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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.

The people of Kintampo Municipal Assembly was not left out in this year’s Eud- Al-Adha celebration which toke the whole world wild.

The colorful ceremony which normally bring Muslims dressed in their best dresses meet to pray together for God’s blessing on man king. Muslims all over the municipality this year group together at four places to observe their Eid-Al-Adha payer; Kintampo Senior High School Park, LA school park Etu-bondi house park and CEC School Park to pray for blessing.

The Municipal Chief Executive(MCE) for the Kintampo Municipality, Mr. Isaac Donkor with some party executives visited all the prayer centers to give our Muslims brothers and sisters a good will massage from the president of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.

Mr. Donkor spoke to the Muslims in the municipality importance of Eid-Al-Adha celebration as an important event in the Islamic calendar which involve sacrificing animals to signify thanks giving to Allah and to save as food to mankind.

The Municipal Chief executive reminded Muslim celebrating Eid- Al-Adha festival not forget living together with love, unity, peace to bring development to the communities, towns and a country at large. And reminded them of the reduction of the dollar which would will improve lives of Ghanaian citizens and development “

Mr. Donkor on behalf of the president of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama express how important Muslims are dear to NDC government which was the reason Haji fairs were reduce and more reduction would take place by next year, adding another holy day to their festive season, introduction of Zongo development fund to develop our various Zongo communities and educational infrastructure in those areas.

Mr. Isaac Donkor talked on the importance of Technical, Vocational Institution which the government want to pay more attention too.  He then called on parents to enrolling their children into the Kintampo Vocational School.

He informed the youth of the municipality to enroll and register themselves into the national entrepreneurship programme which is under way by the NDC government.

Conclusion Mr. Isaac Donkor MCE advised the youth of the municipality on drugs abuse most especially, “red”, tramadol weed, and so on. He added that, “stay away from abusive substance which would affect you our feature leaders”. He then asked family’s and community leaders to talk to the children/youth.

The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama is on a “Thank You Tour” all over the country to appreciate the good people of Ghana for electing him and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into Power to be able to achieve the “Reset Agenda” they promised Ghanaians in their Manifesto.

He visited Bono East, Kintampo Municipality to thank the good people of Bono East for giving him overwhelming endorsement in all the eleven MMDCEs in the region in the December 7th 2024 general elections.

Nana Owusu the president of the Bone East House of Chief who spoke on behalf of Nananom congratulated the president for being elected as the President and welcomed him to the Bono East Region.

Nana was full of praise for the president for launching the Feeding Ghana Agenda at Techiman, the appreciation of the Cedi, and achieving a lot in his 120 days social contract with Ghanaians as promised in their manifesto during their campaign.

Nana pleaded with the President to help the Bono East Region witness improvements on road networks, upgrade college of Health and Well-being to University status; build a palace for the Bono East Regional Houses of Chiefs; help solve water problems in the region; solve the issue of Fulani herdsmen distraction to farms in their communities.

The Regional Chief Imam and Council of Churches, expressed gratitude for the reduction in Hajj fares and for appointing capable hands from within Christian and Muslim groups to man the affairs of the country.

He expressed optimism that the various programmes being implemented including the National Youth Entrepreneurship Program, among others will go a long way to bring the needed desire the public is looking for.

They pleaded with the president to give Muslim youth in the country scholarship in education, enforce laws which can prevent the youth from taking “Red” which is causing so much harm to youth.

The Regional Minister Mr. Francis Owusu Antwi also thanked the President John for all the developmental projects he has lunched in the region since he came to shape our region for improvement. He asked the president to help the region achieve development in various sectors in order to improve the lives of the people.

President John Dramani Mahama expressed his gratitude to the people of Bono East Region, Nananom, the youth of the Bono East Region and saying, “You are the True Heroes of this Victory for giving me and the NDC victory” to reset the country.

He indicated that despite inheriting a bad economy, they have chosen to work effectively, ensuring fiscal discipline to redirect resources to education, agricultural and the health sector; and strengthening the cedi to give the citizens some respite.

He also thanked all transport unions for the reduction in fares; and added that his government is working on roads in the country most especially, framing communities including Ofuman to Wenchi road.

