Month: February 2024

LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY FAILED TO ELECT PRESIDING MEMBER FOR THE SECOND TIME

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Hon. Assembly Members for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly on 22nd February, 2024 held a special meeting at the conference hall of the Assembly.
The meeting was basically convened to elect Presiding Member of the Assembly. This followed the refusal to meet the required percentage immediately after Assembly was inaugurated. It has become imperative to call for this special meeting Ten (10) days after the first election per the Electoral Commission to elect the Presiding Member for the second time.
The Electoral Commission opened a nomination for members to file for the position and by closed of nomination, Hon. Philip Tetteh Batsa former Assembly Member for Agormanya South electoral area now government appointee was the only person who has filed. According to Electoral Commission, for a member to be elected as Presiding Member he or she must obtained votes of Two-thirds or more of the entire membership. Since the entire membership of the house is Forty-Seven (47) a contestant must obtained at least Thirty-Two (32) votes of the total votes cast.
By closed of pool, Hon. Philip Tetteh Batsa had Twenty-Five (25) votes which is below the threshold.
The Municipal Assembly is yet to fix a date for another election
BY: Abraham Tettey Wayo
MIO: Lower Manya Krobo

FORTY-SEVEN ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SWORN IN

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The newly elected Assembly Members and government appointees of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly were on Monday 12th February, 2024 sworn into office by His Honor Kwasi Appiati Badu, a circuit court judge of Odumase Krobo, and inaugurated by the Minister for Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for Bantama Honorable Asenso Boakye at the conference Hall of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly.
This was in accordance with section 3 of the Local Government Act 2016, Act 936
In a speech read by Hon. Asenso Boakye on behalf of His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, urged the honorable Assembly Members to strictly complied with section 16 (1) of the Local Government Act 2016, ACT 936 which requires Assembly Members to maintain close contact with their electoral area, consult the people on issues to be discussed in the District Assembly, collate views, opinions and proposals, take in communal and development activities amongst others.
He also advise the Assembly members to form an alliance with stakeholders and developmental partners with the aim of developing the Municipality.
Hon. Asenso Boakye further advise the Honorable Members to collaborate with the Assembly to improve upon the revenue in order to carry out more indispensable projects.
The newly inaugurated Assembly members comprises Thirty- One (31) elected, Fourteen (14) government appointees, the Municipal Chief Executive and the Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo Constituency.
The Municipal Chief Executive for Lower Manya Krobo Hon Simon Kweku Tetteh on his part welcomed the newly inaugurated Assembly Members and said Honorable members are mandated by sections 12 (1) and 13 of the local government act 2016 ( act 936) to formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the effective mobilization of resources for development of the Municipality.
He therefore expressed his commitment and that of the staff to collaborate with them to achieve this objective.
He also mentioned that although the duties of an Assembly Members is predicament, it takes a hardworking, discipline and sacrificial member to execute his/her duties to the satisfaction of electorates in their respective electoral areas.
He pleaded with the Hon. Members to set aside petty quarrels, mistrust and go about their duties devoid of political polarization as the laws of local government frowns on it.
Other dignitaries who graced the august occasion were the Parliamentary candidate for Yilo Krobo Constituency on the ticket of New Patriotic Party Hon Twum Briamah, Heads of security agencies within the Municipality, Heads of Department, Clergy and some Traditional Authorities.
BY: Abraham Tettey Wayo
MIO: Lower Manya Krobo.

LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY HANDED OVER ITEMS TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITY

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The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly on 9th February, 2024 handed over some items to Twelve (12) people living with disability at the forecourt of the Assembly.
Hon. Emmanuel Siakwa Nuertey the constituency Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Lower Manya Krobo in his welcome address thanked the people present for making time out of their busy schedule to be part of the program.
Addressing the gathering on the purpose of the program, the Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh said Twelve (12) people living with disability will received items from the government to start business to make a living. He said the items were purchased upon the request of the beneficiaries. He admonished the beneficiaries not to have any other taught on the items rather than the intended purpose for which it was purchased. He made it known to them that a taskforce is in place which goes round occasionally to monitor on the performance of their activates and that if any of them is caught diverted the items, he or she will find him or herself regretted. He said this is the Tenth (10th) batch of people receiving the items making a total of Six Hundred (600) people since 2017.
Hon. Municipal Chief Executive took the opportunity to announce his candidature as parliamentary candidate for the NPP in the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency. He asked them to vote for him coming December 7th to bring more developmental projects into the Municipality.
The items presented were Refrigerators, Poly thank, used Clothing, Pepper grinding machine, knitting machine among others.
BY: Abraham Tettey Wayo
MIO: Lower Manya Krobo

