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EASTERN REGIONAL AGRI-BUSINESS INVESTORS CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION (ERAISE)

On the 14th & 15th September, 2022 a conference and exhibition was organized by the Regional Agricultural Department of the ERCC for the Eastern Regional Agri-Business Investors Conference & Exhibition (ERAISE). The conference was structured to a 2 days program which was held at Koforidua Jubilee Park – Centre for National Culture.
The theme for the conference was ” Achieving Agricultural Industrialization through Eastern Commodity Satellite Market: Financial and Technical Support of TIAST”. The purpose of the fair is to;
● Boost agricultural industrialization
● Contribute to local economic development of the Districts/Municipals
● Promote value addition to agricultural produce
● Enhance the supply of good quality Agro-inputs
● Enhance the supply of good quality agricultural produce for processors and consumers
● Link small scale farmers and processors to markets
Some challenges or problems they were facing includes;
● Several interventions and Program (PFJ, PERD and MAG) have led to the improvement in yields and production of some major crops in the Region.
● Consequently, issues of marketing of produce have become the main constraint of farmers were discussed.
The Eastern Region in 2019 proposed the development of commodity satellite market as a direct response to the problem of weak market linkages. After the successful organization of the Maiden Eastern Commodity Satellite Market (ECSM) Fair, the Eastern Regional Minister took a special interest in developing this Agenda it to international standards viz a vis pursuing an Industrialization agenda for the Region. In light of this, he engaged TIAST to partner the Region to further develop its Commodity Satellite Market agenda thereby achieving industrialization.

TIAST (Torchbearer International Agricultural Science & Technology) is a Chinese Firm that:
⮚ Adds value to Agricultural Value Chain
⮚ Promote the worth of Agricultural Industry in all African countries through industrialization.
⮚ Provide technical support, offtake services and financial support for farmers, investors, entrepreneurs and interested parties who want to own their Agricultural Processing Factories.
⮚ Provide after-sales technical support covering installation, maintenance, technical management, spare parts supply and training.

The first day of the exhibition was structured to be an indoor event;
⮚ It will comprise of speakers delivering addresses, and client engagements.
⮚The outdoor event will comprise of the fair where there will be a showcase of client products, bank consultations, free medical screening etc.
The second day of exhibition was structured to be an outdoor activity;
⮚A full day of outdoor activities and exhibition of client products,
⮚ Free medical screening, bank consultations, panel discussion and interview.
Stakeholders that was present at the conference were;
Eastern Regional Minister, Regional Coordinating Director- ERCC, Regional Director of Agriculture ,District Chief Executives ,District Directors of Agriculture ,Regional Director for Ministry of Trade and Industry , Food and Drugs Authority , Council for Scientific and Industrial Research , Ghana Export Promotion Authority , Ghana Standard Authority , Ghana Investment Promotions Authority , Registrar General , Processing companies , Healthcare specialists , Premium clients and investors , Partnering banks and insurance companies , Media publicity (Television, Radio and Newsletter).

Some of the products and items that were exhibited were;
Branded and Packaged Rice ,High Quality and Unadulterated Honey ,Neatly Packaged Fortified Gari , Fortified Maize Products (Tombrown) ,High Quality Cassava Flour and Kokonte, Quality Unadulterated Palm Oil, Quality Unadulterated Coconut Oil, Cold Pressed Palm Kernel Oil , Neatly Packaged Tiger Nut Products , Neatly Packaged Coconut Chips , Well Packaged Nutritious Mushroom ,Well Packaged Processed meat, Neatly Packaged Processed Fish Products , Nicely Packaged Taro , Nicely Packaged Onion, Milk and Yoghurt products , Pineapple and Mango Products (Chips, Juice, Puree) , Agricultural Inputs [Seed, Pesticides, Fertilizers (etc)] ,Small Scale Processing Equipment , Agricultural Implements.

TWO HUNDRED (200) DESKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO SOME BASIC SCHOOL IN THE LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPALITY

Lower Many Krobo Municipal Assembly on 9th August, 2022 handed over Two Hundred (200) desks to the Municipal Education Directorate at the forecourt of the Municipal Assembly for onwards delivery to some basic schools in the Municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh in his presentation thank His Excellency the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo – Addo for his continuous support to Education.
He said culture of maintenance has been a problem for the people of this Country. He therefore pleaded with the Education Directorate to advice the beneficiary school to take good care of them.
Mr. Samuel Kwesi Tettey Municipal Director of Education on behalf of the Education Directorate and his own behalf thanked the management of the Assembly for their kind gesture. Mr. Kwesi said since he assumed office this is the first consignment received from the Assembly and he is of the believe that subsequent one will follow soon. He promised that, he will admonish the beneficiary school to take good care of them so as to last long.

