit to all sub-districts and district hospital wards.
- To offer nutrition advice to all those with non-communicable diseases like hypertension, diabetes among others.
- To conduct iodated salt survey at least ones every year.
- To manage malnourished cases both inpatient and outpatient in the municipality.
8.20.2 Objectives:
The objective of the annual report under review includes:
- To reduce the level of malnutrition from 1.4% – 0.7% by the end of 2018.
- To provide malnutrition counselling to all people who are in need of it.
- To form a very close tide with the hospital and all partners so as to strengthening, regenerative health systems through establishing nutritional counselling sessions, diabetic clinics and mass screening campaigns.
8.20.3 Activities Carried Out:
Growth Monitoring:
This was carried out at all static and outreach points by community health nurses and officers supported by volunteers. The nutrition officer paid periodic visit to these outreach points on schedule. In growth monitoring, the weight of all children that attended the session are classified into World Health Organization (WHO’s) parameters of Normal, moderate, and Severe malnutrition for the purpose of identifying those with nutritional problems for intervention.
Malnourished cases are followed up in the communities such as Oworem Anomarkojo, kwametia and others.
| YEAR | CHILDREN SEEN | % PREV | % SEV |
| 2017 | 63060 | 1.60 | 0.60 |
| 2018 | 66241 | 1.40 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 59049 | 1.0 | 0.05 |
There has been a reduction in the malnutrition prevalence and severity in 2019
Under Five Vitamin A Supplementation Compared Jan-Dec. Yearly 2016, 2017 And 2019
| SUB -MUNICIPAL | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| TARGET | ACHIEVED | % ACHIEVED | TARGET | ACHIEVED | % ACHIEVED | TARGET | ACHIEVED | % ACHIEVED | |
| SABON ZONGO | 925 | 620 | 67.0 | 950 | 603 | 63 | 1971 | 1483 | 75 |
| PABI | 929 | 251 | 27.0 | 950 | 502 | 53 | 1971 | 1245 | 63 |
| OSENASE | 1322 | 428 | 32.4 | 1347 | 1112 | 83 | 2796 | 2191 | 78 |
| EKOSO/QUARSHIE | 1129 | 469 | 41.5 | 1148 | 562 | 57 | 2384. | 1306 | 55 |
| BREKUMANSO | 823 | 403 | 49.0 | 839 | 463 | 55 | 17422 | 763 | 44 |
| BLUE DIAMOND | 1072 | 888 | 82.8 | 1093 | 1578 | 144 | 2269 | 1828 | 81 |
| AWORASA | 907 | 580 | 63.9 | 927 | 416 | 45 | 1925 | 1847 | 96 |
| ASAMANKESE | 1607 | 1462 | 91.0 | 1645 | 1177 | 72 | 3415 | 2597 | 76 |
| AMANFROM | 1202 | 799 | 66.5 | 1226 | 635 | 52 | 2544 | 1294 | 51 |
| AKANTENG | 898 | 401 | 44.7 | 916 | 625 | 68 | 1902 | 1447 | 76 |
| Municipal | 10814 | 6305 | 58.3 | 11041 | 7763 | 70 | 22921 | 16001 | 70 |
Annual Outcome of CMAM 2019
| Sub-Municipal | 2019 | ||||||
| Total start of the year | Total Admission Jan-Dec | Cured | Defaulted | Died | Non-Recovered | Total Cases at the end the end of 2017 | |
| Asamankese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sabon Zongo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brekumanso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pabi | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Akanteng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue Diamond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aworasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amanfrom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ekoso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osenase | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Municipal | 5 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
8.20.4 Achievements:
The following are summary of achievements:
- All the CMAM children treated and followed up are now doing very well.
- Growth monitoring activities are actively on-going in all the sub municipals.
8.20.5 Constraints/Challenges:
- Breakdown of some weighing scales {hanging} by some chps zones
- Discrepancy in nutrition data by sub municipals in CHPS zone.
- Inadequate case search for CMAM by CHNS and CHOS.
- Inactive mother support groups by some sub-municipal.
- Inactive staff trained in CIYCF counselling by some staff.
8.20.6 Way Forward:
- Lobby with the regional heath directorate for weighing scale.
- Organize refresher training on the reporting format.
- Intensify case search for CMAM in the next quarter by all the sub-municipal.
- Strengthens mother support groups.
- Organize CIYCF trained staff in refresher training.
9.0 THE HUMAN RESOURCE UNIT
This report Staff Recruitment, Posting and Administrative changes, Promotion and Upgrading, Training and Development, Staff Leaving/Contract, Staff Profile, Annual Leave, Achievements, challenges way forward and Conclusion.
9.1 Staff Recruitment
There was One (1) Recruitment of staff during the period under review on IGF Payroll.
