Hajia Hawa Nincheamah, the Bawku Municipal Assembly Chief Executive (MCE), has expressed worry over the poor performance of pupils at the Basic Education (BECE) and Senior High School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) parents, students and teachers.
She said the poor performance was a source of worry to parents, students and teachers, adding that the issue was a threat to producing quality human resource in the area.
Consequently, the MCE said the Assembly was planning to organise a stakeholders’ forum to involve the Education Oversight Committee.
She was addressing the second ordinary meeting of the assembly in Bawku, Upper East Region, which was convened to discuss and approve the composite budget and also draw an annual action plan for the development of the area.
Hajia Nincheamah, also
expressed concern on the poor financial performance of the assembly, indicating
that it has been able to mobilise only 30 per cent of its financial resources.
She said as part of an extension of the Rural Enterprises Programme, (REP), the Assembly had introduced a new initiative called Empowering Novel Agricultural-Led Employment (ENABLE-YOUTH) to encourage young tertiary graduates to own agri-businesses along key value chains, through skills training and internship modules in line with government’s one village one factory policy.
The MCE lauded the government policies on
agriculture such as the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ and said over 350,216 bags
of NPK fertiliser and 81,975 bags of Urea had been sold to 43,622 farmers at
subsidised prices, while a total of 752 farmers were supplied with various
seeds.
Members of the assembly made a unanimous decision calling on government to add the motorbikes given to them to perform their official duties, as their end of service ex-gratia package.
Mr David Adoliba, the
Presiding Member for the Assembly, said there was the need for all assembly
members to be appreciated and motivated in order to encourage them put up their
best.
He said the district assemblies ran the local
parliament that address the immediate developmental issues of the people at the
grassroots level and there was the need for government and development
stakeholders to focus on empowering them.GNA