The Hohoe Municipal Assembly has held its third general ordinary meeting at Hohoe with a call on the assembly members to educate people on the negative consequences of cocoa smuggling on the economy.
In his sessional address, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Herman Victor Condobrey, expressed concern about cocoa smuggling in the municipality and urged them to expose the smugglers in their midst, since the act was sabotaging the economy.
The MCE also appealed to those involved in the smuggling to desist from the act or face the consequences when they were caught.
“ Let me say that from this year, a proper monitoring mechanism will be put in place to ensure that farmers who will benefit from the mass cocoa spraying exercise sell their produce to the buying agencies in the country,” he warned.
He reminded the assembly members to educate the people on the effects of bushfires in their electoral areas.
The MCE said the assembly would soon award nine projects on contract. These projects, whose bids have already been opened, include the paving of the Hohoe Lorry Park and the construction of 16 stores at the lorry park.
Other projects to be funded from the District Assembly’s Common Fund (DACF) include the construction of classroom blocks at Leklebi Dafour and Alavanyo Agorxoe, construction of the Hohoe Municipal Magistrate’s Court and a headmaster’s bungalow at Ve Koloenu.
Under the National Youth Employment Programme, he said, 34 youth in the municipality were to be trained as tailors and seamstresses, while another batch of 18 were to be trained under the community protection model of the programme.
The Presiding Member of the assembly, Ms Edith Akpoto, commended the assembly members for their cooperation.
The women caucus in the assembly presented a package to the Presiding Member and described her as very hardworking and dependable, though she was the first female to hold that post.
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