| NO | NAME | GRADE |
| 1 | Boakye Williams | Driver |
9.2 Posting and Administrative Changes
| NAME | GRADE | OLD POSTING | NEW POSTING | DATE | |
| 1 | Susana Narkie Asare | Accountant | New Juabeng Municipal Assembly | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 2nd January, 2019 |
| 2 | Mathias K. S. Eduah | Asst. Quantity Surveyor | Biakoye District Assembly | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 13thFebruary, 2019 |
| 3 | Anim Samuel | Assistant Engineer | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Biakoye District Assembly | 13th February, 2019 |
| 4 | Daniel M. K. Mabe | Senior Accountant | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Denkyembour District Assembly | 16th March, 2019 |
| 5 | Rhoda Naa Dedei Korley-Owoo | Human Resource Manager | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Ga North Municipal Assembly | 13th March, 2019 |
| 6 | Anthony Kwasi Mensah | Assistant Engineer | Eastern Regional Coordinating Council | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 27th March, 2019 |
| 7 | Martin Essilfie Teschmaker | Engineer | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly | 27th March, 2019 |
| 8 | Rafiu Kipo | Human Resource Manager | Upper West Akim Municipal Assembly | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 10th April, 2019 |
| 9 | Amusu Lena Beauty | Stenographer Secretary | Suhum Municipal Assembly | West Akim | 8th January, 2019 |
| 10 | Darkwah Amoah Abdulai | Revenue Inspector | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Akwapim South District Assembly | 10th April, 2019 |
| 11 | Theresa Kumi | Revenue Inspector | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Akwapim South Municipal Assembly | 10th April, 2019 |
| 12 | Monica Serwaa Osei | Senior Procurement Assistant | West Akim Municipal Assembly | New Juabeng Municipal Assembly | 8th May, 2019 |
| 13 | Dorcas Dokuaa Ofori | Assistant Procurement Officer | Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 8th May, 2019 |
| 14 | Enoch David Abiram | Assistant Statistician | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 1st June, 2019 | |
| 15 | Abdulai Mohammed | Assistant Planning Officer | Eastern Regional Coordinating Council | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 9th July, 2019 |
| 16 | Domingo Da Pilma Leketey | Principal Engineer | Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly | West Akim Municipal Assembly | 12th July, 2019 |
| 17 | Lydia Bosompim | Senior Revenue Supt. | West Akim Municipal Assembly | Asene-Manso-Akroso D/A | 23rd July, 2019 |
| 18 | Frimpong Mavis | Higher Revenue Insp. | West Akim M/A | Kwaebibirem M/A | 23rd July, 2019 |
| 19 | Elizabeth Agyeiwaa | Revenue Collector | Kwaebibirem M/A | West Akim M/A | 23rd July, 2019 |
| 20 | Asare Theophilus Larbi | Revenue Insp. | Nsawam Adoagyiri | West Akim M/A | 23rd July, 2019 |
9.3 Promotion and Upgrading
| NAME | SEX | PREVIOUS GRADE | CURRENT GRADE | SUBSTANTIVE DATE | |
| 1 | Dekayie Grace | F | Revenue Superintendent | Senior Revenue Superintendent | 28/04/18 |
| 2 | Okyere George | M | Higher Revenue Inspector | Revenue Superintendent | 28/04/18 |
| 3 | Gbogbo Kwadwo David | F | Higher Revenue Inspector | Revenue Superintendent | 28/04/2018 |
| 4 | Rhoda Korley-Owu | F | Assist. Human Resource Manager | Human Resource Manager | 01/11/17 |
| 5 | George Ntim | M | Assistant Budget Analyst | Budget Analyst | 01/11/17 |
| 6 | Evelyn Antwi | F | Assistant Internal Auditor | Internal Auditor | 01/11/17 |
| 7 | Benjamin Amewudah | M | Environmental Health Officer II | Environmental Health Officer 1 | 01/11/17 |
| 8 | David Nudedzitor | M | Assistant Senior Tech. Engineer | Senior Tech. Engineer | 01/11/17 |
| 9 | Johnson Kunu Agbeko | F | Watchman | Head Watchmen | 01/11/17 |
| 10 | Bismark Tukpla | M | AD IIB | AD IIA | 01/11/17 |
| 11 | Anorkor Gomez | F | AD IIB | AD IIA | 01/11/17 |
| 12 | Emmanuel Asiedu | M | AD IIB | AD IIA | 01/11/17 |
| 13 | Osei Monica Serwaa | F | Procurement Assistant | Senior Procurement Assistant | 01/11/17 |
| 14 | Abigail Okan | F | Asst. Comm. Dev’t Officer | Comm. Dev’t Officer | 01/11/17 |
| 15 | Ishmael Ashitey Amarh | M | Asst. Comm. Dev’t Officer | Comm. Dev’t Officer | 01/11/17 |
| 16 | Francis Opoku Nsiah | M | Asst. Soc. Dev. Officer | Social. Dev. Officer | 03/12/17 |
| 17 | Felix Agyenim-Boateng | M | Asst. Soc. Dev. Officer | Social. Dev. Officer | 03/12/17 |
| 18 | Dorcas Asirifi Osafo | F | Social Development Assistant | Senior Soc. Dev’t Assistant | 01/09/17 |
| 19 | Kesewaa Grace | F | Social Development Assistant | Senior Soc. Dev’t Assistant | 03/12/17 |
| 20 | Todoadzi Gabriel | M | E.H.A. | ||
| 21 | Tsekpo Lady-Daina | F | E.H.A |
9.4 Training and Development
