Acma Goes Traditional is a program that is established to promote our traditional made in Ghana outfits. This activity involves all staff of Acma wearing their traditional clothing that depicts the tribes they come from.

We can see that our way of dressing is gearing too much towards the western styles. It is time to promote made in Ghana traditional wears for the world will see our rich and beautiful native outfits. We know that every tribe have their unique way of dressing.

These beautiful traditional wears can be worn to any occasion. Every month of March, being the independence month and also wear Ghana month, let all staff in Acma dress to promote and express their traditional pride.

Annually, we are going to do this activity to promote made in Ghana traditional dresses. These dresses are so colourful and beautiful that even foreigners love to wear.

So let us do all we can to promote our made in Ghana traditional dresses for the world to see.

The Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly in connection with the Department of Agriculture on 14th March, 2022, held a training workshop on Gender Mainstream for Staffs under Modernising Agriculture in Ghana(MAG).

As part of the development programs that are gender inclusive, the Agriculture department has held a workshop to train their staffs on how to handle gender related issues in their line of duty.

The training was also organised to educate their staffs on the need for gender inclusiveness in Agriculture.

The disability fund management committee members from the 1/3/22 to 7/3/2022, monitored the activities of the 50 (PWD’S) who were disbursed in the year 2021, the committee embarked on monitoring of the beneficiaries to find out how they are faring with the various assistance they received and find if they are putting the various assistance and items to good use.

On February 2, 2022, key stakeholders visited the school children of Kokomlemale 2 Junior High School to sensitize them on adolescent protection. The activity was undertaken to enable these kids understand the phases an adolescent child goes through.The purpose of the activity was to help boys and girls reflect on how to stay focused on their goals in spite of many distractions they may face. Some of the issues identified in adolescent kids included Child abuse, Negative peer pressure, Staying out late in the night,Visiting game centres etc.

The stakeholders acknowledged keys actions that needed to be undertaken. This included Children having role models and people they look up to, Children sharing their goals with their parents, friends and any trusted adults so that they can support them with investment in their education and making them aware of the barriers they may encounter in their chosen fields, Attending classes regularly and punctually,Staying focused on their goals amongst others.
In conclusion children must think about what they want in life or how they want their future to look like.
It was an interactive session as children aired their goals, ambitions and views with officers.

The assembly on the 1/2/2022, engaged 39 head potters( kayayo ) and 9 traders at the mallam attah market due to the increase in children of school going age who are engaged in child labor , they were educated on the negative effect of child labor and its effect on the child’s health, wellbeing ,they were cautioned to send the children back to their various villages and enroll them in school, they were cautioned and informed that the assembly will embark on an exercise which will involve the arrest of all children below fifteen years if they are seen engaged in kayayo activity.

As part of the Regional Minister’s directive, the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly has undertaken a sensitization campaign on “Operation Clean Your Frontage” on the 1st February 2022 in their Municipality.

Speaking with the Media, the Municipal Chief Executive of Ayawaso Central, Alhaji Mohammed Quaye said, keeping our surroundings clean must happen naturally and shouldn’t be a compulsion. “However, it has become necessary to apply the law since we as a people have failed to do this on our own”, he stated.

The “Operation Clean Your Frontage” which aims to enforce sanitation regulation within the Greater Accra Region, is part of the Regional Minister’s initiative “Let’s make Greater Accra work” and is championed by the Regional Coordinating Council.

The MCE explained that residents who have their shops close to drains owe it a responsibility to clean the gutters regularly, the same way they sweep their shops, rooms and houses on daily basis. He warned residents with properties situated less than four feet from the gutter to shift backwards to allow for the mandatory pedestrian walkaway as prescribed by the Municipal bye-law. He explained to residents that they don’t need to wait for the official launch to observe good sanitation practices. “The way we bath our bodies everyday should be the same way we must keep our surroundings clean”, he said.

The Second week of January turned chaotic as the Ayawaso central Municipal Assembly coudnt figure out who was goin the lift the overall trophy.

The Ayawaso Municipal Health Directorate in collaboration with the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly is undertaking the administration of the Second Dose of Astrazeneca Vaccines across the Municipality.

This comes as part of the exercise by the Ghana Health Service in administering the Vaccines to ONLY persons who have had their first dose.

Persons, 18 years and above who received their first dose from 10^th March, 2021 to 29^th March, 2021 are eligible for the second dose and are to walk into the following health centers from 31^st August to 4^th September, 2021 to receive their second dose;

ACCRA NEWTOWN

• Mallam Atta Clinic
• Anidasofie Clinic
• Entrance University Hospital

ALAJO

• Pele Junction Chps
• Jambo Clinic
• High Tension Chps

KOTOBABI

• Anthon Annex Hospital
• Brightstar Chps

N/B; Eligible Persons should come along with their COVID-19 Vaccination Card and a VALID NATIONAL ID CARD.

The Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Project(SEHP) in collaboration with Ghana Export and Import Bank (GEXIM) on Monday, August 2 organized a one (1) day career event network for enterprise development learning through sewing for girls in the Municipality. SEPH is a non-profit organization founded with the purpose of engaging in effective and diverse social intervention projects aimed at contributing significantly to the advancement of the standard of living of Ghanaians. Its main objective is to improve the livelihood of 2000 underprivileged females through fashion related vocational training and enterprise development and to provide qualified workers for the fashion industry.

The program was launched in the Municipality with the Municipal Chief Executive in attendance. He expressed his gratitude to the SEPH officials for bringing this initiative to the Municipality to help the young girls.