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Agriculture – Objectives  
  • Increase Agriculture production 
  • Facilitating access to Agricultural Credit, storage processing marketing and other facilities.
  • Strengthening of institutional capacity of Agric Development and development of functional linkages between Agriculture and other sectors of the local economy. 
Strategies  
  1. Reduce dependence on Traditional farming techniques that are time consuming and have low productivity.
  2. Provide improved planting and breeding materials
  3.  Attract and retain more Agric Extension Personnel
  4. Support agro-processing by promoting the development of Rural Industries 
  5. Support the improvement of storage facilities to minimize post harvest losses Improve fish handling and processing 
  6. Support promotion of Priority Non- Traditional Experts (NTEs).
  7. Improve Market facilities
  8.  Support development of Farmer-based Organisations (FBOs) to facilitate access to Imput, Credit Market 
  9. Develop a uniform and acceptable Land Tenure system.
  10. Improve road network to streamline distribution and expose the Rural Sector to Market incentives
  11.  Support Rural Electrification Establish Demonstration farms 
  12. Provide requisite logistics to Agric Staff and Farmers 
  13. Facilitate the establishment of a Mass Communication System (FM) in the District.
Tourism   -   Objectives         
  • Promotion of the development of Tourism in the District      
  • Strategies
  • Encourage Private sector participation in the development of Tourist sites
  • Enhance the Tourism potential in the District through Advertisements 
  • Develop other cultural potentials
  • Improve and expand Post and telecommunication facilities
  • Improve the road network in the District.
Employment Generation  -  Objectives 
  1. Facilitating the creation of Employment Opportunities 
  2. Strategies
  3. Facilitate the acquisition of Entrepreneurial skills 
  4. Facilitate the creation of non-farming income generating activities 
  5. Support the promotion of Informal Industrial activities with provision for skills training
  6.  Undertake tree planning and re-afforestation 
  7. Undertake Data collection and compilation of all available resources and the Youth with employable skills in the District. 
Mining- Objectives  
  • Promotion of the sustainable management of Natural Resources  
Strategies 
  •  Initiate Community participation in Local Resources and Environmental Management, Monitoring and Evaluation 
Information  - Objectives  
  1. Dissemination of information to all levels of society      
  2. Strategies   
  3. Improve and expand Post and Telecommunication facilities 
  4. Facilitate the establishment and improvement of Mass – Communication system (FM) in the District 
Human Resource Development
Education - Objectives 
 
  • Reduction in drop out rate at the Basic School Level particularly for Girls 
  • Increase in School Enrollment especially at the J S S Level
  •  Increase in number of Trained Teachers at the Basic Level 
  • Improvement of Teaching and Learning in School particularly at the Basic Level 
  • Promotion of information communication technology (ICT) at the Basic and 2nd Cycle levels
  •  Promotion of sills and Entrepreneurial Training for the Youth.     
Strategies
  1. Promotion of Girl Child Education 
  2. Promotion of Peer Education 
  3. Rehabilitation and Expansion of Educational Infrastructural 
  4. Provision of Essential Logistics
  5. Provision of Teachers Accommodation 
  6. Sponsorship for Teacher Trainees in Training Colleges 
  7. Support School Improvement Programmes
  8. In-service training for Teachers
  9. Incentive Package for Teachers 
  10. Institution of scholarship Award Scheme
  11. Promote competition among schools
  12. Establish computer Resource Centres
  13. Development of Technical/Vocational Schemes Entrepreneurship development.
 Water and Environmental Sanitation  -Objectives
  • Eradication of the incidence of Malaria and other environmentally related     diseases     
  • Provision of safe water     
  • Ensuring safe liquid and solid waste management      building capacity for Environmental Sanitation.     