There was no Demand Driven Workshop for the staff due to exigency of work
Below is the Generic Workshops organized for the staff
| TITLE OF TRAINING | TARGET GROUP | DATE OF TRAINING | VENUE | NAME OF TRAINING INST. | SOURCE OF FUNDING |
| Local Government Capacity Support Project for MMDAs | Coordinating Director & Planning Officer | 19th – 20th January, 2018 | Anita hotel , Ejisu | MLGRD | DACF |
| Information Technology | MIS/IT Officers | 25th – 27th January, 2018 | ERCC, Koforidua | Taurus Consulting & Training and LGS | DACF |
| Local Government Capacity Support Project for MMDAs | Municipal Coord. Directors | 13th – 15th February, 2018 | Anita Hotel, Ejisu | OHLGS | DACF |
| Improvement of Quality of Monitoring & Supervision of Water supply | Municipal Coord. Directors | 16th January, 2018 | ERCC | Ideas and Shapes Ltd. | DACF |
| New Public Financial Management | MCDs, Agric Directors, Planning Officers, Internal Auditors & budget Officers | 26th March – 29th March, 2018 | ILGS, Madina | Ministry of Finance | DACF |
| Deterioration of Building, causes, Prevention and Control | District Engineers | 4th to 5th April | CSIR-BRRI National Artisan Training Center Kumasi | CSIR And BRRI | DACF |
| Local Economic Development Policy and the use of Led Operational Manual | Coordinating Director and Planning Officers | 20th to 22nd April | Capital View Hotel, Koforidua | DACF | |
| Financial Reporting and Assemblies Performance | Finance Officers | 30th May | Highways Training school Koforidua | CAGD and Audit Service | DACF |
| Sensitization and Training of MMDAs and Stakeholders on Local Economic Development Policy And the use of Led Operational Manual | Coordinating Director, Development Planning Officer | 20th -22nd April | Capital View Hotel, Koforidua | Local Government and Rural Development | DACF |
| Stakeholders Sensitization Program | Coordinating Directors, Planning Officers and Finance Officers | 21st June | Conference Hall | MLGRD and IMCC | DACF |
| Program for Substructures Urban, Zonal and Town Council | 22nd to 23 June | Conference Room Kumasi | IMCC | DACF | |
| Revised PFM Templates For Zone 2 | Coordinating Director, Internal Auditor, Planning Officer | 22nd to 23rd May | Anita Hotel Ejisu | OHLGS | DACF |
| Sensitization Programme for Civil Society Organisation and Traditional Authority | Representative of Traditional Authority | 31st July, 2018 | EREDEC Hotel Koforidua | Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) & Local Government Network (LOGNET) | DACF |
| Sensitization Programme on Planting for Jobs & Investment & District Center of Agriculture Commerce & Technology (DCACT) | MCE, MCD, Agric Director, MPO, MBA, Officer of Trade and Industry | 2nd August, 2018 | ERCC Conference Hall | MLGRD, Ministry of Trade & Industry & Ministry of Science Tech. and Innovation | DACF |
| Capacity Building on gender and Climate change | Planning Officer, Assist Planning Officer and Gender Officer | 22nd August, 2018 | Suhum Municipal Assembly Conf. Hall | ABANTU for Development | DACF |
| Presiding Members Conference | Hon. Presiding Member | 29th to 31st August, 2018 | Akosombo Continental hotel | Presiding Members of Eastern Region | DACF |
| Safeguards Training and Data Management Workshop | Head of Works | 14th& 15th September, 2018 | Anita Hotel, Ejisu. | Local Government Capacity Support Project | DACF |
| Peer Learning Workshop | MCD, MPO | 25th to 26th September, 2018 | Anita Hotel, 2017 | OHLGS | DACF |
| REP Implementation Review & Review and Government Industralisation Agenda | Municipal and District Chief Executives | 6th October, 2017 | Eusbett Hotel, Sunyani | Ministry of Trade and Industry | DACF |
| UDG Supplementary Technical Working Sessions | Planning Officers, Procurement Officers & Head of Works | 5th– 6th October, 2017 | Capital View Hotel, Koforidua | MLGRD | DACF |
| Sensitization Workshop on PPA’s unit cost of infrastructure budget estimation | Engineer and Procurement Officers | 17th October, 2018 | Alisa Hotel, Ridge, Accra | Public Procurement Authority | DACF |
| Monitoring Report dissemination workshop | MCD., PM, MFO, MBA, Int. Auditor, HOD Works | 17th October, 2018 | ERCC Conference Room, Koforidua | ERCC | DACF |
| Sensitization Workshop on legislative Instrument | Mun. Coord. Directors, Planning Officers, Budget Officer | 18th October, 2018 | ERCC Conference Room, Koforidua | DACF | |
| Reviewing the implementation status of street naming & property addressing system | MDA | 20th October, 2018 | ERCC Conference Room, Koforidua | MLGRD | DACF |
| Sanitation & Waste management for Sub-Committees of MMDAs | 24th -25th October, 2018 | East Legon Hotel, Accra | NALAG Jospong Group of companies, KNUST | DACF | |
