9TH INAUGURATION OF MMDAs HELD.

The Atwima Nwabiagya North District Assembly which was carved out of now Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipal has become part of the 9th Inaugural ceremony held for 259 out of 261 MMDAs across Ghana on Monday, 12th February, 2024.

History affirms that decentralisation was started in the year 1988 with 110 Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and has now reached two hundred and sixty-one (261) entirely.

In the peak of the local governance system, an Act was made to govern it’s delivery, which is local governance Act 936 (2016).

It is stipulated in the Act 936 (2016) Section 6 (1), that “Elections to District Assemblies shall be held once every four year”.

Indicating that after every four years an assembly is dissolved and inaugurated based on an election held with a presiding member elected to lead the caucus.

Atwima Nwabiagya North District Assembly partook in the inauguration at the District Assembly’s Conference Hall and was attended by Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister for Transport doubling as the President’s representative, Hon. Frank Yeboah, Parliamentary Candidate Elect for Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency (ANNC), Her Honour (H/H) Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-adonteng, and in the absence of the DCE, Hon. Rebecca Yeboah, Mr S.M Abdul Rahman, District Coordinating Director (DCD) represented Chief Supt. Hilda Akarimanga, Bohyen Command, Nana Gyedu Kumanin IV, Amakye-Barehene and elders, Religious heads, Staff, Assembly members, family members, supporters, and others who matter.

In his address, Hon. Asiamah congratulated elected Assembly members for a good fight and commended the Electoral Commission for it’s successful election amidst numerous challenges.

He advised the Assembly members to go by their duties as enshrined in the Local governance Act 936 (2016).

The Minister for Transport tasked them to work in unity among each other and for the Assembly to realize it’s objectives.

He assured the board of the Assembly that a capacity building would be held so they could work and deliver effectively.

The Cabinet Minister, charged them to bring on board innovative ways to boost the Assembly’s internally generated fund (IGF) since the expected District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) currently has its challenges.

Adding to the remarks, the DCD prayed members would exercise a strong bond of unity, harmony, and a gearing force towards the realizations of the Assembly’s agenda and goal.

Seventeen (17) Assembly members and thirty percent (30%) appointees from the president, according to the constitution, which made up a total of twenty-five (25) Assembly members, were sworn in without the election of a presiding member, which adjourned the sitting for the day.

Assembly members who shared their thoughts with this write-up expressed words of gratitude to the government, their electorates, the management of the district assembly, chiefs, and entirely those who formed part of that success story.

By:

Augustine Agyei, DIO