Linking Up Initiative-End of Project Dissemination Meeting Ensign Global College Conference Hall

On the September 6, 2022 the Lower Manya Municipal Assembly held a meeting with the Linking Up Initiative at the Ensign Global College conference hall. The meeting started 8:00am. The introduction of the meeting and workshop objectives was done by the MC
The welcome address was delivered by the MCE, Hon. Simon Tetteh. History and workshop objective of the Linking Up Initiative was given by Dr. Esi Colecraft. Local Partners of the project were Ghana Health Service and Queen Mothers.
Three districts were engaged Lower Manya Krobo Municipal, Yilo Krobo Municipal and Upper Manya Krobo. The project supported one hundred and sixty-six (166) beneficial’s in the three (3) districts and in eight (8) communities. The project is about farming, poultry and horticulture that is egg and garden egg respectively. Some of the Farmer Base Organization (FBO) beneficial were there to share the experiences that was their challenges, profits etc. Staffs from Agriculture dept (DAD), Ghana Enterprise Agency formally (BAC), Ghana Health Services (GHS), Ghana Education Service (GES), Social Welfare Dept, Management Information System etc from the three districts and department were invited.
There was General discussion on the sustainability of the project. The meeting ended 6:00pm with a closing prayer.

TRAINING ON SOAP MAKING AT BUEYONYE ON THE 13TH OF JULY,2022

On the 13th July, 2022 Community Development Unit facilitated soap making Training. The training was held at Church of Pentecost, Bueyonye. The sponsors of the programme is Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly.
The trainees who participated in the workshop came from Bueyonye community. The participants for the programme will be the foundation upon which the Unity and Progress Women Group will be established in Bueyonye. A total number of forty (40) participants comprising thirty-five (35) women and five (5) men attended the programme.
The programme was organized for one (1) day. It started at 9:18 am and ended around 1:30pm.
The main objective behind the program is to empower the women group to achieve and maintain a meaningful life while remaining in their localities.
The training session commenced with an opening prayer by a participant. The Unit head, Mr. John Noko-Ayer, delivered the opening address. He admonished them to take the training seriously since the skills obtained from the training would be of benefit to them.
The trainer, took the participants through the various stages in preparing the Azuma blows and liquid soap with the available ingredients (perfume, colour, sterling, foam booster, caustic soda, thickener, salt, a rubber bowl etc). The participants observed carefully the preparation process with participants having the opportunity to ask questions
After the demonstration by the trainer, the participants were divided into 2 (two) groups, where they had the opportunity to practice what they had learnt by making their own Azuma blows and liquid soap with guidance from the trainer. This is to assist the participants in identifying some of the risks they are exposed to and the mechanism they think is available for managing each. The participants requested to know where they could purchase the Azuma blows and liquid soap making items and they were responded to in that regard.
They were taught how to commercialize the products and also taken through some of the ways to sustain the business as a group.
A staff of the unit, Ms. Na-Afua Tettey thanked the participants for their contributions during the program and urged them to buy the items and make their own for personal use and also sell individually or as an association to the public to make profit. She also used the opportunity to sensitize them on the role of the Business Advisory Centre (BAC); which seeks to support the growth of MSMEs.
The meeting was brought to a close at 1:30pm with a closing prayer from the community chief. All participants were given samples of the prepared liquid soap and Azuma blows after the training.
Punctuality- Some members reported very late even though they were all informed of the starting time of the training
Handouts or slides were not made available on time to participants
Participants agreed to pay a fine the next time anyone is late for a program
Provision of handouts or slides must be made available to participants
On behalf of the group, the expressed their gratitude to the Municipal Assembly, the Community Development Unit and the trainer for organizing such the program. In their thanksgiving the participant promised they were going to apply what they have been taught. He also promised to organise themselves and later visit the Business Advisory Centre to help sustain and grow their business as a group.

STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ON HOW TO MOBILISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON EPIDEMIC DISEASES.

