The Adaklu Anyigbe District Assembly (AADA) in the Volta Region is worried about the continuous destruction of food crops by Fulani herdsmen and their cattle in the Adaklu Anyigbe District.
The assembly described these Fulani herdsmen as having taken the law into their own hands and harassing farmers who complained about their activities.
Addressing the third ordinary meeting of the AADA at Kpetoe, the Adaklu Anyigbe District Chief Executive, Mr Michael Kobla Adzaho, said the approaching harmattan season would aggravate the situation if nothing was done to put a stop to activities of the herdsmen.
He said recently two farmers and one Fulani herdsman clashed at Amuzudeve and inflicted machete wounds on one another.
The three victims were treated at the Volta Regional Hospital at Ho and later discharged.
To prevent any future recurrence, he directed that cattle owners must first register with the district assembly to receive approval to have their cattle in the district.
He asked assembly members to intensify education on the dangers and negative effects of bush fires in their electoral areas once it was another harmattan season.
“I wish to call on traditional authorities, assembly members, area council and unit committee members to form anti-bushfire squads to check unnecessary setting of bushfires, which is rampant in the district, ” he said.
Mr Adzaho said the assembly had completed two projects - the DCE’s bungalow and the provision of street lights at the residency and other bungalows.
He announced that the assembly had also opened tenders for the construction of a three–unit classroom block for the Adaklu Senior High, Agotime Amedikpui District Assembly (D.A) Primary and the Ziope Dohia D.A. Primary schools.
He said the assembly had paid for various uncompleted and completed projects handed over to his administration.
They include staff bungalows, European Union projects, KVIP places of convenience and school projects.
The assembly, the DCE said, had also paid the debts accruing from the construction of the district assembly complex and said work on the project was progressing steadily and the complex was expected to be handed over in February 2010.
Mr Adzaho also announced that apart from sponsoring students from the district, the assembly had purchased three digital cameras for the district directorate of the Ghana Education Service to provide free photographs to register students for the Basic Education Certificate Examination.
He said the feeder roads network in the district was not the best and that he and the Feeder Roads engineer had inspected the roads with the view to submitting a report on them.
He commended the Inspector General of Police for providing the police at Kpetoe with a brand new Bolero DC four wheel drive to help maintain peace and order.
The Member of Parliament for Ho-East Constituency, Mrs Juliana Azuma-Mensah, called on the assembly members to give their utmost support to the DCE to enable him to meet the hopes and aspirations of the people.
She asked the assembly members to be the eyes and ears of the communities they represented at the assembly and articulate their concerns and views in the house.
She told them tourism was now seen globally as an industry that would save economies in terms of sustainability, job creation and increase in foreign exchange earning, adding that they should take interest in their local tourist sites and products.
The Presiding Member, Ms Florence Sedode, urged the assembly members to help improve revenue generation for the assembly by intensifying education on the need for the citizens to pay their taxes promptly.
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