| Draft Ghana Development Co-operation Policy | Municipal Coordinating Directors | 24th October, 2018 | Capital Hill, Cape Coast | Ministry of Finance | DACF |
| Orientation Workshop on Marriage Registration Resources | Church leaders and Marriage Registrars | 14th November, 2018 | W.A.M.A. Assembly Hall | W.A.M.A. & Registrar General’s Department | DCAF |
9.5 Staff Leaving/Contract
During the period under review, the following staff left the service due to reasons given below
| No | Name | Sex | Grade | Date | Reason |
| 1 | Dwamenah Getrude Mary | F | Stenographer Grade 1 | 2nd January, 2018 | Retirement |
| 2 | Krosah Mary | F | Revenue Inspector | 17th April, 2018 | Retirement |
| 3 | Gbolo Christian | M | Chief Headman | 3rd April, 2018 | Retirement |
| 4 | Margaret Nyamekye | F | Higher Revenue Inspector | 5th June, 2018 | Retirement |
| 5 | Mercy Okyerebea | F | Stenographer 1 | 13th September, 2018 | Retirement |
| 6 | Agyare Kwaku | M | Asst. Chief Tech. Officer | 11th Nov., 2018 | Retirement |
| 7 | Attah Robert | M | Chief Tech. Officer | 1st Dec., 2018 | Retirement |
| 8 | Kobkuu Julius | F | Sanitary Labourer | July 2018 | Deceased |
| 9 | Dora Obu | F | Security Personnel(IGF) | October 2018 | Vacation of Post |
| 10 | Isaac Botchwey | M | Sanitary Labourer (IGF) | December 2018 | Deceased |
9.6 Staff Profile
| ESTABLISHED STAFF LIST OF WEST AKIM MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY DECEMBER, 2018 | |||||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |||
| CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT | |||||||||
| ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS | |||||||||
| 1 | Elizabeth Ampaw Deletsa | F | Co-ordinating Director | 06/04/70 | 17/04/97 | 148027 | 48058218 | ||
| 2 | Shakil Mahamood Kpedau | M | Asst. Director I | 24/07/80 | 01/12/08 | 01/11/15 | |||
| 3 | Bismark Tsukpla | M | Assistant Director IIA | 14/09/85 | 01/11/12 | 915260 | E198509140011 | ||
| 4 | Adjoa Anorkor Gomez | F | Assistant Director IIA | 03/12/1984 | 01/11/2012 | 913841 | R178412030020 | ||
| 5 | Emmanuel Effah Asiedu | M | Assistant Director IIA | 03/01/86 | 01/11/12 | 01/11/16 | |||
| HUMAN RESOURCE UNIT | |||||||||
| 1 | Boniface Guyiri | M | Chief Personnel Officer | 25/06/70 | 01/06/96 | 105451 | K057006250013 | ||
| 2 | Rafiu A. K. Kipo | F | Human Resource Mgr | 03/08/85 | 01/11/12 | 922539 | C018508030046 | ||
| EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | |||||||||
| 1 | Annor Odoi Charles | M | Senior Executive Officer | 23/05/62 | 01/01/02 | 13678 | 49221559 | ||
| 2 | Evelyn Boakye | F | Higher Executive Officer | 02/04/81 | 06/09/11 | 811811 | E088104020028 | ||
| RECORD STAFF | |||||||||
| 1 | Rose Karikari Boateng | F | Chief. Records Supervisor | 27/07/64 | 15/10/98 | 76421 | E066407270008 | ||
| 2 | Narh Debora Dede | F | Records Supervisor | 14/10/84 | 02/05/07 | 688192 | E068410140028 | ||
| 3 | Justice George Baah | M | Senior Records Assistant | 21/05/71 | 02/08/11 | 866035 | E026806230010 | ||
| SECRETARIAL CLASS | |||||||||
| 1 | Comfort Dankwah A. | F | Private Secretary | 22/04/59 | 01/11/79 | 36707 | 36241743 | ||
| 2 | Darko Margaret | F | Stenographer Gd. I | 22/10/58 | 01/10/79 | 43503 | 36229664 | ||
| RADIO UNIT | |||||||||
| 1 | Iddi Abukare | M | Asst. Chief Radio Operator | 10/10/65 | 01/01/04 | 131413 | E066510100034 | ||
| DRIVERS | |||||||||
| NO | NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | ||
| 1 | Yeboah E. K. | M | Yard Foreman | 21/06/58 | 01/11/92 | 79756 | 35784032 | ||
| 2 | Ayi Richard | M | Yard Foreman | 13/03/62 | 01/08/96 | 103171 | 35899814 | ||
| 3 | Salisu Mohammed | M | Yard Foreman | 01/07/66 | 15/06/00 | 70740 | E066607010117 | ||
| 4 | Bedu Vincent | M | Yard Foreman | 26/05/71 | 01/06/04 | 521062 | D067103020019 | ||
| 5 | Fenning M. Takyi | M | Yard Foreman | 30/10/65 | 01/04/04 | 521117 | 41702077 | ||
| 6 | Addo Charles K. | M | Yard Foreman | 29/08/72 | 01/06/04 | 521086 | F157208290033 | ||
| 7 | Osae Kofi | M | Yard Foreman | 07/07/66 | 01/01/04 | 131452 | E036607070013 | ||
| 8 | Owusu Kwabena Emmanuel | M | Heavy Duty Driver | 15/01/74 | 01/02/09 | 688230 | E067401150016 | ||
| 9 | Quarshie Joshua | M | Heavy Duty Driver | 15/01/83 | 02/05/07 | 715380 | E118505130018 | ||
| CARETAKER | |||||||||
| 1 | Kwakye Richard | M | Caretaker | 12/10/64 | 15/10/98 | 76962 | F076410120011 | ||
| 2 | Abdulai Abubakari | M | Caretaker | 07/09/83 | 01/09/10 | 796920 | H018309070076 | ||
| WATCHMEN | |||||||||
| 1 | Bukare Kabore | M | Headman Watchman | 01/07/67 | 01/01/99 | 76933 | E066507010057 | ||
| 2 | Fuseini Botwe | M | Night Watchman | 08/12/59 | 01/05/06 | 634242 | E066112080015 | ||
| 3 | Agbeko Johnson Kunu | M | Night Watchman | 04/04/79 | 01/01/04 | 131382 | E067904040013 | ||
