Monthly Archives: September 2025

Mr. Isaac Donkor the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo Municipal Assembly paid a working visit to Okada and Tipper Truck executives in the municipality to deliberate issues in connection with the development of the Municipality as they all form stakeholders in the development of the municipality.

In a short introduction, Mr. Isaac Donkor stated how important of Okada business is in the municipality and the need to regulate their activities in the municipality by they paying their daily ticket, liaising the tricycles, not charging exorbitant prices, dealing in drugs, under age riders, participation in our monthly clean-up activity, and most of all the use of spar-riders.

The chairman Mr. Benjamin Dery for Okada riders in the municipality express his gratitude to the MCE with his entourage for their visit and express his appreciation by also outlined some ideas that came, also help in solving some of the problems raised by the MCE.  He said the office attention has been drowned to the fact that some riders resist paying their daily tickets and as an institution, the assembly asked the police to arrest one as an example for the others to see.  He MCE could help in the licenses of their tricycles in a reduce price to enable more riders to have their tricycles down.

He said most of the riders were of the view that, they don’t see the need for paying their daily tickets because the monies are not use for the development of the markets and some roads in the municipality, MCE briefed them on how those monies are been used.

The chairman pleaded on the MCE to help some riders who wish to further their education at the collage of Health and Well-being and other government flagship program in the municipality.  He then asked the MCE to help them to get an office accommodation at a vantage point at the weekly market to enable them carry out the office duties which MCE asked them to come to the office for further engagement.

Mr. Isaac Donkor was pleased with the recommendation given the Mr. Dery the Chairman of Okada Association Kintampo and asked them to come to his office for further discussion on some of their request and emphasized that “I will help them to get admission to the school with the right requirement and the forms being filled ahead of the time “he said.

At the tipper truck office some executives were there to welcome the MCE with his entourage. Some concerns were registered by the executives of the association, such as they do not have a packing side in the municipality, some feeder roads not motorable.

MCE thanked the tipper truck association for always supporting the Municipal Assembly anytime they call on them. he assured them of getting them a packing side in the municipality but he said “Oliver asked for more I would want you as an association to help the Municipal Assembly construct a feeder road behind the office block “which they agreed.

The Bono East Regional Minister Mr. Francis Owusu Entwi is embarking on a regional feminization tour to all the MMDAs in the Region to introduce himself to all stakeholders within the region to begin his official work since his nomination this year.

In the Kintampo Municipality made up of different traditional and different ethnic groups, the minster’s first port of call was the Paramount Chief of the Mo-Traditional Council, Nana Kwesi Dankwa III, before proceeding to others including Nana Fayenamah palace who is the president of the Wangara Chefs in Ghana; the palace of Nana Awoti Kufour palace, the Woasi Chief for Kintampo who was represented by Nana Goakro III, the Kronkohene of the Nkoranza Traditional Area and the palace of the Dagomba Chief for Kintampo Naa Zakari Musah.

According to the Regional Minister Mr. Owusu, “my visit was to introduce himself to the chiefs and people of Kintampo municipality and to inform them of some government programme and policies which are to take place in the Municipality by the president of the Republic of Ghana, John Daramani which would be monitored by him and our Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Isaac Donkor.

All chiefs expressed gratitude for the nomination of Mr. Isaac Donkor as the Municipal Chief Executive for Kintampo Municipal Assembly.

The chiefs raised the issue of land disputes in the municipality and called on the regional minister to help bring solutions to them for peace in the municipality.They did not mince words on the lack of development in the area particularly with social amenities including roads, water among others.  They thus urged the minister to help elevate the status of their road networks and provide them with potable water, upgrading of the Collage of health and well-being into a university status.

The Regional Minster in his address also outlined the projects the government has in stock for the people of Kintampo such as; Construction of  Asantekwa to Ayewuya road, installation of traffic lights at new market junction, construction of primary and KG block at Buseama, and Nana Effah primary school, CHPS compound at Alhassankura and Candigre, an ultra-modern toilet and bath facility at the Kintampo Government Hospital, Re-set 24-hour Economy Market at the old market – VIP station as the suggested place.

The Regional Minister Mr. Francis Owusu could not have end his address without talking about the peace of Kintampo Municipality saying, “for every development and youth empowerment as a tool of every area, district and region we need peace to enable us work for the development we need. Let’s remain peaceful and united as one”.