History

District profile

Location and size

The Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly was established on 1^stNovember, 2017 under the Legislative Instrument (LI 2319).Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly (LeKMA) is among the 26 new Assemblies created and out of which 10 were created in the Greater Accra region. The Assembly is bounded on the south by the Gulf of Guinea, to the east by Krowor Municipal Assembly, on the north by Adentan and Ayawaso West Municipal Assemblies. It is also bounded to the west by La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly. Currently the total number of electoral areas in LeKMA is 12, namely; Tsuibeloo Central, Akromadeokpo West, Nii Ashietey Akomfra, Akromadeokpo, Tsuibeloo South, Akosekor, Sutsurunor, Teshie-Nungua North, Teshie-Nungua South, Agblezaa, Tsuibeloo North and Aborle electoral areas.

Figure 1.1 shows the location of the Municipality in the National and Regional context. Figure 1.2, is the map of the Municipality showing the settlements and other features

 

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Vegetation

The vegetation of the municipality was believed to have been covered by dense forest but currently only a few remnant trees have survived due to a multiplicity of factors relating to rapid urbanization and limited enforcement of laws protecting the terrestrial vegetation. The situation is further worsened by the effect of climate change. The three key vegetation zones are made up of shrub lands, grassland and coastal lands.  This support only limited rearing of livestock. The grasses comprise a combination of species found in the undergrowth of forests which are usually short, and rarely grow beyond one meters. There is however a small green belt near  Teshie Coastal area which is seriously under threat of encroachment and this calls for very proactive measures to protect such areas not only to conserve coastal ecosystems but also to enhance the tourism potentials in such areas.

Climate

LEKMA lies in the Savannah zone which experiences a double maxima rainy season pattern.  The average annual rainfall is about 730mm, which falls primarily during the two rainy seasons.  The first season begins in May and ends in mid-July while the second season begins in mid-August and ends in October.  Rainfall is usually characterized by quick and short intensive storms and causes flooding in areas of poor drainage. This situation is further aggravated by the effects of climate change where the rain fall pattern has become unpredictable and its impact on flood management.

Wind

Wind speeds are sometimes exceptional strong and roof rip offs are very predominantly in the district

The annual temperature figures are also relatively stable with very little variation in annual temperature figures. August, the coolest month, usually comes with a mean temperature of 24.7°c while the hottest period is found in March with a mean of 28°c. With an annual average of 26.8°c in temperature and the proximity of the area to the equator, the daylight hours are practically uniform during the year.  Relative humidity in the area is generally high varying from 65% in the mid-afternoon to 95% at night. The differentials in temperatures identified should inform architectural designs of buildings to ensure convenience in building designs

Water

The source of water to the Municipality is the Kpone Water works which has its catchments area in the Volta River Basin. There is however marked variations with respect to income classes in the access to water. First class residential areas such as the Greda Estates, Manet Gardens, and Airport Hills etc. are connected to the water supply network and in most cases receive water most days of the week and pay official rates. In recent times it is common to have polytanks in such areas to supplement shortage that may occur. However large sections of the middle and low income earners in the Municipality have very poor or irregular supply of water although they are connected to the network. In such areas residents who can afford polytanks are compelled to purchase them as a matter of necessity to supplement their water supplies. Those who cannot afford the polytanks purchase water from vendors at high prices. The most critical water problem in the Municipality however relates to inability of supply of water to meet demand.

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Population Size & Distribution

It is important that the size, composition and distribution of any population be analyzed to facilitate development planning, programme and policy implementation. With the current decentralized governance system and administration of planning in Ghana, it is desirable for statistics to be provided on the size, growth, as well as spatial distribution, patterns and trends of the population.

 The population size, composition and age-sex structure, nationality, birth place, ethnicity and religion of LEKMA are discussed in this chapter.

The population of LeKMA is projected to be 198274 as at 2021 and according to the projection the age range 15-64 which is within the workforce is 64.6% of the population.

Table…below shows the various communities and their projected populations for the plan period

2021 projected population census		Projected population
		2022	2023	2024	2025
Total population	198274	204,516	210,955	217,596	224,446
0-14	62657	64,630	66,664	68,763	70,928
15-64	128184	132,220	136,382	140,676	145,104
65+	7453	7,687	7,929	8,178	8,436

           

The table 33 below shows the projected population of the top 9 communities in the municipality. Using the 2021 projected population of the various communities as the base year; projections were made for the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 years.

Community name	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
North Teshie	83,264	85,885	88,589	91,378	94,255
South Teshie	41,308	42,608	43,950	45,336	46,761
Teshie Nungua estates	24,570	25,344	26,141	26,964	27,813
Teshie camp	21,114	21,779	22,464	23,172	23,901
Teshie	12,394	12,784	13,187	13,602	14,030
Martey Tsuru	6,718	6,929	7,148	7,373	7,705
Greda estate	3,246	3,348	3,454	3,562	3,674
Regimanuel estate (East Airport)	2,903	2,994	3,089	3,186	3,286
Tsuibleoo north Teshie	2,756	2,843	2,932	3,025	3,120

 

Ethnicity

The census figures for the 2010 population and housing census revealed the Gas constitute the dominant enthnic group in the Municipality followed by the Ewe. Other ethnic groups that can be found in the Municipality include Akans, Kasena, Grusi, Nkonya, Busanga and many other tribes.