| 4 | Alhassan Jafaru | M | Night Watchman | 25/12/75 | 01/11/10 | 796928 | E067512270033 | ||
| 5 | Joseph Alornyo | M | Night Watchman | 09/07/79 | 01/10/13 | 928342 | 60220140488 | ||
| DAY CARE ATTENDANTS | |||||||||
| 1 | Dansoa Stella | F | Day Care Supervisor | 21/03/71 | 28/09/98 | 71325 | E067103210025 | ||
| 2 | Nueki Dede A. | F | Day Care Supervisor | 15/01/59 | 01/10/81 | 114788 | 39876594 | ||
| 3 | Boadu Mercy | F | Day Care Supervisor | 28/06/59 | 01/03/81 | 73504 | 39021902 | ||
| 4 | Paulina Adubea | F | Day Care Supervisor | 25/12/66 | 01/01/04 | 149729 | E066612250027 | ||
| 5 | Gyan Rebecca | F | Day Care Supervisor | 16/07/89 | 02/05/07 | 717407 | B088907060021 | ||
| PROCUREMENT CLASS | |||||||||
| 1 | Osei Monica Serwaa | F | Procurement Assistant | 15/03/87 | 01/11/12 | 925241 | E018703150024 | ||
| PLANNING UNIT | |||||||||
| 1 | Eric Adomako | M | Prinicpal Planning Officer | 14/08/70 | 01/12/09 | 72835 | 42599514 | ||
| AUDIT CLASS | |||||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |||
| 1 | Daniel Tetteh | M | Principal Internal Auditor | 25/08/73 | 02/12/08 | 715133 | E137308250036 | ||
| 2 | Evelyn Antwi | F | Internal Auditor | 06/03/87 | 01/11/12 | 915391 | C018703060484 | ||
| BUDGET UNIT | |||||||||
| 1 | Ndinga Nborinyi | M | Principal Budget Analyst | 25/09/68 | 10/10/10 | 68395 | D236809250018 | ||
| 2 | George Ntim | M | Budget Analyst | 19/09/80 | 01/11/12 | 850924 | C018009190078 | ||
| FINANCE DEPARTMENT | |||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |
| 1 | Felix Q. Quainoo | M | Chief Accountant | 14/08/1986 | 03/03/10 | 01/01/16 | |
| 2 | Nicholas Okrofu | M | Accountant | 1966 | 15/05/1990 | 45285 | 47385638 |
| 3 | Francis Obeng | M | Accountant | 02/02/1979 | 13/02/2012 | 859062 | E037909210031 |
| 4 | David Mensah Y. | M | Prin. Accts. Technician | 29/06/1976 | 12/01/07 | 650148 | E017607290056 |
| 5 | Augusta Owusua Asante | F | Prin. Accts. Technician | 4th Sept, 1976 | 28/01/2010 | 760202 | E047609040022 |
| 6 | Aikins Abeeku | M | Prin. Accts. Technician | 30/09/1981 | 02/05/10 | 744831 | C018109300377 |
| REVENUE STAFF | |||||||||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |||||||
| 1 | David Nyarko | M | Principal Rev. Superintendent | 15/05/60 | 01/06/84 | 121299 | E066005150016 | ||||||
| 2 | Boateng Margeret | F | Rev. Superintendent | 12/08/60 | 01/09/83 | 121397 | 41169616 | ||||||
| 3 | Dankwah Augustina | F | Rev. Superintendent | 10/10/59 | 01/03/77 | 72761 | 33579301 | ||||||
| 4 | Nimako Atta | M | Higher Rev. Inspector | 09/01/69 | 01/05/06 | 634234 | E066710240022 | ||||||
| 5 | Frimpong Mavis | F | Rev. Superintendent | 03/12/61 | 01/04/82 | 62385 | 40340614 | ||||||
| 6 | La-Anyane Victoria | F | Higher Rev. Inspector | 28/10/60 | 01/12/83 | 79508 | 41960121 | ||||||
| 7 | Joseph Ayeh | M | Rev. Superintendent | 07/07/77 | 01/12/02 | 139186 | E067107070070 | ||||||
| 8 | George Okyere | M | Higher Rev. Inspector | 02/02/66 | 02/09/97 | 87835 | 41121955 | ||||||
| 9 | Akumwaa Georgina | F | Revenue Inspector | 01/07/59 | 01/02/80 | 79514 | 38643375 | ||||||
| 10 | Mercy Sakyi | F | Revenue Inspector | 15/05/68 | 01/04/12 | 877309 | E046303150029 | ||||||
| 11 | Elizabeth Agyeiwa | F | Revenue Inspector | 22/08/63 | 01/01/92 | 47019 | 41555376 | ||||||
| 12 | Anima Margaret | F | Higher Revenue Inspector | 10/09/59 | 17/11/84 | 119105 | 46591251 | ||||||
| 13 | Darkwa Amoah Abdulai | M | Higher Revenue Inspector | 17/08/71 | 01/09/02 | 138871 | E057108170015 | ||||||
| 14 | Mabel Boahene | F | Revenue Superintendent | 23/05/61 | 01/11/80 | 35640 | 39021761 | ||||||
| 15 | Gbogbo D.G.K. David | M | Revenue Inspector | 20/05/66 | 01/01/04 | 95808 | E066605200031 | ||||||
| 16 | Aduako Margaret | F | Higher Revenue Inspector | 20/11/60 | 01/01/83 | 32674 | 41185406 | ||||||
| 17 | Kumi Theresa | F | Revenue Inspector | 04/05/60 | 01/01/84 | 32684 | 46592796 | ||||||
| 18 | Obirikorang Comfort | F | Higher Revenue Inspector | 16/08/60 | 01/01/80 | 73510 | 39019765 | ||||||
| 19 | Bamfo Rita Regina | F | Higher Revenue Inspector | 24/03/60 | 01/01/04 | 130425 | E066608240046 | ||||||
| 20 | Antwiwaa Ernestina | F | Snr. Rev. Superintendent | 01/07/63 | 01/09/82 | 33124 | 46592812 | ||||||
| 21 | Dekayie Grace | F | Revenue Superintendent | 24/09/58 | 15/10/98 | 42509 | E065807010043 | ||||||
| 22 | Yeboah Mercy | F | Revenue Superintendent | 01/10/60 | 01/08/78 | 115555 | 36236511 | ||||||
| 23 | Kwofie Hanna | F | Revenue Superintendent | 10/08/1967 | 6/01/1984 | 121332 | 41960147 | ||||||
| 24 | Dora Acheampong Gyaateng | F | Revenue Superintendent | 14/12/80 | 02/05/07 | 688197 | E068012140022 | ||||||
| 25 | Simon Kotei | M | Senior Rev. Superintendent | 10/10/64 | 01/01/04 | 113174 | E066505040019 | ||||||