The Lower Many Krobo Municipal Assembly on 23rd June, 2022 held a meeting with its stakeholders at the Municipal Assembly Hall to discuss about how to raise funds to aid in information dissemination on epidemic diseases.
Speaking at the gathering the Municipal Coordinating Director Mr. Selom Tibu welcome the participants to the meeting and told them to fill free and asked questions relative to the issues that will be discussed. He used the opportunity to highlight some of the developmental projects the Assembly has done over the past Four (4) years. He said the will be a divergent views regarding the subject matter but decision should be taken, so that together we build the Municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh in his speech also reiterate the developmental projects the Assembly has done over the past few years. He said Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly is among the Four (4) Municipalities in the Eastern Region and Twenty – Five nationwide benefiting from the Secondary City program sponsored by the World Bank. Hon. Tetteh said the initial funding the Assembly received was used to construct One Hundred and Eighty – Eight (188) lockable stores at the Agormanya market. The second funding was also used to construct 1.2km road from Kpanyas junction to Canan and a Business Resource Centre with an auditorium of Three Hundred seater Capacity. The Municipal Chief Executive said the next funding the Assembly will be receiving will be to construct some drainages and roads that are in deplorable state. He advice the participants to pay their tax obligations so that the Assembly will get more revenue to do more of the developmental projects.
Presenting on the epidemic diseases, Mrs. Selasi who represented the Municipal Director of Health presented statistics on the following H1N1, H3N2, RABBIES, COVD – 19 and CHOLERA from 2018 – June, 2022. H1N1: Thirty – Two (32) and Fourteen (14) cases was recorded for the year 2018 and 2021 respectively. H3N2: Four Hundred and Eighty-Seven (487), Seventeen (17), Forty-Seven (47) and Thirteen (13) cases was respectively recorded for the year 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. RABBIES: TWO (2) cases was recorded for the year 2019 and unfortunately both of them died. COVID-19: Three Hundred and Twenty-Eight (328), Two Hundred and Seventy-one (271) and Seventeen (17) cases was recorded in 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively from a total sample of Five Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Four (5,144) collected of which Four (4) died. CHOLERA: No case was recorded for the years under review.
Mrs. Selasi said for covid -19 vaccination Twenty Nine Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight (29,588) people took the first dose, Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Two (11,292) took the Second dose and One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen (1,915) took the booster making a total of Forty Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety- Five (42,795) people so far vaccinated. She indicated some challenges such as poor adherence to safety protocols, lack of funds and inadequate performance of community surveillance volunteers facing the Health Directorate and pleaded with the stakeholders to help them overcome these challenges.
Mr. Benjamin Asah the Municipal planning officer in his delivery stated that, the Municipality is blessed with so many developmental potential and so there is the need to have a plan to make these potential reality. He said, recently a team went round all the electoral areas in the Municipality to collect the needs of the people from the various electoral areas to enable the Assembly have its Medium Term Development Plan for the next Four (4) years. Mr. Asah said, after the need assessment, cost was allocated to them and it pointed out that an amount of Fifty Eight Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen (58,650,818) Ghana Cedis will be needed to provide the facilities the people are requesting in their electoral areas. He the therefore pleaded with the people to pay their tolls given to them so that the Assembly can be able to deliver.
It was agreed that as a stakeholders and development partners to the Assembly, fifty (50) Ghana Cedis will be levied among themselves to purchase fuel for the publicity vans, payment for community information centers and air time for radio stations to start with.

2022 GREEN GHANA DAY

As part of the activities to mark the 2022 Green Ghana day, the Lower Many Krobo Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the Forestry Department in the Municipality on 10thJune, 2022 commemorate the event at Manya Krobo Senior High School.
The Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh in his address encouraged the students to embark on this good initiative to protect and preserve the forest reserve of the Municipality. He further threw a challenge to the students to plant trees in their name to leave a mark in the school.
The Municipal Director of the Forestry range, Mrs. Benedicta Owusu Ansah in her speech stated that the target for this year Nationwide tree planting is Twenty Million (20,000,000) of which Lower Manya Krobo is expected to plant Twenty Thousand (20,000).
She provided some seedlings for planting.
The Headmistress of the school Mrs. Agnes Nanor joined the Municipal Chief Executive together with some students to plant some of the seedlings around the school.

LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY STAFF DURBAR HELD ON FRIDAY 24TH JUNE, 2022 AT THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY HALL.

