Monthly Archives: April 2023

NGO HOLDS ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIZATION PROGRAM IN TESHIE COSTAL COMMUNITIES

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Curious Minds, a non governmental organization based in Teshie, on Friday, 21st April, 2023, held a community sensitization and awareness program on Open Defecation for selected natives from the Municipality.

Dubbed: AGENDA FOR TEAM HEAD’S CAPACITY BUILDING FOR OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH
CHAMPION’S TO END OPEN DEFECATION IN TESHIE, the program saw the sensitization of twenty-five indigenous participants drawn from the coastal communities in the Municipality to champion the course of ending open defecation.

Various speakers took turns to extend education on statistics, cause, effect as well as consequences in engaging in the menace.

Again, participants also demonstrated in a presentation what was assimilated and how they will engage folks along the coast to stop open defecation.

All stakeholders of the program pledge to maximize efforts to keep the environment keep and improve upon insanitary conditions that has bedeviled the coastal areas.

LEDZOKUKU MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMITTEE (LekMPC) HOLDS A TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE INSPECTION

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Ledzokuku Municipal Planning Committee (LekMPC) Holds A Technical Sub-Committee Inspection on 13th April, 2023.

The inspection took place on various locations such as South Teshie, North-West Teshie and Obediben.
It was supervised by the Secretary of the Spatial Planning, key members of the committee and some members of the heads of departments and units of the assembly.

LeKMA HOLDS FIRST QUARTER AND ANNUAL REVIEW MUNICIPAL PLANNING CO-ORDINATING UNIT MEETING (MPCU)

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A First Quarter MPCU meeting of the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly was held on Tuesday, April 13th, 2023. The meeting which took place at the Assembly Hall saw the attendance of the Municipal Coordinating Director, Ing. John Tsikor and some key heads of Departments and Units at the Assembly.
The matters discussed at the meeting included presentation of Fourth Quarter and Annual Progress Report by Departments and Units.

LeKMA HOLDS INTERNALLY GENERATED FUND(IGF) TECHNICAL TEAM MEETING

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An IGF technical team meeting of the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly was held on Thursday, April 13th, 2023. The meeting which took place at the Assembly Hall saw the attendance of the M.C.E, Honourable Mordecai Quarshie, the Municipal Coordinating Director, Ing. John Tsikor and some key heads of Departments and Units at the Assembly.
The matters discussed at the meeting included comparative analytical report on all revenue items for March 2023, update on property rate bills, update on e-billing (SMS) and collection of licenses/ registration of churches.

PREPARING FOR THE RAINS III

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Removal of Structures in Waterways and Widening of Streams to Pave way for free flow of Water
As part of measures to reduce the flooding situation within the Municipality, Today, the Assembly embarked on a development control exercise at Vodafone/Busy Mouth , Teshie Nungua Estate. Some buildings were demolished as part of the exercise.
The existing concrete channel which is about 7.5ft wide is being widened to almost 25ft.
The culverts across Cocoa Street and Park Avenue are also being further expanded to be able to ensure free flow.
More waterways will be cleared in the coming days to reduce the impact and effect of the flooding within the Municipality.

NGO TRAIN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WORKERS OF LeKMA ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

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On Thursday, 6th April, 2023, twenty-three environmental health workers of the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly (LeKMA) received training on solid waste management.
The program was facilitated by the Socio-serve Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO) mandated by the Assembly to carry out value chain activities in the management of solid waste, i.e. the generation, collection, transactional as well as disposal of same.
The program was held at the St. Ann Roman Catholic Conference Centre.
Speaking at the one-day seminar, Facilitator for the program Yaw Adusei Boateng noted that it was imperative for environmental health workers to be abreast with current happenings in the field of solid waste management.
The areas that were covered included but not limited to types and examples of solid waste, policy document of solid waste in Ghana, and a deduced solid waste bye-law proposed for consideration by the Assembly to help curb the influx of solid waste in the Municipality.
On his part, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager of Socio-serve Ghana, Peter Koomson appealed to the environmental health staff to fully utilize the information received to make an impact in their respective areas.

SENSITIZATION ON RIGHT TO INFORMATION LAW

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A sensitization workshop on the right to information was held for Heads of Departments and Unit heads of Ledzokuku municipal assembly.
The staff of the Assembly were taken through what they need to know as managers of the assembly as far as right to information law is concerned by staff from the commission.
They were taken through the formation and functions of the commission, powers of the commission, and exemptions under the law, procedures to follow to release information to the public among others.
It was attended by Heads of Departments, Unit Heads, the Municipal Coordinating Director and the Municipal Chief Executive, Mordecai Quarshie.
The right to information law was adequately explained and concerns were addressed.