| 26 | Chistian Ahiayibor | M | Revenue Collector | 22/12/84 | 01/10/13 | 928350 | E068412220036 | ||||||
| 27 | Janet Kissi | F | Revenue Collector | 25/12/73 | 01/10/13 | 928349 | E067312250023 | ||||||
| 28 | Wisdom Atiemo | M | Revenue Collector | 05/06/83 | 01/10/13 | 928348 | E068306050071 | ||||||
| 29 | Michael Aferi | M | Revenue Collector | 10/08/73 | 01/10/13 | 928346 | C017308100458 | ||||||
| 30 | Esther Ayi-Mantey | F | Revenue Collector | 05/07/86 | 01/10/13 | 928343 | E068607050063 | ||||||
| 31 | Lydia Bosompemaa | F | Higher Rev. Inspector | 08/03/78 | 01/03/04 | 512331 | E08783080023 | ||||||
| WORKS DEPARTMENT | |||||||||||||
| NAME | GENDER | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |||||||
| 1 | Samuel R.K.Anim | M | Engineer | 10/02/73 | 27/05/01 | 606403 | C017202100239 | ||||||
| 2 | Nudedzitor D. David | M | Technician Engineer | 25/12/81 | 01/11/12 | 915230 | D077812250014 | ||||||
| 3 | Emmanuel Tenkorang | M | Asst Chf Technician Eng | 10/08/74 | 03/01/99 | 75748 | E057408100014 | ||||||
| 4 | Bridgette B. Kocke | F | Chief Estate Officer | 07/09/75 | 04/12/01 | 63081 | C017509070064 | ||||||
| 5 | Yaw Oppong | M | Chief Works Superintendent | 03/04/58 | 01/11/79 | 76183 | 37990025 | ||||||
| 6 | Gloria Takyi | F | Private Secretary | 16/05/75 | 01/11/97 | 84864 | F017505160020 | ||||||
| 7 | Richard Tetteh | M | Senior Works Superintendent | 04/06/58 | 01/08/79 | 78336 | 37990397 | ||||||
| 8 | Anthony K. Appiah | M | Technician Officer G.I | 27/08/83 | 23/12/06 | 631732 | J018309270054 | ||||||
| 9 | Yaw Tawiah | M | Yard Foreman | 21/06/59 | 01/03/79 | 122216 | 36242519 | ||||||
| 10 | William Sromey | M | Tradesman Supervisor | 04/03/62 | 01/02/82 | 129905 | 40196222 | ||||||
| 11 | Samuel Ofosu Appiah | M | Junior Foreman | 17/04/64 | 13/06/02 | 57335 | E086404170013 | ||||||
| 12 | Tabi Daniel | M | Junior Foreman | 09/04/80 | 01/09/10 | 800668 | E068004090010 | ||||||
| 13 | Emmanuel Kwasi Bali | M | Tradesman Supervisor | 18/01/76 | 01/10/13 | 928345 | E057607180050 | ||||||
| 14 | Wisdom Asimenu | M | Heavy Duty Driver (Feeder Roads) | 26/11/59 | 16/01/1993 | 80440 | D085911260012 | ||||||
| 15 | Charles Alaleme | M | Night Watchman | 15/06/72 | 01/11/97 | 84874 | J017007230018 | ||||||
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | |||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |
| 1 | C.K. Asubonteng | M | Chief Env. Health Officer | 14/06/64 | 06/08/90 | 131030 | 49389083 |
| 2 | Amewuda Benjamin | M | Env. Health Officer | 22/02/88 | 01/11/12 | 774422 | E138802220034 |
| 3 | Abraham Anyigba | M | Asst. Chief Env. Health Asst… | 06/06/66 | 01/06/91 | 56179 | 41604026 |
| 4 | Ahodo Lawrence | F | Asst. Chief Env. Health Asst…. | 01/07/60 | 01/01/92 | 19140 | 39787452 |
| 5 | Felix kpeh | M | Chief Env. health assist | 26/05/ 58 | 01 /01/89 | 111047 | 47742150 |
| 6 | Bernice Mawusi Fiamor | F | Snr. Env. Health Assistant | 30/09/85 | 13/06/11 | 684322 | D018509300065 |
| 7 | Ivy Mawufemor Horgli | F | Snr. Env. Health Assistant | 24/04/82 | 01/06/11 | 708017 | D078201240085 |
| 8 | Gabriel Todoadzi | M | Env. Health Assistant | 16/06/85 | 01/11/12 | 719136 | D118506160076 |
| 9 | Tsekpo Lady-Diana | F | Env. Health Assistant | 12/08/87 | 01/11/12 | 719135 | D018708120023 |
| 10 | Addae Faustina | F | Headman Scavenger | 30/07/73 | 15/10/98 | 83961 | E037307300048 |
| 11 | Kumi Salomey | F | Headman Scavenger | 21/08/59 | 15/10/98 | 76951 | E065908220027 |
| 12 | Vifah Wisdom | M | Sanitary Labourer | 15/09/69 | 15/10/98 | 75909 | E066908010011 |
| 13 | Awudu Salifu | M | Sanitary Labourer | 17/12/66 | 15/06/00 | 71333 | H016612160012 |
| 14 | Twum Esther | F | Headman Scavenger | 24/05/72 | 01/05/01 | 71336 | E067205240022 |
| 15 | Asante Kwabena | M | Headman Scavenger | 07/07/72 | 01/01/01 | 71328 | E067107010117 |
| 16 | Oseabea Mavis | F | Headman Scavenger | 26/12/77 | 01/04/01 | 147259 | J016809120011 |
| 17 | Boateng Okyere Yaw | M | Sanitary Labourer | 20/11/73 | 01/12/00 | 69335 | E037712260047 |
| 18 | Ashia Constance | F | Headman Scavenger | 24/04/66 | 15/06/00 | 61287 | 33579459 |
| 19 | Korley Kwame | M | Sanitary Labourer | 05/07/67 | 01/12/02 | 58718 | E066604240027 |
| 20 | Musah Mohammed | M | Sanitary Labourer | 01/06/79 | 01/01/04 | 96969 | D126707050019 |
| 21 | Ahenkorang Edward | M | Headman Scavenger | 12/03/70 | 01/01/04 | 131372 | E067906010014 |
| 22 | Doku Kwasi | M | Sanitary Labourer | 15/03/69 | 01/05/06 | 634289 | D105607010113 |
| 23 | Yankson Kwabena | M | Sanitary Labourer | 06/07/58 | 01/05/06 | 634304 | B116007010091 |
| 24 | Sintim Kofi Aboagye | M | Sanitary Labourer | 15/08/59 | 01/05/06 | 634314 | E066107010074 |