On the 24th June, 2022 Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly held a staff durbar at the Municipal Assembly Hall at 10:40am. The total number of workers that attended were one hundred and twenty five (125). Out of which sixty five (65) were males and sixty (60) females.
The Municipal Coordinating Director welcomed all staff to the maiden staff durbar for 2022 and mentioned the agenda for discussion;
1. Discuss issues on health insurance
2. Discussion on attendance and attitude towards work
3. Open forum for staff
The Municipal Chief Executive again welcomed staff to the durbar and thanked them for coming. He gave brief highlights on the current state of the Assembly, with regards to Administration, staffing, projects and some few challenges the Assembly was facing. He then introduced Mr. Alhassan Yahaya, Deputy Director who had recently been posted to the assembly from Akuapem North and further stated that, a total number of twenty four (24) newly recruited staff had been posted to various Departments and Units of the Assembly and was appreciative of them for accepting postings to the Municipality. He encouraged them to be of good behaviour and open to learn and adopt to the system.
The Hon. M.C.E. commented briefly on the performance of the assembly in the most recent DPAT exercise in which Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly performed commendably and acknowledged that, this success could not be chalked without the contribution of staff and added that, he was tremendously grateful and encouraged each and every one to carry on with the good work.
Again, MCE made a comment on dressing to the office and mentioned that, some staff put on casual outfits to work which he said was totally unacceptable especially for the ladies and stated that, even though LGS did not have an official dress code, dressing to the office should be formal and decent.
He mentioned stealing within the premises of the Assembly and said that, in recent times, items were getting missing within the Assembly premises which had become of grave concern to Management and entreated staff to be committed in protecting state property.
In conclusion, he said he was displeased with staff attendance to programs and ceremonies like funerals, weddings etc of colleagues and appealed to all to make it a point to attend programs and ceremonies of colleagues and also programs of the Assembly and finally thanked all for their attention.
Another closing remark was also delivered by the Municipal Coordinating Director. He thanked staff for their attention and participation and entreated all to continue to deliver for the development of Lower Manya and Ghana as a whole. He also encouraged staff to be watchmen of properties of the assembly as we all had a duty to protect state property as public servants.

STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ON HOW TO MOBILISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON EPIDEMIC DISEASES

The Lower Many Kr obo Municipal Assembly on 23rd June, 2022 held a meeting with its stakeholders at the Municipal Assembly Hall to discuss about how to raise funds to aid in information dissemination on epidemic diseases.
Speaking at the gathering the Municipal Coordinating Director Mr. Selom Tibu welcome the participants to the meeting and told them to fill free and asked questions relative to the issues that will be discussed. He used the opportunity to highlight some of the developmental projects the Assembly has done over the past Four (4) years. He said the will be a divergent views regarding the subject matter but decision should be taken, so that together we build the Municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh in his speech also reiterate the developmental projects the Assembly has done over the past few years. He said Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly is among the Four (4) Municipalities in the Eastern Region and Twenty – Five nation wide benefiting from the Secondary City program sponsored by the World bank. Hon. Tetteh said the initial funding the Assembly received was used to construct One Hundred and Eighty – Eight (188) lockable stores at the Agormanya market. The second funding was also used to construct 1.2km road from Kpanyas junction to Canan and a Business Resource Centre with an auditorium of Three Hundred seater Capacity. The Municipal Chief Executive said the next funding the Assembly will be receiving will be to construct some drainages and roads that are in deplorable state. He advice the participants to pay their tax obligations so that the Assembly will get more revenue to do more of the developmental projects.
Presenting on the epidemic diseases, Mrs. Selasi who represented the Municipal Director of Health presented statistics on the following H1N1, H3N2, RABBIES, COVD – 19 and CHOLERA from 2018 – June, 2022. H1N1:Thirty – Two (32) and Fourteen (14) cases was recorded for the year 2018 and 2021 respectively. H3N2: Four Hundred and Eighty-Seven (487), Seventeen (17), Forty-Seven (47) and Thirteen (13) cases was respectively recorded for the year 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. RABBIES: TWO (2) cases was recorded for the year 2019 and unfortunately both of them died. COVID-19: Three Hundred and Twenty-Eight (328), Two Hundred and Seventy-one (271) and Seventeen (17) cases was recorded in 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively from a total sample of Five Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Four (5,144) collected of which Four (4) died. CHOLERA: No case was recorded for the years under review.
Mrs. Selasi said for covid -19 vaccination Twenty Nine Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight (29,588) people took the first dose, Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Two (11,292) took the Second dose and One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen (1,915) took the booster making a total of Forty Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety- Five (42,795) people so far vaccinated. She indicated some challenges such as poor adherence to safety protocols, lack of funds and inadequate performance of community surveillance volunteers facing the Health Directorate and pleaded with the stakeholders to help them overcome these challenges.
Mr. Benjamin Asah the Municipal planning officer in his delivery stated that, the Municipality is blessed with so many developmental potential and so there is the need to have a plan to make these potential reality. He said, recently a team went round all the electoral areas in the Municipality to collect the needs of the people from the various electoral areas to enable the Assembly have its Medium Term Development Plan for the next Four (4) years. Mr. Asah said, after the need assessment, cost was allocated to them and it pointed out that an amount of Fifty Eight Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen (58,650,818) Ghana Cedis will be needed to provide the facilities the people are requesting in their electoral areas. He the therefore pleaded with the people to pay their tolls given to them so that the Assembly can be able to deliver.
It was agreed that as a stakeholders and development partners to the Assembly, fifty (50) Ghana Cedis will be levey among themselves to purchase fuel for the publicity vans, payment for community information centres and air time for radio stations to start with.

