Juaboso DCE pledges (30/7/09)

The Juaboso District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Fuachie Solomon, has expressed his commitment to enhancing security in the area.
He said he had received numerous reports of rampant armed robbery cases and other violent crimes in the district.
He said although the criminal activities would hamper the development of the district, measures were being put in place to tackle them.
Mr Solomon expressed this commitment when he addressed the third session of the General Meeting of the Juaboso District Assembly.
He said as a first step to ensuring safety in the area, the assembly had strengthened the security agencies in the area and had also contracted a Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) official to ensure absolute control of the security network in the area.
“I will work assiduously as the chairman of the district security committee to reduce the looming security threats in our area in order to ensure that the security situation improves in the district, “ he said.
Outlining his plans for the area, the DCE said he would work together with the people to bring about development.
Touching on the unemployment situation in the area, he said the agricultural sector would be made attractive for the youth.
“A practical example is the Inland valley rice project which is currently being undertaken in a few communities,” he added.
He also asked the assembly members to work diligently to mobilise their people in the electoral area to undertake regular environmental sanitation in their various communities.
”The nationwide clean-up exercises initiated by the President is one step to ensure good sanitation practices in our various communities, and we will make them regular,” he stated.
The DCE announced that a community based rural development organisation was assisting the district with GH¢240,000 for the construction of schools and area council offices.
Mr Solomon stressed the need for the assembly to generate revenue internally to supplement the district’s share of the common fund.
He urged the revenue and budget department of the assembly to institute measures to step-up revenue mobilisation activities in order to raise adequate funds to supplement the already “over-burdened common fund.”
The Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Samson Ahi, assured the assembly of his commitment to ensuring that all the projects outlined by the DCE were executed.
There were goodwill messages from the chiefs and opinion leaders.