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The Kintampo Municipal Assembly organized a youth forum to bring together youth leaders, development partners, entrepreneurs, policymakers and community leaders to deliberate on youth empowerment, innovation, inclusion, and opportunities available for sustainable livelihoods.

The programme which was organized by the National Youth Authority-Kintampo Municipal office with key stakeholders saw all youth groups, both secondary and tertiary, fashion designers, youth in farming, decorators and other vocations come together at the Kintampo Municipal Assembly premises with their exhibits to encourage other youth to mentor and better their livelihood instead of looking for white color jobs which are not available.

Mr. John Hammod the Director from the Municipal Business Advisory Center, Mr. Benjamin Amofa the Bono East Regional MASLO Director, Mr. Fredus entrepreneur and philanthropist from the Municipality were invited guest who came to inspire, inform and educate the growing youth of the municipality on how to set-up, develop or expand their businesses.

The Municipal Director for National Youth Authority, Mr. Shaibu Fuseini Fentedua in his address, stated the important of using “Empowering the Youth for inclusive Development and sustainable Impact” as the theme for the programme; stating that it was to call on the youth of Kintampo to take action; a platform to reflect and nurture their dreams.

He stated that, the youth of the municipality should have a common goal; that is the development of the municipality through active youth programme participation for their voices, ideas and innovations would be head.

He added that, “this forum is an opportunity for us to deliberate on issues affecting the youth in Kintampo Municipality from unemployment, education, entrepreneurship, digital inclusion, agricultural, environmental sustainability, civic engagement “. He encourages all to fully participate and asked questions, contributions and lean.

The Municipal Chief Executive(MCE) For the Kintampo Municipality Mr. Isaac Donkor in his speech outlined some activities his government, the National Democratic Congress(NDC) is undertaking and asked all to get involved such as the ; Better Skills and Education for TVET centers, Support for Entrepreneurs; start-up loans, business hubs and training opportunities available to support their innovations and hustle.

Others are Digital and Creative growth, Agribusiness Opportunities and youth Inclusion; stronger youth-focus policies, the creation of a youth ministry to involve young people in local governance among others.

He advised them not just to be the future, but the present farmers, innovators, students, artisans, entrepreneurs, and the digital king kongs who are already shaping the direction of our communities.

Mr. Donkor challenged them to the task of dreaming boldly, act courageously, and never underestimate their value to the Kintampo Municipality.

The Kintampo Municipal Hospital for about three (3) days now have not been able to generate Claim Check Codes (CCC) through the direct integration method to enable patients get health care services at the Municipal Hospital.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Mr. Isaac Donkor with some staff from the assembly visited the Kintampo Municipal Hospital administration to see the way forward in resolving the issues.

Information got was that, the issue was a nationwide problem affecting all health care providers in the country for the past three days and it cannot be solved locally unless at the national level, according to the Municipal Hospital Human Resources Officer Madam Nancy Boateng, adding that only emergencies cases are taken care of with clients that can pay for the service.

Meeting with the Municipal Health Insurance District Manager Mr. Anthony Kudjo Asuo informed the MCE and his team that, the Municipal Hospital was supposed to use a special mobile sim card given to them to generate the Claim Check Codes (CCC) which was communicated to them a day before our visit on their group platform.

And that, a temporal work around, affected healthcare providers can use the code *842# to input same in their Health Management Information system (HMIS) application”. He also added that, “they were informed that, “providers should use the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) platform to generate Claim Check Codes (CCC). The USSD channel was fully operational and can be used without distraction”.

According to Mr. Num Abraham they were at the Municipal Hospital this morning to access how far situation was just to be told that the special mobile sim card given to them for accessing claims was deactivated due to it not being in use for some months now and it needed to be activated every month to enable it work. And administrators were not around as at the time visited.

A visit to other private Health Care provider’s facilities in the municipality saw health care delivery on going well with the mobile special sim card given to them for the generation of claim check codes (CCC) for clients.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo North, Mr. Isaac Donkor, has advised candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to avoid all forms of examination malpractices in order to prevent their papers from being cancelled.