 Religious Characteristics.

An overwhelming majority of 92% of the people in the Municipality are Pentecostal/charismatic while only 7% and 3.3% are Moslems and traditionalists respectively.  The predominance of Christianity in the area is due to the strong presence of orthodox denominations such as the Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists and Anglicans as well as Pentecostal Churches. These religious institutions therefore cannot be left out in resource and community mobilization for development.

Migration

The analysis from the 2010 Population and Housing Census also shows that 35.88% of the inhabitants of the Municipality were migrants. In other words they were born outside the Municipality but have now settled there for various reasons while the remaining 64% responded that they were born in the Municipality.  The large numbers of migrants in the area as well as the heterogeneous character exhibited by the Municipality should inform pragmatic approaches for development.

Physical and Natural Environment

The Municipality is also located in the flood plain of three rivers flowing from the Akawpim Mountains

By its location between Tema and Accra there is a high probability that it would be under the influence of policies of these adjoining districts as well as the  high impact on population movement .

Having a large stretch of coast line fishing and its related activities is the major occupation in the Municipality and tourism potential cannot be ruled out

There is the possibility that the Municipality could provide the much needed residential accommodation for workers in the national capital and the port city of Tema.

SOCIAL

1. Education

The provision of quality and accessible education at all levels is one of the priorities of the Assembly. As indicated in the table 10 below there is wide gap between private and public education facilities in the municipality. This has a negative impact on access to education in the low income areas where people cannot afford the cost of private education. The Assembly is therefore committed to improving infrastructure, teaching and learning in the public schools to ensure improved access to education for all.

Staff strength

DESCRIPTION	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
Teachers in Basic schools	157	517	674
Teachers in SHS	174	116	290
Teaching staff in education office	13	13	26
Non-teaching staff in education office	3	4	7
total	347	650	997

 

Table 11

Enrollment in public schools (2017-2021)

level	2017			2018			2019			2020
	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
Kindergarten	663	616	1279	679	620	12,99	577	558	1135	1130	1192	2322
Primary	4232	4598	8830	4452	5123	9575	4250	4509	8759	6460	6838	13298
Junior High School	2407	2544	4951	2355	2579	4934	2442	28005	5247	2441	2909	5350
Senior High School	1093	1187	2270	1754	1679	3433	2479	1761	4746	2251	2135	4416
Total	8395	8945	17336	9240	10001	19241	9748	10133	19887	12282	13074	25386

 

Table 12

Public schools enrolment 2017- 2021

No. by school	No by streams	Grand Total				Teachers	Head teachers	Pupil Teacher Ratio
		Enrolment
		Level	Boys	Girls	Total
21	1	KG	704	714	1418	62	3	22.87
32	1	PRIMARY	4776	4869	9645	282	32	34.20
26	4	JHS	2929	3221	6150	330	26	18.602
50		BASIC TOTAL	8409	8804	17213	674	50	25.53
2		SHS	1549	1269	2818	303	2	13.88
		TOTAL	9958	10073	20031	997	52

 

Table 13

Private schools in the Municipality

Number of schools	level	enrolment			staffing
		boys	girls	total	male	female	total
	PRE-SCH	3072	3025	6097	27	290	263
	KG	2872	2927	5789	68	290	358
	PRIMARY	8130	8382	16512	385	677	1062
	JHS	3017	3179	6196	563	394	954
	SHS	228	272	500	679	578	1257
	TOTAL	17319	17775	35094	1722	2229	3897

 

Table 14

Public school performance for the last four years

Four year trend of BECE performance of public schools

	2016 BECE		2017 BECE		2018 BECE		2019 BECE		2020 BECE
	AGGREGATE 6-30		AGGREGATE 6-30		AGGREGATE 6-30		AGGREGATE 6-30		AGGREGATE 6-30
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
PUBLIC									360	460
PRIVATE									742	803
MUNICIPAL									822	1056
PERCENTAGE PASS (GENDER)									43.76%	56.23%
PERCENTAGE PASS (MUNICIPAL)									58.67%	67.43%

 

Table 15

 

	2016 BECE		2017 BECE		2018 BECE		2019 BECE		2020 BECE
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
PRESENTED									726	921
NUMBER PASSED (AGGREGARE 6-30)									360	460
PERCENTAGE PASS (GENDER)									51.4%	53.9%
PERCENTAGE PASS (TOTAL)									23.2%	22.3%

 

Table 16

KG Enrollment 2017-2021

KG ENROLLMENT
KG1			KG2
BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL
309	319	628	395	403	798

 

Table 17

Primary enrollment 2017-2021

PRIMARY  ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY 1			PRIMARY 2			PRIMARY 3			PRIMARY 4			PRIMARY 5			PRIMARY 6
BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL
591	619	1216	752	659	1441	745	862	1607	848	870	1718	881	855	1736	953	974	1927

 

Table 18

JHS enrollment 2017-2021

JHS  ENROLLMENT
JHS 1			JHS  2			JHS  3
BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL
1031	1070	2101	1030	1123	2153	868	1028	18996

 

Table 19

Comparative Data of Performance from 2017-2021

SUBJECTS	PERCENT PASS GRADES 1-6%	PERCENT PASS GRADES 1-6%	PERCENT PASS GRADES 1-6%	PERCENT PASS GRADES 1-6%
	2017	2018	2019	2020
ENGLISH			84.76%	64.06%
MATHEMATICS			64.29%	31.44%
SCIENCE			76.20%	58.31%
SOCIAL STUDIES			68.94%	59.22%
RME				60.80%
BDT				50.77%