Strategies
  1. Accelerated drilling of Boreholes to enhance accessibility
  2. Data collection on water and sanitation facilities
  3.  Provision of Ultra-modern Refuse Disposal truck and other sanitary facilities
  4. Initiate community participation in Local Resources and Environmental Management  
Health- Objectives  
  • Increase accessibility of the Poor to quality Healthcare
  • Encouragement of communities to embrace Family Planning 
  • Expand programme on Immunization 
  • Control rate of HIV/AIDS infection 
  • Increase in supervised Delivery levels in District
Strategies
  1. Provision of adequate Health facilities in District 
  2. High courage of Mutual Health Insurance Scheme in all communities in the District.
  3. Promote continuous public awareness on Family Planning to the people on Local (FM) Radio.
  4. Intensify Family Planning product distributions in Senior Secondary School.
  5. Enhance and expand the capacity of Family Planning Service Providers 
  6. Strengthening of Social mobilization 
  7. Strengthening of TBA capacity 
  8. Increase number of Midwives in District by 4  Intensify HIV/AIDS awareness campaign 
  9. Ensure effective Teamwork key stakeholders
  10. Integrate TB control with routine Outreach activities  
Parks and Gardens- Objectives
  • Beautification of the Environment 
  • Check Erosion on Developed Areas  
Strategies
  1. Undertake landscaping and tree planting 
  2. Develop a uniform and acceptable land tenure and layout system
  3. Initiate community participation in Local Resource and Environmental Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Births and Deaths -Objectives 
  1. Undertake Public education on the importance of Births and Deaths 
  2. Improvement in Births and Deaths Data collection and Analysis in the District.     
  3. Strategies   Intensify continuous Public education and awareness on the importance of Birth and Death Registration in communities
  4. Liase enhance capacity of Assembly members and Unit Committee Members in various communities to collect Data 
  5. Operation of Birth and Death Registers in all communities.
Social Welfare - Objectives  
  • Promotion of socio-economic and emotional stability in families in the communities 
  • Promotion of Child Welfare Services  
Strategies  
  1. Promote registration of all Persons with disability 
  2. Offer assistance to the aged
  3. Provide support for street children in the District
  4. Intensify registration and inspection of Day Care Centres 
  5. Intensify public education on adoption 
  6. Support formation and management of Family Tribunals
Institutional Strengthening 
  • Enhance institutional development and Capacity Building 
  • Ensuring the efficient operation of Local Government structures     
Strategies 
  • Provision of In-Service training and Refresher Courses for Staff
  •  Provision of adequate office equipment for staff 
  • All Area Councils, Unit Committee in place, staffed trained equipped and functioning.
  • Provision of adequate Residential and Office accommodation for Staff. 
Feeder/Urban Roads - Objectives 
  •  Provision of accessible and motorable roads all the year round  
Strategies
  1. Road in good conditions and motorable throughout the year
  2. Regular maintenance works on the roads
  3. Feeder Roads staff well-equipped with appropriate Inputs and Machinery.
  4. Provision of office and Residential Accommodation 
  5. Organize In-Service Training and Refresher Courses for Management Staff 
  6. Offer sponsorship packages for staff
  7. Intensify the rehabilitation and construction of additional office and Residential Accommodation of Management Staff and local Government structure 
  8. Promote a sustainable incentive package for staff. 
Good Governance & Civic REsponsiblity
Community Development  - Objectives
  • Strengthen Community Participation in Decision making 
  • Organize and train the Youth, especially Girls in Vocation Skills      
Strategies  
  1. Building capacity of management at all levels 
  2. Strengthen collaboration with Traditional Authority Ensure transparency in Local Governance
  3. Establish a PPP Desk  Formation of various Youth Groups 
Revenue Mobilization  -Objective    
  • Improve the Internally Generated Revenue
  • Initiate and implement efficient Internal financial Control measures  
Strategies 
  1. Design effective revenue collection and monitoring system 
  2. Collaborate Public and Private partnership in Revenue Collection
  3. Provide adequate Logistics/Incentives to Revenue Collectors 
  4. Undertake tax – education Campaigns  Enforce tax – education campaigns
  5. Enforce tax payment by appeals and prosecution 
  6. Strengthen Internal Audit System  
Ghana National Fire Service -Objective  
  • Prevention and control of all causes of fires
  •  Create awareness of and train Fire Volunteers on Fire hazards and fighting techniques  
Strategies
  1. Develop skills on fire prevention techniques 
  2. Proper and regular maintenance and use of Fire Fighting equipment
  3. Training of Fire Volunteers 
Centre for National Culture - Objectives 
  • Awareness creation of the existing cultural values of the people
  • Provision of skills training to Youth on the Cultural values and traditions of the people.
Strategies 
  • Train the youth on the existing cultural values of the people.
  • Facilitate the skills training of the Youth 


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