The MCE, who gave the advice when he visited all eight examination centres across the municipality, also urged the candidates to remain focused, adding that the questions were set from what they have been learning in their respective classroom.

He charged external invigilators and supervisors to stick to their role and avoid unnecessary intimidation which may put fear in candidates and eventually lead to their failure.

Meanwhile, about 2,316 candidates registered for this year’s BECE. Out of the figure, 1,138 are boys while 1,178 are girls, drawn from various public and private schools in the municipality.

Speaking in an interview, Public Relation Officer for the Kintampo Municipal Education Directorate, Mr. Isaac Sosito, revealed that, only 2,313 candidates showed up for the exams, adding that, “five of them are pregnant while six are nursing mothers”.

On his part, Kintampo District Police Commander, Supt. Steven Abanga, in his brief address also cautioned invigilators against aiding candidates to engage in exam malpractices.

He referred to Act 719 of the criminal code to justify his claim stressing that, any invigilator found culpable of the offense shall be made to face the law.

The Kintampo Department of Agriculture has received Apsonic motorcycle and branded curtains from WAAF Agro Limited to support the activities of Agriculture in the Municipality.

This short but colourful ceremony which took place at the Kintampo Municipal Assembly premises saw all stakeholders of the department of Agriculture, retired Agric heads, staff of veterinary unit, agricultural extension officers and well-wishers present.

Addressing the gathering, the Municipal Director of agriculture, Mr. Eric Kontorma, express his gratitude to WAAF Agro Limited for the kind gesture generous to support the Kintampo Municipal Department of Agric.

He added that the move will go a long way to support the timely delivery of Agricultural technologies to their major stakeholders along the agricultural value chain.

He stressed that WAAf’s support will not only aide timely delivery of Agricultural technologies but also make significant impact on extension delivery activities in the Kintampo Municipality, Bono East Region and the nation at large for agriculture development.

He commended them for the confidence reposed in them adding that the department looked forward to working closely with WAAF to help improve agric production in the municipality.

“We are grateful for your support and look forward to continuing our work together”, he ended.

On his part, the Municipal Chief executive for Kintampo Municipal Assembly, Isaac Donkor, expressed his appreciation to WAAF Agro Limited for their timely support towards agric production in the country and seized the opportunity to call on other cooperate bodies and institutions to emulate same.

He pledged to ensure that the motorcycle is used for the right purposes, adding that the Assembly will ensure its regular maintenance to enable it last longer.

Madam Esther Mensah, branch manager for WAAF Agro Limited Kintampo who could not hide her excitement over the warm reception pledged more collaboration between WAAF and the assembly.

Meanwhile, some products of WAAF in the market include glyphosate type Waafosate, Afuowura, Waafking powder, Waafking liquid, Knapsacks, Agyenkwa sprayer, Agyenkwa powder sprayer, and Waaf seeders.

Kintampo Municipal Assembly organized Medical screening for all cooks and caterers who as employed to take care of Ghana School Feeding Programme in the Municipality.

The screening exercises is expected to last for Two days, at the Kintampo Municipal Assembly hall.

Health workers from the Kintampo Municipal Hospital came to undertake the health screening exercises, which consist of Tuberculosis, Typhoid fever and hepatitis B virus, according to an interview with the head of the team, Mr. Ibrahim Batong Halidu, disclose that, these three test the workers are expected to undertake are the most common in the Municipality and can easily be transmitted.

An interview with Mr. Alhassan Mohammed coordinator for the school feeding program at the Kintampo Municipal Assembly, revealed that, fourth seven (47) schools in the Municipality benefits from the Ghana School Feeding Program, with forty- seven (47) caterers, ninety-four (94) cooks, each school two (2) cooks.  Which means one hundred and forty-one (141) workers are expected to go through the health screening exercises in the Kintampo Municipality.