 

Private schools BECE performance for the last four years

Four year trend of BECE performance of private schools

Table 20

	2016 BECE		2017 BECE		2018 BECE		2019 BECE		2020 BECE
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
PRESENTED									962	963
NUMBER PASSED (AGGREGARE 6-30)									742	803
PERCENTAGE PASSED (GENDER)									38.54%	41.71%
TOTAL PERCENTAGE PASSED									38.54%	41.71%

 

Table 21

Capitation and school feeding

	2017		2018		2019		2020
	TARGET	ACHIEVEMENT	TARGET	ACHIEVEMENT	TARGET	ACHIEVEMENT	TARGET	ACHIEVEMENT
BASIC	GH¢	GH¢	GH¢	GH¢	GH¢	GH¢	GH¢	GH¢
No. of school benefitting from GSFP								5,178.71

 

HEALTH

1. Nutrition

Nutrition plays an important role in the wellbeing of the population especially for pregnant women, adolescents and under five year’s children

The Assembly in conjunction with the Health Directorate educates the people on good eating habits thus including fruits and vegetables in their daily meals. The Health Directorate also involved concerned stakeholders in educating the populace on the importance on having a balanced diet especially for pregnant women and adolescence to take enough fruits and vegetables to help them in the healthy growth of the foetus.

The Assembly through the Health Directorate will continue with sensitization and delivery of nutrition services during it primary health care, ante natal, post-natal, neonatal and pediatric services in the Municipality. It will also collaborate with other nutrition stakeholders to strengthen nutrition programs and services and integrate them into the health care system.

Public Health Facility in the Zonal Council

No.	Zonal Council	Name Facility	Facility Type	Location
	Ledzokuku	Lekma Hospital	Hospital	Abolebu
	Ledzokuku	Teshie community Clinic	Health Centre	Salem

 

Private Facilities in the Zonal Council as at 2016

No.	Zonal Council	Name of facility	Facility Type	Location
	Ledzokuku	Manna Misson Hospital	Misson Hospital	Manna
	Ledzokuku	Lister Hospital	Hospital	Marteyman
	Ledzokuku	Family Health Hospital	Hospital	Kofi Annan
	Ledzokuku	North Teshie Clinic	Clinic	Sea Lady
	Ledzokuku	Oak Street Clinic	Clinic	1st Junction
	Ledzokuku	Finger of God	Mat. Home	Salem
	Ledzokuku	Giesabi Maternity Home	Mat. Home	Rasta

 

 

COMMUNITY – BASED HEALTH AND PLANNING SERVICE (CHPS)

The CHPS initiative is a national program for reorienting and relocating primary health care from sub-district health centers to community locations in an attempt to address the challenges in access and quality of care. Community resources are utilised for construction, labour, service delivery, and program oversight. It is a national strategy for community action and leadership in health and family planning that requires deploying a Community Health Officer to reside in the community to deliver service.

In line with the national policy, the municipal has been demarcated 24 as shown in the table 22

Demographic of total CHPS zones

Zonal Council	Projected Population	No. of CHPS zoned
Ledzokuku	164,246	12

 

DISEASES	2018		DISEASES	2019
	CASES	%		CASES	%
URTI	4116	11.5	URTI	4331	11.4
Malaria	3683	10.3	Malaria	3988	10.5
Diarrhea Diseases	2250	13.7	Diarrhea Diseases	2395	6.3
Acute Urinary Tract Infection	1853	5.2	Hypertension	1881	4.9
Skin Diseases	1681	4.7	Rheumatism &  Other Joint Pains	1723	4.5
Rheumatism & Joint Pains	1670	4.7	Acute Urinary Tract Infection	1533	4.0
Hypertension	1380	3.8	Skin Disease	1154	3.0
Anemia	1014	2.8	Diabetics Mellitus	983	2.6
Acute Eye Infection	954	2.7	Anemia	912	2.4
Typhoid Fever	845	2.4	Acute Eye Infection	1523	4.0
All other Diseases	16408	45.8	All other Diseases	17587	46.3
Total	35854	100.0	Total	38010	100.00

 

CHILD PROTECTION

By the end of October, 2020 children, parents, care – givers and community members in selected areas understood and demonstrated positive behavior that protects children form violence, abuse, exploitation, discrimination, neglect and be aware of whom to report to.

A community entry was done in some selected 10 communities to introduce the programme to the community leaders and also to seek for permission to roll out the program in these communities. These were done by meeting the chiefs, religious leaders and elders.

Meetings were held in these 10 ( ten) communities: Tsuibleoo, Mukwejor/Aduemi, Gbuglan, Alloway, Camp 2, Agblezaa, Teshie Zongo, Teshie Total,  Tebibibiano, to identify  the child and adolescent protection issues in the communities. The stakeholders included parents, Assembly members, pastors, traditional leaders, head teachers, teachers and community members to come out with an action plan to address child protection issues. Some of the issues identified were child labour, children selling at night and by the roadside, verbal abuse, physical and emotional   abuse, exploitation and neglect. A total of 382 male adults and 466 female adults were engaged in the communities.