| 25 | Boatemaa Christiana | F | Sanitary Labourer | 10/05/66 | 01/02/08 | 688203 | E096605100027 |
| 26 | Kudjounou Kwasivi | M | Sanitary Labourer | 18/04/80 | 01/02/08 | 688206 | K478004180011 |
| 27 | Dwamena Boadu Y. B. | M | Sanitary Labourer | 02/09/85 | 01/02/08 | 688215 | F158609250039 |
| 28 | Asante Grace | F | Sanitary Labourer | 15/09/73 | 01/02/08 | 688212 | E067802020029 |
| 29 | Obenewaa Elizabeth | F | Sanitary Labourer | 03/05/60 | 01/02/08 | 688199 | E0860503050027 |
| 30 | Dzoka Felix | M | Sanitary Labourer | 05/08/70 | 01/02/08 | 717408 | E067006050014 |
| 31 | Amo Opare John | M | Chief Headman | 01/04/67 | 01/04/85 | 110266 | E026707010490 |
| 32 | Samuel Fiadezor | M | Sanitary Labourer | 06/01/71 | 01/02/08 | 715388 | E167103060016 |
| 33 | Leticia Amoah | F | Sanitary labourer | 24/10/67 | 01/01/2004 | 131441 | E066710240022 |
| 34 | Senedu Seth | M | Env. Health Assistant | 26/03/88 | 01/09/16 | 975098 | 28BJ6J01958 |
| 35 | Acquaye Augustina | F | Env. Health Assistant | 20/09/89 | 01/09/16 | 853311 | C018909200549 |
| 36 | Segbefia Georgina | F | Env. Health Assistant | 08/02/84 | 01/09/16 | 975095 | D138102080022 |
| 37 | Foe Edem Aku | F | Env. Health Assistant | 05/04/84 | 01/09/16 | 764782 | D018404040044 |
| 38 | Musah Clare Azumah | F | Env. Health Assistant | 06/05/87 | 01/09/16 | 853197 | 24A16J07997 |
| 39 | Dorvlo Emmanuel | M | Env. Health Assistant | 01/05/84 | 01/09/16 | 903151 | B068405010031 |
| URBAN ROADS DEPARTMENT | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. |
| 1 | Martin A. T. Essilfie | M | Engineer | 10/06/87 | 01/11/11 | 852922 | C018706100513 |
| TRADE AND INDUSTRY | |||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |
| RURAL TECHNOLOGY FACILITY | |||||||
| 1 | Stephen Bakudie | M | CHIEF TECHNICIAN | 29/01/75 | 01/06/09 | 729484 | D017501290018 |
| 2 | Kofi Adu Mensah | M | DRIVER TECH. GRATIS | 26/03/70 | 01/12/10 | 918874 | E067009240012 |
| BUSINESS ADVISORY CENTRE (BAC) STAFF | |||||||
| 1 | Isaac Nimako | M | DRIVER II NBSSI | 26/12/71 | 15/03/07 | 640237 | E017112260035 |
| CO-OPERATIVES | |||||||
| 1 | Philip Ansah Biney | M | Co-operative Officer | 26/09/62 | 01/03/86 | 118649 | 44569994 |
| 2 | Konadu Janet | F | Typist G.D I | 03/08/66 | 01/07/85 | 77932 | 46625794 |
INFORMATION SERVICES | |||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |
| 1 | Tom Aquians Samba | M | MUNICIPAL INFO. OFFICER | 28/06/65 | 04/06/08 | 681756 | C016506280012 |
| 2 | Bismark Danso | M | SENIOR TECHNICAL OFFICER | 01/10/62 | 04/05/81 | 32420 | 35882547 |
| 3 | John Tandoh | M | SNR. CENIMA COMMENTATOR | 19/11/81 | 01/11/07 | 669576 | C018111190232 |
| 4 | Abigail Ofori Mantey | F | STENO. GRADE II | 05/08/82 | 01/11/07 | 667051 | E058209050024 |
| 5 | Gyekye Twum Samuel | M | ASST. CINEMA OPERATOR | 05/05/79 | – | 700839 | E037905050050 |
| DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL PLANNING | |||||||
| NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | |
| TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING DEPARTMENT | |||||||
| 1 | Ainooson K. George | M | PHYSICAL PLANNING OFFICER | 14/07/76 | 18/12/08 | 769787 | E017607140012 |
| 2 | Samuel Adu | M | PRINCIPAL TECH. OFFICER | 24/06/1963 | 01/12/1980 | 126493 | 40627812 |
| 3 | Derek Binney | M | SENIOR TECH. OFFICER | 21/03/1976 | 03/05/2000 | 71078 | C017603210217 |
| 4 | Margaret Durowah Boampong | F | TECH. OFFICER GRADE I | 25/10/1969 | 11/03/09 | 715057 | E08691025004 |
| 5 | Benjamin Arthur | M | TECH. OFFICER GRADE II | 06/03/1978 | 19/12/2008 | 701800 | E017803060077 |
| 6 | Charles Oppong | M | TECH. OFFICER GRADE II | 12/06/1983 | 13/02/12 | 878982 | E128210300017 |
| 7 | Ankomah Joseph | M | STENOGRAPHER GRADE II | 75684 |
| DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | |||||||||
| COMMUNITY DEV’T | |||||||||
| NO | NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. | ||
| 1 | Adu Isaac Kwaku | M | ASST. DIRECTOR | 02/04/58 | 02/02/86 | 31395 | E015804020012 | ||
| 2 | Cecilia Pokuah | F | ASST. COMM. DEV’T OFFICER | 24/07/85 | 01/09/10 | 788309 | F118507240046 | ||
| 3 | Abigail Okan | F | C.D.O | 14/05/87 | 01/09/12 | 912094 | C018705140107 | ||
| 4 | Ishmael Ashitey Amarh | M | C.D.O | 15/04/84 | 01/11/12 | 915256 | C018404150015 | ||
| 5 | Stella Esaba Addo | F | C.D.O | 929256 | |||||
| SOCIAL WELFARE | |||||||||
| 6 | Jovita Adabra | F | PRIN. SOC. OFFICER | 15/02/62 | 01/01/92 | 120828 | 49177579 | ||
| 7 | Francis Opoku Nsiah | M | ASST. SOC. DEV. OFFICER | 02/07/76 | 03/02/13 | 922413 | C037602070018 | ||
| 8 | Kesewa Grace | F | SOC. DEV. ASST | 17/03/88 | 05/02/13 | 922406 | 60220132094 | ||
| 9 | Felix Agyenim-Boateng | M | ASST. SOC. DEV. OFFICER | 15/09/86 | 03/12/12 | 922483 | A078609150010 | ||
