Category Development

The District Chief Executive for Atwima Nwabiagya North District Assembly, Hon. Rebecca Yeboah, and the Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio, have commissioned a rural electrification for the people of Worapong Electoral Area.

The people of Worapong, Adagya, Boahenkwaa 1 & 2, Atamso, Ataase, and other related communities under the watch of the Assembly have over the years slept in darkness, whereas others used solar lamps and torches to keep their rooms crystal clear.

The Hon. MP, in his assurances, has that the people will have light for their businesses and use light for other things before he leaves office. And low and behold, the assurance was made possible on Wednesday, the 4th of

They were accompanied by the District Information Officer of Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Party Faithfuls, Parliamentary Candidate Elect, Hon. Frank Yeboah, Electrical Company of Ghana (ECG)-Offinso, and others who formed the party of the ceremony. In her address, the Hon. DCE thanked the President for acknowledging their demand and urged users of the electricity to be circumspect with the power they generate as well as loads they later compound on the transformers. She called for votes come Saturday, the 7th of December 2024, when Ghana goes on polls to elect President and Parliamentary Candidates.
Hon. Yeboah asked voters to exercise their franchise in a peaceful manner.

Hon. Benito was extremely excited for the promise made possible and called on voters to be more peaceful in the election come December 7 and not resort to electrical violence.

The team turned on lights in the areas aforementioned and made sure indeed light had materialized in the areas before setting off.

Residence who shared their joy could not have enough words and appreciation expressed considering how far they have lived in darkness under the watch of torches and lamps and now a full light. They only prayed the government would continue with his deeds for his people. They promised to adhere to what has been shared by the ECG officials and make sure the lights were not tempered with.

On Tuesday 26th November, 2024 there were officers from the Right to Information Commission of Ashanti Regional branch stationed in Kumasi paying a visit to the Atwima Nwabiagya North District.

The main objective of the visit was to monitor and evaluate the operations of the Right to information officer in the institution as well as how information on RTI law is handled in the institution generally.

In the picture from left is the RTI (Right to information officer) Nana Nhyiraba, Hon Kofi Amoako a staff of the commission, Mr. Abdul Mikiab the District Coordinating director and at the extreme right Mr. Isaac Antwi a staff of the commission.

BY RTI OFFICER – ANNDA

On the 19th day of November 2024, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Atwima Nwabiagya North Municipal held a dialogue with Parliament candidates of the various political parties, observers, and concerned voters (residents) in the Atwima Nwabiagya North Municipal.

The meeting was held at the conference hall of the municipality.
Mr. Emmanuel Appiah, the Municipal Director for NCCE, educated the various parliamentary candidates, observers, and residents on the 2024 election protocols and concerns and how important it is for voters to exercise their franchise. He advised the political parties and representatives to ensure that their members make the election peaceful.

Mr. Appiah urged voters to go all out and vote for their favorite candidate since that is their utmost right in the constitution.
Representing the parliamentary candidates were the New Patriotic Party, Independent Candidate, and the New Force.
Frank Yeboah, the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the constituency, had the opportunity to roll out his policies and his intentions to the good people in the constituency when voted into power. He talked about education, security, health, the economy, and other policies in the constituency and promised to work when voted into power. He rolled out many other policies that he has for the people in the constituency.

So was the opportunity given to other parliamentary candidates to put before the gatherers their policies as well as seek their vote in the upcoming general election.

A good number of the residents in the constituency or municipality who were invited to the seminar were also given the chance to speak out and put out their concerns plus other unknown issues to the parliamentary candidates present.
They were assured of getting their concerns addressed when they voted for any one of them to power.

On Friday, November 8, 2024.
In attendance at the event included several notable individuals and groups: the Municipal Chief Executive of Atwima Nwabiagya North Municipal Assembly and Parliamentary Candidate for the Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency, Hon. Frank Yeboah; the Municipal Coordinating Director, Mr. S.M. Abdul-Rahman; the Director of Agriculture, Ms. Grace Achiaa, along with their dedicated staff. Other attendees comprised the heads of various departments and units, representatives from the Ghana Education Directorate, past award winners, traditional leaders, including Nananom and Queen Mothers, Assembly Members, Unit Committee Members, and the Ghana Police Service—Bohyen Command. Additionally, many local residents participated in the event.

In her address, the Municipal Chief Executive expressed gratitude to Nananom for providing farmers with the necessary land. She emphasized that even with climate change, our farmers adapt and continue farming. She stated that with the commission of the drip machine, she will ensure that the roads leading to the local villages in the municipality will be constructed to facilitate the smooth transportation of farm crops and vegetables to markets.