School engagement: thirteen (13) public and 2 private schools were engaged. Out of this 764male and 1051 females. The school children sensitized on various child protection issues and given precautions on how to protect themselves from any social and economic vices.

Table 22

Action Plan for Child Protection

No.	Issue identified	Action
1	Parental neglect	To create awareness on the role of parent in the development of their children
2	Game centers	Municipal assembly to close all game centers that allow children to use the place
3	bullying	Children pledged to stop bullying their young ones
4	Adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues	To engage the schools to educate the adolescents boys and girls on their reproductive health
5	Online fraud	Students to use the internet for academic purposes and all internet cafes to regulate their usage
6	Drug abuse	Student and the youth to be educated on the dangers of using hard drugs
7	Growth of unsafe places	Assembly to laisse with the police service to wed out all unsafe places

 

The Department Of Social Development will continue with the sensitization in a bid to curb child protection issues within the municipality.

 

Missing Children

There were 3 missing boys aged 3 years, 8 years, and 9years who were brought to the agency by DOVSU On the 3^rd and 27^th November respectively. They were placed at the Teshie children’s home temporarily after which their parents were successfully traced and children were re-united with their parents. Investigations revealed that their parents did not keep proper eyes on their children

SOCIAL PROTECTION

LIVELYHOOD EMPOWERMWENT AGAINST POVERTY (LEAP)

LEAP programme provides cash transfer to very poor people, particularly in households with orphans or vulnerable children, the elderly and people with extreme disabilities. Beneficiaries also receive free national health insurance.

 LEAP started in the Municipality in 2015. A total number of 741 households were selected through proxy means testing, however only 111 people are benefiting from 37 households in the Municipality.

The breakdowns of beneficiaries are 44 males and 67 females.

There were 5 cycle payment namely 64^th, 65^th, 66th, 67^th and 68^th cycles. One household is paid GH¢64.00, TWO HOUSEHOLD GH¢76.00, three households GH¢88.00 and four households or more GH¢106.00

Table 23

COMMUNITIES OF BENEFICIARIES

NO	NAME OF COMMMUNITY	NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES
1.	KROBO	2 HOUSEHOLDS
2.	ADOEMLI	1 HOUSEHOLD
3.	AGBLEEZA	1 HOUSEHOLD
4.	AKRO WEST	2 HOUSEHOLDS
5.	AKRO EAST	9 HOUSEHOLDS
6.	ANOMANTO	1 HOUSEHOLD
7.	ASESEWA	3 HOUSEHOLDS
8.	BOKOSHIE	3 HOUSEHOLDS
9.	GBUGBTA	3 HOUSEHOLDS
10.	KPONKPA	5 HOUSEHOLDS
11.	LENSHIE	1 HOUSEHOLD
12.	MANGOASE	5 HOUSEHOLDS
13	TESHIE ZONGO	1 HOUSEHOLD

    

Vulnerability Analysis

The need to empower the physically challenged economically and integrate them into the wider society is very paramount in the achievement of the aspirations of the Assembly. The Social Welfare Department, among other functions seeks to promote the welfare and wellbeing of all the physically challenged persons in the Municipality and integrate them into the wider society for an enhanced human resource development and increased production.

From the 2% allocation from the DACF and funds from other sources, the Assembly has provided financial assistance, to cover medicals, supply of deep freezers, sewing machines and fabrication of shops to setup small income generating activities.

HIV and AIDS

Care and Support: The health directorate oversees the services provided at the various health facilities, PL support groups and HIV activities in the municipality. Care and support is also done through management of opportunity infections (OIs) and people with the infection are given prophylaxis such as cotrimaxole with other OI tablets.

Voluntary Counselling and Testing: The Municipal Health directorate is engaged in a comprehensive educational, counselling and testing campaign at all health facilities in the Municipality in line with the HIV/ AIDS response initiative. In this regard, the working actively and in partnership towards elimination of HIV/ AIDS” campaign is vigorously being followed at all Out Patient’s Departments and referrals are made to treatment sites. This is complemented by outreach services to sensitize the people on the need to know their HIV/AIDS status. Currently there are 3 antiretroviral therapy centres at LEKMA Hospital, Manna Mission & Lister Hospital.

Prevention of mother to child transmission: All pregnant women in the Municipality reporting for ante-natal are sensitized, counselled and tested and referred depending upon their status. By the end of 2019, 165(2.3%) out of 6,492 pregnant women tested responded positive for HIV/AIDS. It should also be appreciated that the figure could be larger since it represents only recorded cases. This is a matter of concern which should attract the Assembly and all stakeholders to pull together their resources to address this developmental issue. Health care providers such as Manna Mission, Lekma Hospital, Lister Hospital,  and Family Health Hospital are providers of services to prevent mother to child transmission. Advocacy is done mainly through radio stations, and visits to churches, mosques, schools and during festive occasions.                                                                                                                                              

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Due to the establishment of DOVSU the unit expected not more than 5 cases in the year 2020. There were 10 reported cases in the year. Five of these were maltreatments meted out to spouses (females). Cases were successfully handled and victims were referred to appropriate outfit for redress.

Two homeless nursing mothers were brought to the agency by good Samaritans claiming to be abused and neglected. They were sheltered and catered for by Fern house resources center.