INVITATION FOR THE THIRD PROGRESS MEETING (GSCSP) 2024

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On Tuesday, 30th January 2024 at the Lower Manya Municipal Assembly Hall at 10:00am. Bans consult invited stakeholders for the 3rd progress meeting. The meeting will be preceded by a site inspection. Members are to meet at the Atua Hospital junction at 10:00am prompt for the beginning of the site inspection. The agenda for the meeting was as follows.

THIRD PROGRESS MEETING
AGENDA

1. Site Inspection (Lot 1: Atua Junction – Adjikpo Road, Lot 2: SAS George Road and Lot 3: Storm Drain & Box culvert at Manaam)
2. Correction of minutes from previous meeting
3. Matters arising from previous meeting
4. Comments and Observations from site Inspection
a. Atua junction – Adjikpo Road
b. Sas George Road
c. Storm drain & Box culvert at Manaam
5. Progress Reporting by Contractor
a. Lot 1: Atua junction – Adjikpo Road
b. Lot 2: Sas George Road
d. Lot 3: Storm drain & Box culvert at Manaam
6. Remarks on Progress Report
7. Contractor’s planned works for December 2023 (Lots 1,2 and 3)
8. Financial Status
9. Contractual Issues if any
10. Any Other Business
11. Closing

DISSOLUTION OF THE INTERIM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (IMC) OF THE LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY

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The Interim Management Committee Meeting of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly scheduled on Wednesday 31st January 2024 at 11:00 to Dissolve the committee.
Following the successful conduct of the District Level Elections (DLEs) in December, 2023 and the subsequent election of new Assembly Members for various Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs), the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development in collaboration with the Office of the President has scheduled Tuesday 6th February, 2024 to inaugurate the new Assemblies across the country.

Delivering smart solution for sustainable food security and resilience -FARMERS DAY 2023

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The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly (LMKMA) on Friday 1st December 2023, held the 39th Edition of the Farmers Day Celebration at Ayermesu, a farming community within the municipality under the theme, “Delivering smart solution for sustainable food security and resilience “.
Fourteen (14) farmers in varied categories were gracefully rewarded for their hard work with Mr Henry Amoatey emerging as the Best Farmer in the Municipal Assembly.
On his part, Mr Amoatey expressed his gratitude to the Agriculture department and the management of the Assembly for recognizing his hard work and investment into the noble profession. Therefore, he urged youth to venture into farming and not deem it a punishment as it is profitable.
The Municipal Agriculture director in brief remarks applauded the awardees for their hard work and challenged them to climb the ladder of success and win an award at the regional level in subsequent years.
He also advised inhabitants to engage in backyard farming due to high inflationary pressure on food. He also mentioned the poor state of roads as one of the contributory factors to the high cost of food on the market and pleaded with the government to come to their aid.
The Municipal Chief Executive for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly Hon. Simon Kwaku Tetteh commended the awardees for exhibiting hard work over the years.
He further added that their resilience and hard work over the years have resulted in them being celebrated on a memorable day.
Hon Simon revealed that the Government has hugely invested in agriculture under a component of Planting For Food And Jobs called the Planting For Export and Rural Development by providing registered farmers with three thousand (3,000) mango seedlings, Four thousand (4,000) coconut seedlings and thirty-seven thousand (37,000) oil palm seedlings amongst others.
The results-oriented MCE also mentioned that the Government under the leadership of Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo recently launched the second phase of the Planting for food and jobs to make the youth take center stage in farming
He added that, with this phase, the government will make available mechanized farm inputs, storage facilities, a digitized platform for monitoring, and a ready market for the farmers after harvesting.
He however mentioned that the government is putting in place measures to resolve the challenges of the high cost of farm input, land ownership, and limited access to financial support amongst others.
Other dignitaries present at the August occasion were Heads of security agencies, Heads of departments and units, clergy, former awardees, and Assembly members.