Nananom expressed their gratitude for hosting the event in their community and also asked the Municipal Chief Executive to help with the infrastructure of the school building in the community.
Farmers expressed heartfelt gratitude to the government and all stakeholders for the success of the event and prayed the government continue to prioritize farming in the country to boost the economy.

The Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA), Achiase Branch, has held its 2nd graduation ceremony for eleven (11) apprentices in the area.
The event happened on Sunday, 27th October 2024, at Nketia Town Partk in the Achiase Electoral Area of ATWIMA Nwabiagya North District.

In attendance were the Assembly member for the electoral area, Hon. Saeed Muniru Yahaya, who doubled as chairman for the event, Mr. Augustine Agyei, District Information Officer, and Special Guest, the Parliamentary Candidate for ATWIMA Nwabiagya North Constituency, Hon. Frank Yeboah, as well as Party faithful.

GNTDA representatives from Ohwim, Barekese, Bantama, and National.
Speaking at the event, the chairman and assemblyman for the area, Hon. Yahaya, encouraged graduates for how far they have come and challenged them to be more than what they have learned or been taught. He urged them to be more professional over profit as the field has become profitable with little over quality and standard.

Hon. Yahaya was pleased with the organisation and cautioned participants to rally behind him in executing a successful chairmanship. Hon. Frank Yeboah, PC for ATWIMA Nwabiagya North Constituency, assured the graduate of his commitment to support them whenever they call on him.

He made mention of what the government has done and called for their vote, as the party intends to do more when handed power in the coming election. He supported the program with an amount of two thousand Ghana cedis (GH 2,000).
Graduating artisans were extremely grateful to all stakeholders and prayed to adhere to all counsel said to them.
Participants commended the Assembly, PC, Nananom, and all others who really worked to make their program a success.

The Atwima Nwabiagya North, in partnership with Rock Foundation (an NGO based in Ghana), has held a stakeholder forum for opinion leaders, traders, farmers, religious heads, and all other citizen representatives in the district.
The forum was to solicit ideas on how to improve local development as well as national and local representation over what the assembly has achieved so far; it was carried out of now Atwima Nwabiagya South.

The event was put in two (2) parts, Thursday, October 17th, and Friday, October 18th, at two separate venues. (Asuofua and Darbaa)
In various presentations, the facilitator demonstrated mustering for the success of the event.
Stakeholders shared solid views on how local governance could be developed and critiqued developments for the betterment of knowledge and the way forward.
Participants were grateful for the engagement and prayed for a continuous engagement to better inform citizens as well as improve development.

As part of a budgetary ritual in transparency and accountability and use of the public funds, the Atwima Nwabiagya North District has partaken in the 2025 budget hearing for the fiscal year at Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly, Kodie, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
In accompaniment to the hearing were the District Coordinating Director, and representing the DCE, Mr. S.M. Abdul Rahman, Hon. Francis Bobie-Ansah, Presiding Member, Akropong Akwaamuhene, Nana Ataani Amankwah Apam, Heads of Department/Directorates, Religious heads/representatives, Assembly members/convenor, and related opinion members.

The exercise had presentations from Offinso Municipal Assembly, Atwima Nwabiagya North District Assembly, Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly, Offinso North District Assembly, and others.
Assemblies present took to turn in presenting their prepared budget for the fiscal year 2025 and had its documents critiqued for onward correction.
Participants, observers, and stakeholders from the regional office were satisfied with the proceedings. They were grateful.
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The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), in partnership with
The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) has held a two-day capacity building for Assembly members in Atwima Nwabiagya North District Assembly as part of their nationwide orientation on Friday, 4th, and Saturday, 5th October 2024, at the district assembly’s conference hall.

In the event were officials from the Ministry and the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), newly elected and appointed Assembly Members of various electoral areas, District Coordinating Director, Mr. S.M. Abdul Rahman, Deputy Director, Ms. Adwoa Konadu Yiadom, District Information Officer, Mr. Augustine Agyei, and related stakeholders.

In his opening remarks, the District Coordinating Director (DCD), Mr. S.M. Abdul Rahman, urged participants to make input and contribute where necessary for the benefit of the orientation and assembly.
In the event, matters involving conflicting members were brought to light, which helped in the deliberation.
Participants were grateful to all parities for the orientation. They were optimistic that the learning would be of much impact on their day-to-day encounter with electorates.