ECONOMIC

1. Internally Generated Funds ( IGF)

IGF is very crucial to the development of the Municipality; it is the highest source of revenue in the Municipality. The Assembly faces the problem of mobilizing funds due to lack of reliable data, logistics, leakages etc..

The Assembly for the plan period will intensify efforts at IGF mobilization by remedying the above bottle necks to ensure improved IGF for development.

2018-2019 GROWTH RATES

TOTAL IGF REVENUE 2018 (a)	TOTAL IGF REVENUE 2019 (b)	VARIANCE (c) = (b)-(a)	GROWTH (d) = (c)/(a)*100
4,125,890.15	3,388,287.57	737,602.58	-17.88

 

2019 – 2020 IGF GROWTH RATE

TOTAL IGF REVENUE 2019 (a)	TOTAL IGF REVENUE 2020 (b)	VARIANCE (c) = (b)-(a)	GROWTH (d) = (c)/(a)*100
3,388,287.57	3,807,937.42	419,649.85	12.39

 

AGRIC

Agriculture production in the municipality is largely in the form of urban farming. There is limited land due to the largely urban nature of the Municipality. The Municipality is known predominately for the cultivating of vegetables, crops. There are also a few Livestock Farmers rearing Goats Sheep, Cattle, Rabbit, cattle, grass cutters, Pigs, etc. There are about 149 farmers comprising 139 males and 10 females

Major problems facing the agricultural sector in the municipality include Loss of farmlands due to urbanization, boundary issues with adjourning Assemblies, lack of funds, and high cost of agriculture inputs and erratic rainfall pattern. The department under the Government flagship programme has also distributed coconut seedlings to farmers and schools within the Municipality under the food for export.

The Department of Agriculture for the plan period will facilitate government flagship programmes, technology transfer, effective extension delivery and other support services to farmers, processors and traders for improved livelihood.

No	Activity	Outcome/Achievement	Challenges	Way Forward	Remarks
1.	Planting for Food & Jobs   i)       Registration of     Farmers	One hundred and forty-nine (149) farmers registered.   Made up of 139 males and 10 females.   Thirty-seven (37) farmers benefitted from the programme in 2017.	·         Not much publicity given to the programme to include back yard gardening	More publicity to attract many farmers	It is expected that 79.9 hectors of land will be under cultivation
	ii)     Supply of improved seeds	Improved vegetable seeds (tomato, cucumber, cabbage and lettuce) have been supplied to the Department for farmers.   There is a 50% subsidy of the cost of improved seeds.	·         Onion farmers did not get their preferred variety of seeds. They preferred the Malavil variety of onion   ·         There is no official vehicle for effective monitory and supervision	Department must have an official vehicle and motor bikes	The Department of Agriculture has only two (2) motorbikes
	iii)      Distribution of fertilizer coupons	Five hundred (500) coupons for 500 bags of NPK fertilizer have been issued to farmers at a subsidized price of GH₵68.00 instead of GH₵136.00 on the market.   Hundred (100) coupons (100 bags) of Urea fertilizer have been issued to farmers at a subsidized price of GH₵63.00	·         Supply of inputs to farmers delays   ·         Lack of tractor services in the Municipal delayed planting & reduced the size of land that could have been cultivated.	Inputs should be available to farmers on time

 

BUSINESS

 The business scene of the municipality is dominated by the service industry and because the Municipality is well placed to attract large investment concerns for its economic development due to the prevailing economic climate in the region. These include   Hospitality, Retail Outlets, Banks, Financial Institutions, Cooperate Institutions etc.that provide services to residents and visitors who work and live in the Municipality and its environs.

There are also a lot of  manufacturing industries , a number of Estate Development Companies and the presence of small and medium scale enterprises usually in food processing, craft, hair dressing, dress making,  etc.

The Municipality is therefore gradually assuming the role of an emerging commercial center. Among other factors, this is due to the internal economic opportunities that the Municipality provides. Consequently the Municipality is now gradually taking its place as an important economic zone for commerce, manufacturing and finance, third after Accra and Tema. Other sectors such as tourism are yet to be developed to their full potential

The Municipality lacks major market-Lascala market is the only markets in existence. The Assembly recognises the crucial role of business in development and for the plan period will peruse vigorous engagement and collaboration with all key stakeholders..

In other to facilitate the economic growth of the Municipality, management of the Assembly appreciates that the process of planning for the general development of the economy must of necessity involve broad guidelines and incentives to drive the private sector to both municipal and nationally desired aspirations. This entails close and transparent partnerships between the public sector and formal and informal private sectors so that problems can be identified and addressed pragmatically to ensure that the path of the entrepreneurs are facilitated and smoothened. Issues to be considered in this regard include quick permitting procedures and infrastructural provision to enhance businesses.

The Municipality has several industrial establishments, banks; commercial, development and merchant and a few foreign exchange bureau. These financial institutions together with strings of shops, restaurants, large scale industrial establishments and other commercial concerns which make up the formal economy are usually located on the Spintex Road, making it the most important commercial zone in the Municipality. The next commercial zone along the Teshie-Nungua Road, although important is however not up to the status of the Spintex Road in terms of socioeconomic infrastructure.

 

JOB CREATION

Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly (LeKMA) faces the problem of job creation and availability of jobs opportunities for the youth in the municipality this is due to lack of employable skills, workers laid off due to COVID 19.    

