A summary of the key issues affecting development of the district have been compiled from the perspectives of community members, Town/Area Council members and staff, district departments, private sector operators, NGOs/CSOs and other stakeholders. The list of issues is presented in below.

List of Development Issues

• Inadequate access to credit for productive activities e.g. agro-processing, horticultural crop production for export
• Inadequate cold storage facilities
• Undeveloped salt potential of the district
• Undeveloped tourism potentials of the district
• Poor transfer of technology to generate growth in productive sectors of the district economy
• Great number of youth without employable skills (in agro-processing, Alternative Livelihood Programmes, fishing industry, salt production, tourism etc)
• Child trafficking and child labour
• Inadequate access to education in the district ( pre-school, Basic, JSS, SSS, Vocational and Technical)
• High illiteracy levels
• Inadequate awareness of community members on developmental issues, policies and agenda of the DA
• Poor participation of the citizenry in decision making, planning and implementation of activities of the DA
• Weak sub-district structures
• Inadequate capacity of departments of the DA to function effectively in terms of staffing levels and logistics to work
• High fertility rate with its attendant large family sizes
• Migration of the youth to other cities outside the district
• Seasonal nature of fishing and crop farming
• Prevalence of teenage pregnancy
• High incidence of HIV/AIDS
• Chieftaincy and land disputes
• High crime rate especially at the Buduburam camp
• Poor nature of roads in communities and those linking communities