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The Catholic Bishop of Techiman Diocese, Most Reverend Dominic Yeboah Nyarko has dedicated the ‘Our Lady of Peace Grotto’ at the Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Kintampo.

The facility which is a donation from the Balkono family of Kaleo in the Upper West region is in memory of their late mother Elizabeth Mwin-Zimbu Balkono who passed away on December 12, 2021.

Mother Elizabeth as she was affectionately called was a devout catholic who served the church for several years culminating in her initiation into the Christian Mothers Association on the 7th day of June 1986.

The woman of faith also encouraged one of his sons, Reverend Father Samuel Balkono Nabare now based in Austria to take up priesthood in the church.`

Delivering the mass, the Most Reverend Yeboah Nyarko lauded the Balkono family for the gesture adding that God will reward them appropriately.

He urged others to emulate their example by supporting God’s work in whichever way they can.

The parish priest, Reverend Father Alex Chandy admonished the parishioners to go beyond taking pictures at the grotto and make it a place of prayer so God will meet their needs.

Present were members of the Balkono family as well as other associate priests.

A parishioner from Austria and a friend to the Balkono family Mrs. Regina Heitzinger graced the occasion

Field day at Adumano on Climate Smart Agricultural practices demo field. the Crop Research Institute in Fumesua carried out farmer training on Climate Smart Agricultural practices to help mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture. Different varieties of maize were planted. Also yam and cowpeas were planted. Various cultural practices were carried out along with the farmers.

The Kintampo Municipal Assembly has held its fourth session of the Seventh Assembly Meeting at the Assembly hall to discuss matters of importance to the development of the Municipality.

The Presiding Member in his welcome address informed the house how they should contribute effectively to the deliberation brought before the house by building decorum and having consensus therefore soliciting maximum cooperation and collaboration on the floor of the house.

The presiding member entreated every member of the house to observe rules and regulations of their debates during deliberation to contribute to the discussions on the floor of the house.

Mr. Dawuda Mohammed added that, the duties of “Assembly members are to exercise deliberative, legislative and executive functions, in the discharge of their duties, in the light of these functions, for us to be able to deliver effectively as Assembly members, we apply the concept of the 3Cs that is Communication, Consultation, and collaboration in our work.”

He also remarkably commended and appreciated the efforts of the Municipal Assembly technocrats, all workers for their hard work in the development of the Kintampo Municipality.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Mr. Isaac Baffoe Ameyaw in his sectional address stated how delighted he was to give the overview of the current state of affairs of the Municipality and extended his heartfelt gratitude to all who made any contribution and support in the pursuit of the municipality development.

Areas touched by the MCE were on the finances of the Municipality, where District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), District Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT) and Revenue was looked at and discussed. Security, Sanitation, Environmental challenges, Health sector, Education sector, was not left out in their deliberations.

In Agriculture, Mr. Baffoe stated that the president of the Republic of Ghana have that sector in his heart, and for that matter a lot of Government interventions have been introduce such as “Planting for Export and Rural Development, Planning for Foods and Jobs and Rearing for Food and Jobs etc. and what the Assembly have also been able to do for farmers in the Municipality.

Developmental Projects, construction of No. 6-unit classroom blocks with officers and stores, Toilets with elevated water tanks, Constriction of 1 No. unit kindergarten school block, Contraction of pavement and drainage works and Reshaping of existing road, and Delay on projects etc were all discussed and deliberated on.

In conclusion of the MCE address, the executive Committee was brought to the house for extensive recommendation, deliberation, voted and adopted by members of the house.

The Assembly labourers in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Citizen of Kintampo were involved in third (3^rd   ) quarter of routine drains cleansing exercise, lorry parks and in the two (2) markets.

The market women, drivers and the general public are advised to desist from littering and rather               deposit their waste in the domestic waste bins

Landlords/ladies are advised to request for domestic waste bins to prevent indiscriminate    dumping of household refuse.

Wastes collected are sent to the communal containers, so that the skip truck and compactor transport them to the final disposal site.

There is spillages in most of the communal container sites due to breakdown of the skip truck, long delay of refuse attendant and monthly allowances delayed.