The Assembly has been able to employ a total of 980 individuals under NABCO, YEA, and IGF Staff recruited and given Skills Training. 103 individuals were trained by the Assembly this includes 53 males and 50 females were recruited by IGF. The total number of individuals employed by NABCO is 440 which include 200 males and 240 females. And 334 individuals were employed by YEA, 234 males and 100 females. The assembly will train more youth to develop skills that will make them self-employed.

INFRASTRUCTURE

TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

The major means of transport in LeKMA is by road. The total road network for the Municipality is 500Km with 155 Km of roads have been paved with 345km not paved.

There are about 11 transport stations with 11 transport union operating within the Municipality this include Teshie Abotsi Hanya, A-Life Taxi, Bush road, First Junction etc.

During the plan period the Assembly will improve engagement with the unions, provide road safety training, eye-test screening for drivers and grading of roads to improve transportation system.

SETTLEMENT, OTHER BUILT ENVIRONMENT

The Municipality has an urban settlement pattern with most services and infrastructure relating to education, health, banking, security, business, leisure available. The mostly residential and civic settlement pattern of the Municipality has changed over the years. This is due to increased commercial activities especially service industries like Hotels, Retail Outlets, Banks, Cooperate institutions, and health institutions. The Settlement pattern that has evolved and is therefore mixed use in most parts of the Municipality. About 85% of roads in the Municipality are tarred. Cement blocks/concrete happens to be the widely used construction materials in the municipality with increasing high rise buildings appearing on the landscape.

There are few unplanned areas usually in indigenous settlements and also increasing incidence of unauthorized structures. Encroachment is also a challenge in the Municipality, areas zoned for public facilities such as roads; drains and walkways amongst others have been encroached. This situation poses a challenge for development control and the Assembly will therefore intensify enforcement of the building regulations and also involve all stakeholders in enforcing the building laws.

ENVIRONMENT

Management of Solid & Liquid Waste

The daily per capita generation of solid waste in the Municipality stands at 135 metric tons while the capacity of refuse collection is approximately 85%. The Assembly employs three (3) modes of solid waste collection namely; house-to-house collection, communal container collection and informal (private tricycle) collection. Currently, all solid waste collected from the various sanitary points is disposed of at the Kpone Landfill Site.

The planned areas of the Municipality have been zoned into four (4) for house-to-house collection by Zoom domestic Company Ltd., J. Stanley Owusu Company Ltd., Asadu Royal Seed Ltd. and Daben Cleansing Services. A total of eleven (11) centralized containers have been placed at various sanitary sites to service the unplanned and low-income areas. Steps are underway to register the tricycle operators who also ply their trade in the unplanned areas of the Municipality.

Liquid waste is managed by the private sector under the supervision of Environmental Health Officers of the Assembly.

Sanitary Facilities / Infrastructure in the Assembly

The Assembly has one (1) compaction truck (defective) and 5 tricycles for its cleansing activities. A final disposal site is unavailable in the Municipality; however, a private transfer station (ZoomPak) is situated in the Municipality which aids the offloading of tricycles to reduce the turn-around time of their operations.

There are a total of twenty-six (26) public toilets in the Municipality of which six (6) are Assembly-owned, six (6) under B.O.T operation and fourteen (14) are privately-owned.

The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area – Sanitation & Water Project (GAMA-SWP) has delivered a total of 4,000 household toilets to residents of the Municipality. A total of twenty-six (26) institutional toilets have been constructed for selected schools in the basic and 2^nd cycle level to ensure sanity in the affected schools.

Generally, toilet facilities used in the Municipality are of varied types, namely; water closet with septic tank, bio-digesters, STL and KVIP.

NATURAL RESOURCES & SOURCE OF POLLUTION IN THE MUNICIPALITY

The sea is one major natural resource in Teshie. Large volumes of plastic waste washed upstream through the Sangonaa stream flows into the sea on daily basis causing havoc to aquatic life. Due to rampant fish mongering activities, smoke nuisance is a common occurrence along the coastal lines and the Teshie Old Town. Occasionally, records are made of noise nuisance from religious institutions and eatery and drinking bar operations.

Land Pollution, Air & Water

The Municipality   has lost most of its vegetation and wetlands due to rapid urbanization. Challenges in perennial flooding, waste management and pollution of water bodies with rubbish, plastic waste and waste water also exist. Air pollution caused by various vehicles on the roads contributes to high exhaust fumes in the atmosphere. Noise from churches and loud music from bars, restaurants and other entertainment center’s also cause nuisance.

The Assembly will intensify efforts at sensitization and enforcement of Bylaws to curb all forms of pollution during the plan period to provide a healthy environment for residents

 

Governance

The Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) establishes Ghana’s institutional structure for promoting local level planning and decision- making. This decentralized system of government institutes District Assemblies as Planning Authorities with a mandate to oversee the planning and implementation of projects within their respective areas of jurisdiction.

The Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly constitutes the highest political and administrative authority in the District. The Assembly consists of 17members. Out of this number, 12 are elected from the 12 electoral areas in the Municipality with 5 Government Appointees. The Municipal Assembly is presided over by a Presiding Member who is elected from among the members of the Assembly by at least a 2/3 majority.