| 10 | Louisa Acheampong | F | ASST. SOC. DEV. OFFICER | 30/08/89 | 01/11/13 | 926781 | F058908300027 | ||
| 11 | Bright Awuah Amankwaa | M | ASST. SOC. DEV. OFFICER | 11/03/85 | 01/03/13 | 925273 | F178511030012 | ||
| 12 | Dorcas Osafo | F | SOC. DEV. ASST. | 11/06/89 | 21/08/12 | 900520 | 68906110021 | ||
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (MOFA) | |||||||
| NO | NAME | SEX | GRADE | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF 1ST APPT. | STAFF NO. | SSNIT NO. |
| 1 | Amenu Emmanuel | M | ASST. DIRECTOR | 16/07/66 | 02/02/90 | 47799 | E046307150039 |
| 2 | Owiredu- Gyamera Kwaku | M | A.O | 25/04/80 | 06/09/10 | 773326 | E078004250014 |
| 3 | Odoi John Yemoson | M | A.O. | 08/12/66 | 03/01/02 | 59181 | 40016727 |
| 4 | Kyeraa Joyce | F | A.O. | 06/05/83 | 06/09/10 | 773322 | E018305060045 |
| 5 | Asamoah Jonathan | M | A.A.O. | 04/03/74 | 01/05/95 | 99854 | E057403040018 |
| 6 | Awudi Lawrence | F | C.T.O. | 12/02/64 | 01/02/91 | 68077 | 44501047 |
| 7 | Eyume David Lartey | M | A.C.T.O. | 09/04/74 | 01/05/01 | 68307 | E067504090010 |
| 8 | Agbenyo Edbert | M | S.T.O. | 05/06/74 | 01/11/03 | 17048 | A017405060150 |
| 9 | Bioh Henry Oduro | M | S.T.O. | 31/12/84 | 01/04/09 | 711705 | C083412310075 |
| 10 | Nettey Nicholas | M | T.O.I | 20/05/84 | 01/08/09 | 715246 | C018405200094 |
| 11 | Ayivor Fanuel Sampson | M | T.O.II | 10/12/82 | 01/01/12 | 885083 | D068212100056 |
| 12 | Huletey Kudjo | M | A.C.A.H.O | 10/06/74 | 13/07/99 | 72036 | E027406100033 |
| 13 | Agyare Kwaku | M | A.C.T.A. | 17/02/60 | 09/01/79 | 78414 | 36284198 |
| 14 | Otutu Gloria | F | PRINC. T.A. | 23/07/65 | 06/01/04 | 95627 | 45246618 |
| 15 | Obenewaah Comfort | F | Princ. T.A. | 04/08/64 | 06/01/01 | 19903 | E056408040027 |
| 16 | Adgigah Kwasi | M | S.T.A. | 08/07/59 | 01/01/01 | 68623 | E125907010131 |
| 17 | Asomaning Joseph | M | T.A. | 17/07/66 | 01/01/04 | 512748 | E066607170033 |
| 18 | Abroso Vivian Ofosua | F | STENOGRAPHER | 03/11/84 | 01/01/12 | 885062 | E068411030065 |
| 19 | Larbi Maxwell | M | Yard/FM | 04/04/71 | 01/01/05 | 532881 | E077104040024 |
9.7 Casual Staff/IGF
| No | NAME | SEX | GRADE | CURRENT STATION | SSNIT NO. | BANK NAME | ACCT. No. | CONTACT NUMBER |
| 1 | ELIZABETH OTOO | F | LIBRARIAN | LIBRARY | E065412160022 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671321-000231 | |
| 2 | NANI EVANS | M | R. T. F. TECHNICIAN | R.T.F | D068001250033 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-389691 | |
| 3 | GODWIN MENSAH | M | R. T. F. TECHNICIAN | R.T.F | D117305270017 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-275491 | |
| 4 | JOHN TABI | M | SECURITY R.T.F | R.T.F | E067507250055 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-395371 | |
| 5 | KWEKU DONKOR | M | SECURITY R.T.F | R.T.F | R476706150019 | 2671320-395391 | ||
| 6 | DIANA GBORVI | F | ACCOUNTS OFFICER | ACCOUNTS | E68712010042 | SOUTH AKIM | 267132000-1540461 | |
| 7 | DELALI ERNESTINA | F | ASSIST LIBRARIAN | LIBRARY | E09831220023 | SOUTH AKIM | BF-583 | |
| 8 | MARY BUABENG | F | ASST LIBRARIAN | LIBRARY | B087109210025 | SOUTH AKIM | BF-582 | |
| 9 | ABDUL RAZAK KWETEY | M | SEXTON | CEMETARY | C056207150033 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-269971 | |
| 10 | KWAME ASARE | M | SEXTON | CEMETARY | E066505120030 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-270181 | |
| 11 | JAFARU YAHAYA | M | WATCHMAN | MCD RESIDENCE | B097208100035 | SOUTH AKIM | 267132000-1585201 | |
| 12 | CORMFORT AWUKU | F | SANITARY LABOURER | OFFICE | E167702280028 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-398561 | 0548046283 |
| 13 | JOHN ABBEY | M | WATCHMAN | MARKET | D037512150010 | SOUTH AKIM | A-1315 | 0245373769 |
| 14 | AFOKPA AMEYAW | M | WATCHMAN | MARKET | E066903180034 | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320-269281 | 0249431909 |
| 15 | ATAKORA AMANIAMPONG | M | SANITARY LABOURER | OSENASE | E066504140011 | SOUTH AKIM | OS/A-15 | |
| 16 | PETER AMOAKO | M | SANITARY LABOURER | OSENASE | E066904030016 | SOUTH AKIM | OS/A-16 | |
| 17 | TAHIRU ALHASSAN | M | N IGHT WATCHMAN | ASSEMBLY PREMISES | SOUTH AKIM | 2671320000-264861 | 0248905443 | |
| 18 | ISAAC BOTCHWEY | M | SANITARY LABOURER | OSENASE | B108008100018 | SOUTH AKIM | OSBF/6 | |
| 19 | SAMUEL DARKO | M | SANITARY LABOURER | E066411200034 | SOUTH AKIM | BF-586 | ||
| 20 | KWAME BOAKYE | M | SANITARY LABOURER | AKANTENG | SOUTH AKIM | 267161000-1789261 | ||
| 21 | BOAKYE WILLIAM | M | DRIVER | ASSEMBLY PRESMISES | SOUTH AKIM | |||
| 22 | AHMED ABUBAKHAR | M | NIGHT WATCHMAN | ASSEMBLY PREMISES | SOUTH AKIM | 267132000-1778081 | ||
| 23 | ERIC BOATENG | M | NIGHT WATCHMAN | MFO’S RESIDENCE | D128110060030 | SOUTH AKIM | 267132000-1696161 | 0246696117 |
| TOTAL | M= 18 F= 5 |