GROWTH AID PROVIDE WATER TO KROBO GIRLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Growth Aid, a Non-Governmental Organisation on Thursday 26th May 2022 through the Lower Manya Krobo municipal Assembly handed over a newly completed Mechanised Borehole Water facility with an overhead Poly Tank to Krobo Girls Presbyterian SHS.-
The initiative fall under the Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project (sWASH III) of the organization which Lower Manya Krobo Municipality has benefited massively.
The Municipal Assembly received 25 new Mechanised Borehole while 6 of the fault existing borehole water facilities in the middle belt of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality were also repaired through this partnership.
Dr. Joe Lambongang, Executive Director of Growth Aid in the address acknowledge the unique support from the Latter-Day Saints Charities over the years which has made their work and commitment to provide portable water to the good people of Ghana a reality.
He continue to commend the hard working Municipal Chief Executive for the area, Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh for his maximum cooperation and support over the year which has made their work in the area successfully with no frustration as he assured to do more for the good people of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the coming years.
Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for Lower Manya Krobo Municipality on his own behalf and on the behalf of the people of Lower Manya Krobo Municipality expressed their appreciation to Growth Aid under the able leadership of Dr. Lambongang which has helped the Municipality and government as well in providing portable water to several communities and institutions in the area which further helped to ease the pressure on the Assembly and Government.
He continue to assured them of his continuous cooperation and support to enable them continue to provide these reliable water supply system for the good of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality.
Rev. Abraham Djaba Okai, Dangme-Tongu Presbytery Chairperson dedicated the newly completed water supply facility as it was immediately handed over to the School community through the Headmistress, Mrs. Betty Aduhene-Chinbuah for use.
Mrs. Betty Aduhene-Chinbuah also expressed their gratitude to the donors and the Hon. MCE for Lower Manya Krobo Municipality choosing their school as she used the opportunity to appeal to the NGO as well as other organizations or individuals who have the capacity to provide the School with more washrooms and toilet facilities to come to their aid since the existing facilities are not enough to accommodate the over 2000 student population.

GOVERNMENT COMPLETE 12-UNIT 3 STOREY CLASSROOM BLOCK AT AKRO TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for Lower Manya Krobo Municipality on Thursday 26th April, 2022 took over the newly completed 12-Unit 3 Storey Classroom Block with ancillary facilities at Akro Technical SHS.
The newly completed facilities have a 12 seater W/C toilet facility and a modern waste management facility attached which will convert the waste from the toilet facility into a household gas for use. The project which was started in the later part of 2019 by the ruling Government as part of the facility improvement initiative to accommodate the increase in enrollment population by the Akro Technical SHS as successfully executed and handed over by the Contractor, Upgrade Development Limited.
Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh commanded the contractor firm and the supervising consultants for the excellent job done which really gives the taxpayers value for their money. The Hon. MCE continue to use the opportunity to expressed his heartiest appreciation to the President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo for giving the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality their fair share of infrastructure developments both in the Education and health sector.
He continue to entreat the Management of the School being headed by the headmaster to safe guard the project by practicing very good maintenance culture which is the best way to attract more in terms of schools in the Municipality.
Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh also used the opportunity to advise the student community of Akro Technical SHS to be law abiding and respectful students since their behavior and academic performance as student plays a key role in attracting development project to the school.
Mr. Charles Ossom Baah, Headmaster of Akro Technical SHS on his own behalf and on behalf of the entire Akro Technical SHS fraternity expressed their heartiest appreciation to the President. They thanked Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh for all efforts made to give the School this all important project which will go a long way to ease the pressure on the existing facilities and also improve teaching and learning conditions in the School.
Mr. Victor Kofi Badu, Planning officer at the Municipal Education Directorate represented the Municipal Education Director officially the keys of the facilities from the Municipal Chief Executive and also handed over them to the headmaster of the School for further arrangements before use as he expressed their profound gratitude to Hon. Simon kweku Tetteh and ruling NPP Government under the able leadership of H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for providing several education infrastructure projects within has improved upon the teaching and learning conditions in the schools in the Municipality.
A delegation from the NPP Fraternity in the Lower Many Krobo Constituency led by the 1st Vice Chairman, Fitzgerald V. E. O. Mate-Korle were in attendance to witness the brief handing over ceremony.