THE Hohoe Municipal Assembly has held its last sessional meeting with a grand durbar to officially inaugurate five pieces of road maintenance equipment donated to the assembly by the National Security.
They also performed a sod-cutting ceremony on the Hohoe Lorry Station, as well as visited some projects undertaken or being undertaken by the assembly.
The durbar, among others, attracted all the 20 paramount chiefs and queens in the municipality, Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe South Constituency, and Mr Prince Jacob Hayibor, MP for Hohoe North Constituency.
The four-year term of the present assembly has ended but the assembly elections had to be postponed to December 28 due to certain amendments which had been proposed to the District Assembly Law.
In his sessional address, Mr Victor Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), commended the assembly members for having assisted the assembly achieve an unprecedented feat in the history of the assembly.
Mr Condobrey noted that for almost two years that he had worked with the assembly members, he had succeeded in implementing more projects than ever done by the assembly.
Through them, he said, the assembly had completed 11 places of convenience, school blocks, teachers’ accommodation and markets in various parts of the municipality.
On revenue generation, the MCE said as of the end of September this year, the assembly had been able to collect only GH¢292, 607.00 out of the projected GH¢ 500,080.00.
The assembly had spent GH¢ 221,669.41 out of the projected GH¢ 683,800.00.
According to Mr Condobrey, the assembly has procured 220 street lights which will be distributed throughout the municipality.
On education, under the free textbooks and uniforms promised by the President, Professor Evans John Atta Mills, the MCE said the municipality had received its share and was distributing them accordingly.
On the general standard of education in the municipality, Mr Condobrey said 15 basic schools scored zero per cent in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Exams (BECE) whilst on the other hand, 10 schools, mostly private schools scored 100 per cent.
The MCE in view of this had summoned the various heads of the non-scoring schools to a meeting to find out their challenges.
Mr Joseph Amenowode commended the assembly members for their service over the years and asked those who intended to come back to work hard to retain the places.
Mr Amenowode expressed his displeasure at the spate of lawlessness that was rearing its ugly head in the region such as the attacks on border personnel in certain parts of the region.
He noted that if security personnel offended anybody, it did not warrant a wholesale attack on the entire security personnel and the security facilities.
The regional minister also called for a stop to smuggling of cocoa in the region since it was coca money which propels the development we all desire.
He wondered why the decision of the government to construct 200,000 houses throughout the country should be politicised.
He said if this went on, the region would have 1,400 houses.
Ghanaians should see this as a major breakthrough and should not be blinded by partisan politics.
Mr Prince Jacob Hayibor, MP for Hohoe North said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government under President Mills was progressing steadily .
“Due to the integrity of the NDC government under President Atta Mills, just one trip abroad had brought in a colossal $13 billion for national development,” MP Hayibor said.
He called for unity among members who should be reminded that the NDC party was focused and was pursuing its target to its logical conclusion.
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