He talked of transforming the education sector by completing all the E-blocks all over the country, free fees for first year students at tertiary schools, free education for physically challenged students, payment of allowance to all nursing students from this year January to date, establishing a new Technical University at Techiman, Forikrom and uplifting College of health and Well-being to university status. He announced plans to establish university of Health and Life Sciences in Kintampo, further reinforcing the region’s educational infrastructure and support for healthcare development.

On agriculture, he indicated that Feed Ghana was introduced to boost the small scale agriculture, by building ware houses to reduce post-harvest loses.

The president said robbery issue would be the thing of the past because security personnel are going to be deployed at all the arears mentioned most especially Atebubu areas to reduce robbery in those areas.

Due to the low amount of revenue Kintampo Municipal Assembly Receive weekly. The Kintampo Municipal Assembly has find it necessary to meet all sectors in the Municipality who are responsible for revenue mobilization in the Municipality.

The Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Isaac Donkor in view of this poor mobilization of revenue has held several meetings with all the Stakeholders in charge of the mobilization of revenue including Yam Market Executives responsible of lording of tracks, charcoal sales also in charge of loading the bags of the charcoal on the tracks to see the way forward as to how increment can be than compering market rates of other districts tax’s tick’s payment.

Staff of the revenue section both permeate and allowance staff were also met by the Municipal chief executive, city guides who also help in the revenue collection/mobilization in the municipality were not left out in the meetings organized.

Issues discussed hindering their output were:

1. The weekly market not in good condition when it rain, making traders file reluctant to pay their tax.
2.  No parking spaces for tracks to loud their yam.
3. No security lights at the weekly market.
4.  The market not always clean making traders complain of not seeing the need for payment taxes.
5. No uniform for City guides personnel’s,
6. Inadequate City guides only five (5) making their work very difficult.
7.  Only one of them is mechanized in government payroll having working with the Assembly for so many years.
8. “Okada” riders clamming Kintampo Municipality is for the ground fathers.

among others were the complains given to the Municipal Chief Executive as matters hindering their productivity of not making much revenue for the Municipality.

MCE assured the revenue staff, yam and Charcoal traders of his support in any way to give them the necessary support and employing five (5) more city guides in addition to the once already working, making sure that the old staff are all mechanized in government payroll and work on the bad market conditions.

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The Kintampo Municipal Assembly has inaugurated its Municipal Sanitation Planning Committee to deal with the poor environmental sanitation which has been a major challenge in all communities in the municipality.

In all the MMDCEs, in the Country and Kintampo Municipal Assembly as one of the Municipalizes in the country, environmental sanitation management is a huge responsibility. It is for this reason the Government of Ghana is re-introducing the National Sanitation Day Programme (NSDP)to improve waste management and enhance environmental cleanliness across the country.

As the Kintampo Municipal has an on-going solid waste collection contract with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, however, it is limited in scope and largely concentrated in some parts of the Kintampo Township. It is obvious that vast public and private spaces would not be cleaned so this (NSDP) would ensure citizens to assist the Assemblies cleaning those spaces.

In a short inaugural prgramme organized by the Kintampo Municipal Assembly saw some heads of department and stakeholder who came together to constitute the Committee.

In a speech by the Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Isaac Donkor stated clear duties of the committee and that, the inauguration of the Kintampo Municipal Sanitation Planning Committee is to position our municipality for action in this well-intentioned endeavor.

He added that the, “Planning Committee is composed of relevant sanitation related stakeholders whose main duty is to coordinate the National Sanitation Day activities to be undertaken in the municipality and report on them. Members are”;

Municipal Chief Executive as the Chair and all those as members, Municipal Coordinating Director, municipal Environmental Health Officer, Manager of Zoomlion Ghana, a member from council of Churches, Rep from Muslim Community, Municipal Health Director, Municipal Education Director, Divisional Police Commander, Market Queen mother, the Presiding Member (PM), Municipal Information Officer, National Commission for Civic Education Rep, Reps of all the Chiefs in the Municipality, a Member from Concerned Youth Kintampo and Reps from GPRTU and PROTOA.

The Municipal Chief Executive in his conclusion stated, “I will like to assure the Kintampo Municipal Sanitation Planning Committee of my personal involvement and support to ensure a great program impact in the municipality. Let us not leave anyone out” he ended.