Executive Committee

An Executive Committee nominated from among the Assembly members but not exceeding one-third of the strength of the Assembly performs the executive and administrative functions of the Assembly. The Municipal Chief Executive who is the chief representative of the Central Government in the Municipal chairs the Executive Committee. As the Executive arm of the Assembly, the Executive Committee sees to the implementation of policies and programmes of the Assembly. It coordinates the activities of the sub-committees and presents their reports for deliberation to the General Assembly.

 

The Sub-Committee

The Executive Committee performs its role through five statutory sub-committees and three ad-hoc sub-committees (formed out) of the Assembly. They are as follows:

 

Statutory Sub-committees

• Development Planning sub-committee
• Works sub-committee
• Justice and Security sub-committee
• Social Services sub-committee
• Finance and Administration sub-committee

 

 

Adhoc Sub-committees

• Education, Youth And Sports sub-committees
• Environmental and Sanitation sub-committee
• Women and Children sub-committees

Another committee through which the Assembly reaches out to the public to address complains and boosts its image is the Public Relations and Complaints Committee. This committee is chaired by the Presiding Member of the Assembly.

STAKEHOLDERS

The Assembly recognizes the crucial role of effective participation of stakeholders in decision making as well as implementing of activities that promotes good governance. The Assembly has therefore put in place strategies to ensure sustained participation of key stakeholders such as transport unions, residence associations, trade associations, garages associations, beauticians association, women’s groups, CSOs and FBOs

These strategies include; Town hall meetings/public forums which serve as platforms for engagement & consensus building on local development issues between citizens CSOs, Traditional authorities and the Assembly; and for updating citizens through the use of the  PFM template and to seek for interventions to developmental needs in the community. To deepen participation even further, the Assembly intends to organize stakeholder engagement in each Electoral area. Fee-fixing meetings and resolutions and other citizen engagement which have contributed to the increasing willingness of citizens to pay their rates & fees

The Assembly has developed a website where citizens can access information readily. A functional Client Service Unit (CSU) is also established with the Public Relations and Complaints Committee (PRCC) to improve client service and address grievances.

 

The Municipal Central Administration

The Municipal Central Administration is the implementing arm of the Municipal Assembly. The Municipal Central Administration is made up of the heads of the Planning Unit, , Budget and Rating Unit, Registry, Procurement, management Information system, information service unit, Municipal Secretariat. It is headed by the Municipal Coordinating Director. It is responsible for land acquisition matters, helps in addressing grievances within the Municipality, helps in matters relating to election and citizenship issues, coordinating activities of the Assembly, ensure law and order and magisterial matters, Organizing Statutory, Management, General Assembly meetings among others.

 

The Municipal Planning Coordinating Unit

As stated elsewhere, Section 84 of the Local governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) established the DPCU to assist the DA to execute designated Planning Functions. The compositions of the DPCUs has been elaborated by the first schedule (regulation 1 (2)) of the National Development Planning System Regulation, 2016, Legislative Instrument 2232.

The DPCU is chaired by the District Coordinating Director, whiles the District Planning Officer who is a member, serves as a secretary and provides the planning documentation sector. The office of the planning unit of the District Assembly should serve as the secretariat

 

In relation to their planning functions, as prescribed in Section 83 of Act 936, the DAs, through their DPCUs, are required to:

1. Initiate and prepare for the approval of the Commission, district development plans and settlement structure plans in the manner prescribed by NDPC
2. Ensure that the plans are prepared with full participation of the local community.

iii. Carry out studies on development planning matters in the district including studies on economic, social, spatial, environmental, sectoral and human settlement issues and policies

1. Mobilize human and physical resources for development in the district.
2. Initiate and co-ordinate the processes of planning programming, budgeting and implementation of district development plans, programmes and projects,
3. Integrate and ensure that sector and spatial policies, plans, programmes and projects of the district are compatible with each other and with national development objectives issued by the Commission.

vii. Synthesize the policy proposals on development planning in the district into a comprehensive framework for the economic, social and spatial development of the district including human settlement

viii. Ensure that the policy proposals and projects are in conformity with the principles of sound environmental management.

1. Monitor and evaluate the development policies, programmes and projects in the district; and
2. Provide the Commission with such data and information as it may require.

 

The Sub-District Structures

 Zonal Council

The Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly has one Council thus Ledzokuku Zonal Council. An administrative Secretary has been appointed for the Zonal Council to assist the respective Assembly members in revenue collection and Community mobilization.

 

Unit Committees:

Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly has 96 Unit Committees members under the Ledzokuku Zonal Council. The main function of the unit committee is community mobilization to participate in decision making process, assist in the mobilization of revenue, organizing clean-up exercises and also educate members of their electoral areas on sanitation issues. These committees are however not as effective as should due to inadequate support for their activities.

The Assembly, in its strive to deepen transparency, continues to make available copies of its procurement plan, budgets and audit reports on its notice boards.

While it has been ascertained that several forms of progress have been made, the Assembly’s efforts have not been bereft of their challenges and shortfalls. There remains the need for the Assembly to work towards the following:

• Capacity strengthening and active involvement of unit committee members in development processes.
• Resolve the existing constraints and challenges of the various departments of the Assembly as well as the zonal councils..
• Achieve even broader participation of citizens, citizens’ groups and CSOs in the Assembly’s development activities.

All these are intended to inspire improved service delivery and behavioral changes (on the part of both duty bearers and right holders) which will then translate into improved relationships between citizens and the Assembly and ultimately, a collective drive towards development.

