On the 12th September, 2022, the District Chief Executive together with some selected head of departments embarked on a sod cutting to begin the construction of a health center at the Abono community.
The Bosomtwe District Assembly after inaugurating the Health Committee held their first meeting on Tuesday, 21st September, 2022 at the District Assembly Conference Hall.
On Sunday 28th August, 2022, chiefs of the Bosomtwe District Assembly organized a programme to honour the MP for Bosomtwe and the Minister of Education. The programme was graced with the presence of Chiefs (Nananom) of the Assembly, District Chief Executive (Hon. Lawyer Joseph kwasi Asuming), the District Chairman, constituency leaders, Families and invited guests.
On Friday, 12th August, 2022, Environmental Health Officers of Bosomtwe District Assembly were invited to give a talk on Environmental Sanitation to honour a clean-up exercise and a durbar organised by Linash School Complex in collaboration with staff of Oyoko CHIPS compound, Nananom and Unit committee Members of Aduaben. Three Environmental Health Officers in the persons of Mr. Paul Oduro, Ms. Hanaan Appiadu Boateng and Ms. Mabel Azure attended the program.
The Bosomtwe District Assembly has taken it upon itself to sensitize communities on Teenage Pregnancy which is becoming alarming in the District.
As enshrined in the Convention on the Right of the child of which Ghana was led in its adoption by becoming the first country to ratify and the Children’s Act (Act 560, 1998); Government and Non state institutions are expected to provide working frameworks and activities that protect children against harm and injury; it was therefore welcoming news as Nyonkopa and the District Assembly collaborated to support child protection in the District.
The Environmental Health Unit of the Bosomtwe District Assembly is undertaking their annual medical screening for food handlers and vendors in the Boneso Area Council. Sensitization on the screening has been given to community members to prepare theirselves towards the screening. The program starts in the morning and ends in the evening. At the moment a total of forty-one (41) handlers and vendors have being medically screened. The exercise is still on going.
The Bosomtwe District Assembly held their Budget Committee meeting in the District Assembly Conference hall at 10:00am on 16th August, 2022. The agenda discussed during the meeting were Reading of Previous minutes, Discussion of 2022 Mid-Year Review, Discussion of 2022 Fee Fixing Resolution and Any Other Business.
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in collaboration with Ministry of Local Government Decentralization and Rural Development (MLGDRD) with technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), German Development Corporation (GIZ), Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), National Development Commission (NDPC), Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), is embarking on a project on Administrative Data Compilation in the various MMDAs in Ghana.
The Bosomtwe District Assembly (BDA) intends to apply part of its budgetary allocation from its share of District Assembly Common Fund- Responsiveness Factor Grant (DACF-RFG) through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to fund eligible payments under the contract for the procurement of the Works and Goods Contract.
The District Assembly accompanied the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe District and Minister for Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum to Konkoma Community to inspect an on-going classroom project as part of the measures to solve the educational infrastructural slit in the District on Friday, 5th August, 2022.
On Friday, 5th August, 2022, the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe and Minister for Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum commissioned a completed project in Asisiriwa community.
As part of measure to solve the educational infrastructural gap in the Bosomtwe District Assembly, the Member of Parliament and Minister for Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum lobbied for the construction of a Classroom Block at Brodekwano, Amankwadei, and a KG block at Edwinase and Adagya.
The Education Oversight Committee on Tuesday, 19th July, 2022 held a meeting at the District Assembly Conference Room to discuss matters of the committee. The meeting was graced with the present of the District Chief Executive, District Coordinating Director and all District Education Oversight Committee members.
Members discussed the following during the meeting;
The general framework within which local servants carry out their responsibilities is spelt out in the Local Governance Act, 2016 [Act 936]. The act contains the code of conduct, thus; a set of values and ethics that serves as a framework for public servants to work.
Based on the Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospital Act-1996 (Act 525) section 23 every Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly (MMDAs) should have a Health Committee which will comprise of the following;
The first Management meeting of the Bosomtwe District Assembly was held at the District Chief Executive’s Office on Tuesday, 5th July, 2022 at 10:00am in the Assembly.
Summons was given to District Chief Executive, District Co-ordinating Director and Heads of Departments/Units in the Assembly to grace the occasion with their presents.
The following activities was undertaking during the meeting;
Bosomtwe District Assembly on Friday, 1st July, 2022 witnessed their 1st Ordinary meeting of the 3rd Session of the 8th Assembly at the Assembly’s conference hall. The occasion was graced with the present of the Presiding Member, all Hon. Assembly Members, rep. of the Hon. Member of Parliament, Bosomtwe constituency, District Chief Executive, District Co-ordinating Director and all Heads of Department.
The District Chief Executive of Bosomtwe District Assembly, Hon. Joseph Kwasi Asuming, Esq. commissioned a 1No. 10-Seater Water Closet Toilet Facility with a Mechanized Borehole at Woarakose on Friday, 24th June, 2022.
As part of efforts to improve sanitation in the District, the District Chief Executive of Bosomtwe District Assembly, Hon. Joseph Kwasi Asuming, Esq. commissioned a 1No. 10-Seater Aqua Privy Toilet Facility at Essipong of Aduaben Electoral Area on Friday, 24th June, 2022.
The Bosomtwe District Assembly had the opportunity to participate in the Green Ghana activity organized by the government. His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo declared Friday, 10th June, 2022 as this year’s Green Ghana Day with the theme “Mobilizing for Greener Future”. As part of the activities to mark the day in the District, the Assembly together with the Forestry Commission will officially plant some trees in the District Capital, Kuntanase.
On Monday, 6th June, 2022, the Bosomtwe District witnessed a sod cutting ceremony at Abrankese. The ceremony was graced with the present of H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic, as the Guest of Honour, His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education.
World Menstrual Hygiene Day aims to create awareness and change negative perception around menstrual hygiene, initiated by a German –Based NGO WASH United in 2014, it aims to benefit women worldwide while date 28th of May was selected to acknowledge that 28 days is the average length of the menstrual cycle.
On the 26th May 2022, the HR Department organized a capacity building workshop on how to mobilize revenue at the Kuntenase ICT Center.
The training was attended by the following staffs: Hon. Joseph Kwasi Assuming (DCE), Bismark Delle (HR), Francis Abeku Buckman (Revenue Head), Boakye Wilberforce Awere (Stats/MIS), and Revenue commissioners and collectors. The facilitator for the training workshop was Mr. George Kwakye Andoh (Consultant).
