Department of Agriculture in the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly on 7th July,2022, holds a training workshop for women and Youth into Small livestock production at Kotobabi.
As part of promoting the Government’s initiative of rearing for food and jobs(RFJ), the department of Agriculture organised a training workshop to educate and sensitize women and the youth who are into small livestock production(small ruminate and cockerel).
This was to also aid in the capacity building of women and youth within the Municipality into rearing of small livestocks as an extra means of livelihood.
The Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly on its bid to curb the engagement of children in gaming and gambling activities tasked the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development to undertake some periodic monitoring of Gaming and Betting Centers within the Municipality.
Following this directive, the Department undertook a 3-day monitoring which commenced on the 27th to 29th of June 2022 and it was aimed specifically at ensuring complete compliance of these centers to the dictates of the Gaming Act (2006) Act 121 as well as to caution the operators of the centers to disallow children from engaging in gaming, betting and related activities.
The Team visited a total of twelve (12) sports betting centers which have their activities regulated by the Gaming Commission of Ghana. It was realized that eleven (11) number out of the 12 visited had their licenses with only one (1) having a valid license.
No child was seen in any of the centers as children were prevented from accessing these facilities through the use of notices and the services of employed bouncers according to the operators.
Children found in game centers
Again the team visited a total of sixteen (16) gaming centers. Fourteen (14) being jackpot machine operators and two (2) being internet gaming centers. None of the centers visited had a valid license for operation and three (3) of these centers had children loitering around their premises.
The Team had further interactions with community members and it was noted that the centers were mostly patronized in the evening and night by children of school going age.
The leader of the team disclosed the next line of action being issuance of warning letters to operators to caution them on the engagement of children in their activities.
As part of Government effort to promote and implement the Right to Information Act 989, Act (2019)
The Right to Information Unit of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly (ACMA) in collaboration with the Access to Information division (ATI) of the Information Services Department (ISD), Ministry of Information on Wednesday, 1st June 2022 educated its Management staff and Hon. Assembly Members of the assembly on the Right to Information Law.
The sensitization Education started with a welcome address from the Municipal Coordinating Director of the Assembly Mrs. Eugenia Akpohor Agbenyegah who indicates the purpose of the education saying that “we are here to familiarize ourselves with the provisions of the RTI Act 989 and also consider the role of members of staff in providing factual information to the public.
Facilitators of the training Mr Senanu Nyadro and Mr. Aliu Zeberu who are Principal Information Officers with the division took time to expound on the topics of the Background, application process, Exemptions and the decision of the Commission on the Right to Information Act.
The sensitization Information participants about the details of the of the implementation as stated in the constitutional right to Information held by public institutions, subject to the exemptions that are necessary and consistent with the protection of public interest in a democratic society.
The Education also saw and interactive session where participants had the opportunity to ask questions and make contributions to the conversation.
The NADMO Department of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly begins warning campaigns to sensitize people living in unauthorised structures around flood prone areas within the Municipality.
This action took place from the 10th to 19th May 2022 as part of the early flood warnings and measures laid down to prevent major flooding in the Municipality.
In other for the goals of this Sensitization to be met, NADMO officials has began a hazard mapping activity to identify unapproved structures along major drains within flood prone areas.
The Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly launched an ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ campaign exercise on 1st February, 2022 in the Municipality.
This followed the directive of the Regional Minister. The Environmental Dept, NADMO, city response team among Assembly Members and other staff of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly has also held health programmes and Sensitizations to operationalize the project.
In other to ensure full participation in the cleaning exercises in the municipality, laws are being enforced for the smooth operations of the ‘operations clean your frontage’ initiative.
The department of Agriculture of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly has carried out a disease surveillance and monitoring of animals in the Municipality.
This is part of the Assembly’s initiative to curb and eradicate the spread of diseases among animals at homes and farms. Homes and farms of all the electoral areas in the municipal were visited to make this activity fulfill it’s purpose.
The Sports Directorate of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly in collaboration with Farm 360 has organised a 4-day Maiden Coaches Clinic in the Municipality.
This is an initiative targetted at developing the skills and knowledge of 24 Schools Physical Education Teachers in the Municipality. Some of the sporting activities that were engaged within the period were athletics, handball, volleyball and soccer.
On 24th March 2022, officers met with the Parents and Teachers Association at the Abavana Junior High School to discuss child protection. Officers identified certain issues which included,Child neglect, Poor parenting,Physical abuse, Bad peer influence, Drug abuse,Influence of social media on children amongst others.Members reminded themselves that it is not the responsibility of parents alone in training a child but also the responsibility of neighbours, co-tenants and the community as a whole.
Guardians, care takers and parents must communicate with children to know their problems and help them in solving the problems.
Mass meetings with PTAs of Alajo basic school and Abavana JHS
It was concluded that, it is difficult for a child to handle a number of problems at the same time Therefore, community members should work together to help reduce these problems children face so they can be assured of a safe and protective environment. Elizabeth Haruna was the facilitator.
The assembly from 29/3/2022 to 30/3/2022, vetted and approved the applications of forty-eight (48) PWD’S with all forms of disability the table below explains the types of disability. The objective is to disburse the disability fund to qualified applicants.
The assembly during the vetting of the 48 PWD’S on the 29/3/2022 trained all the PWD’S to be vetted in skill training in liquid soap making, and distributed the soap to the participants and list of items for the soap making.
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