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Banda District Assembly adopts measures to enhance IGF generation-DCE

30Jul

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Business

Banda District Assembly adopts measures to enhance IGF generation-DCE

The Banda District Assembly in the Bono Region rakes in GH¢ 194,283,80.00 Internally Generated Fund (IGF) in 2025 half year, Mr Peter Dongi, the Banda District Chief Executive has said. Describing the IGF as very low, he said the Assembly targeted to mobilize GH¢ 8.3 million in 2025, and urged revenue collectors to be up and doing, calling on tax payers to also honour their tax obligations for the assembly to generate the required IGF needed for development. Nonetheless, Mr Dongi said the Assembly was putting in place innovations to enhance its revenue generation to augment that of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to facilitate the development of the district. Addressing the First Ordinary General Meeting of the Ninth Assembly at Banda-Ahenkro, the DCE said the Assembly remained co...

School girls in Assin South District benefit from DCE’s sanitary pads initiative

10Jul

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School girls in Assin South District benefit from DCE’s sanitary pads initiative

Mr Jonathan Birikorang, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin South has donated over 2,000 sanitary pads to 100 public basic and 36 private schools to promote menstrual dignity and hygiene. Some of the beneficiary schools included Sibinso Catholic, Nyankumasi Ahenkro 'A' and 'B', Nyankumasi Ahenkro Methodist, Odumasi D/A Basic School and many others. The DCE said the donation of the sanitary pads were in fulfilment of President John Dramani Mahama's promise to support all school going girls in the country to be clean and healthy during their menstrual cycle. In addition, he noted that the donation was a giant step towards breaking the silence around menstruation, removing stigma and helping schoolgirls to stay focused on their education without fear or shame. He also observe...

Let us rise above partisan politics to develop our district – DCE

5Jul

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Politics

Let us rise above partisan politics to develop our district – DCE

Mr Abubakar Sedik, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South West, has called on the Assembly members to rise above partisan and personal interests to discuss issues and make vital decisions for the collective development efforts of the area. He said the district, which was one of the deprived districts in Ghana, needed the collective efforts of all stakeholders to help build the needed infrastructure to improve the living conditions and the socio-economic lives of the people. Speaking at the first ordinary meeting of the assembly at Mankranso, Mr Sedik pointed out that the assembly needed the collective efforts of all residents to speed up the development agenda. He said the assembly collected a total of GHc 840,213, representing 91 percent of its targeted revenue of GHc...

Ada East residents plead with president to nominate Dela Dzivenu as DCE

5Feb

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Politics

Ada East residents plead with president to nominate Dela Dzivenu as DCE

Some residents of Ada East District have called on President John Dramani Mahama to nominate Ms. Dela Catherine Dzivenu, a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirant, as the District Chief Executive for the area. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), they described Ms. Dzivenu as a competent, accountable, and positive person who could lead the district as Chief Executive. According to them, she has provided the district with many projects even without any governmental appointments. Mr. Samuel Tetteh, a resident of Otrokpeh, a coastal community, said she stood out among other contenders, stating that personally, his family benefitted from some of the interventions of the DCE hopeful, such as health screening and donations of school items. ...

Adaklu NDC executives hails shortlisting of chairman for DCE position

1Feb

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Adaklu NDC executives hails shortlisting of chairman for DCE position

Adaklu Constituency Executives of the National Democratic Congress have hailed the shortlisting their chairman, for the position of District chief Executive Mr Hayford Amenuvie, Constituency Secretary, said their Chairman, Mr Jerry Ameko’ s name was mentioned as one the three shortlisted for the District Chief Executive (DCE) position for Adaklu. In an interview with Ghana News Agency at Adaklu Waya He disclosed that the chairman in addition to Mr Harrison Akadi and Madam Rebecca Agbogah were shortlisted after the vetting committee vetted the seven contestants for the DCE position in Adaklu. He said Mr. Charles Agbesi, one of the contestants in a letter made available to the constituency executives, withdrew from the contest for personal reasons. The Secretary noted that Mr. Am...