HARZARD, DISEASE AND SECURITY

Natural and Man-Made Disasters

The Municipality experiences both natural and man-made disasters like flood, tidal waves, fires epidemic diseases such as cholera and Bird flu. The most frequent manmade disaster in the municipality is flooding.

The main causes of flooding is dumping of refuse into storm drains, building in waterways and flood prone areas such as wetlands and diverting of watercourses because of their inability to afford affordable houses due to low income and the fact that demand for housing exceeds available stocks. The choked drains, redirecting of river courses to enable construction to take place and unauthorized constructions in waterways causes flooding and this results in the outbreak of diseases. These have brought a lot of stress on health facilities with reported cases of malaria, diarrhea and cholera respectively as well as loss of properties and loss of human lives (15 deaths per occurrence), loss of man hours and productivity.  The long run effect is loss of income and redirecting of income for productive use into replacing lost property and temporal resettling of flood victims. Directly business activities within and beyond the Municipality is brought to a halt in the wake of the flooding. The severity of the floods sometimes causes the exhaustion of emergency funds set aside for such situation resulting in the need to divert funds set aside for other socio economic activities to attend to emergencies. A lot of financial resources are spent on the rehabilitation of roads, culverts, bridges and desilting of storm drains and dredging lagoons. The Assembly is financially incapable of carrying the dredging

The activities of National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), have also led to the identification of flood prone areas in the Municipality.

There is also the incidence of both domestic and commercial fires in the Municipality. This can be attributed to electrical faults, negligence, and unsafe use of open fire amongst others.

 

The Assembly through National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Department of Fire Service and Information Services provide assistance and education of the populace on disaster management and prevention in various communities and market places. These efforts are made to ensure an environmentally friendly and economically viable Municipality.

Table 24

DATA ON DISASTERS IN LEDZOKUKU FROM 2017 -2020

YEAR	NATURE OF VULNERABILITY	NO OF AFFECTED PERSON		DESCRIPTION	IMPACT	ACTION TAKEN
		M	F
2017	Flood disaster	1290	2420	The major rainfalls were recorded on the 6th October, 2017 and9th December, 2017, the total victims affected were as follows   MA-768          FA- 903                                        MA-522          FA-577                         Jordan Methodist schooL-940   A total 3710 victims were affect in 751 Household	Collapse of buildings and fence wall, flooding of various households, damage to electronic gadgets, Documents, personal belongings, collapse of foot bridges, damage of  main roads. Falling of sign boards and trees	Desilting of drains, Construction of additional drain, demolishing of structure obstructing drainage
	Tidal waves	57		The Municipality recorded a tidal waves disaster on 6th October 2017 which led to the damage of 5 canoes, 4 fishing net and 4 outboard motor at Teshie Landing beach	Damage Canoes, Fishing nets and outboard motor	Sensitization of fisher folks, donation in Cash and relief items, Sensitization on the effect on sand winning at sea shore
	Fire outbreak	55	73	Fifteen (15) fire cases were recorded during the period and the affected victims are as follows MA-36 FA-48 MC-19 FC-25   A total of 128 victims were affected in 13 Household	Injuries, damages to properties, machinery/ equipment, documents	Public education on fire safety, Demolishing of unauthorized structures on access routes, giving relief package to affected victims
	Windstorm	9	13	3 windstorm cases were recorded during the year which led to displacement of 22 people	Rip of roof, falling of trees, damage of portion of building	The victims were supported with Roof sheet and relief items
	Collapse building	9	5	2 Cases were recorded.(5th June and 12th June 2017)  most severe one was the 5th June at Okpoigonno which 14 people were affected,	Collapse of structure, 2 death and 4 Casualties were recorded	The Ghana National Fire Service, the Okpoi – Gonno Police Command, NADMO (National Headquarters and NADMO-LEKMA), the National Ambulance Service took about two and half hours to rescue the three 3 persons who were trapped in the concrete works on-going
2018	Flood Disaster	1,197	1,381	The major rainfalls during the year were on the 24th March 2018, 18th June 2018and 11th October 2018. The total victims affected are as follows MA –      521 FA-        669 MC-       676 FC-        712   A total of 2,578 Victims were affected in 626 household     DEATH CASE FA-                 1	Collapse of buildings and fence wall, flooding of  various households, damage to electronic gadgets, Documents, personal belongings, collapse of foot bridges, damage of  main roads. Falling of sign boards and trees   1death case was recorded	Construction of additional drain, Desilting of existing drain, Sensitization of affected victim Supporting victims with relief packages
	Fire	32	50	There were (22) fire outbreaks cases reported during the period and the affected victims are as follows MA –      19 FA-         27 MC-        13 FC-          23 A total of 82 Victims were affected in 22 household	Complete Destruction of building   Damages of personal belongings such as clothing, shoes, bags, books, document etc.   Burning of pole and interrupting electricity power supply   Destroying of businesses   Destruction of Gadget, Machinery etc.
2019	Flood Disasters-rainfall	200	179	The major rainfalls during the year 2019 were on the 22nd March 2019,                     28th May 2019,                   28th October and   14th November 2019.   The total victims affected are as follow MA –               110 FA-                 93 MC-                90 FC-                 86 TOTAL          379   A total of 379 Victims were affected in 78 household	Flooded household and compounds,            Collapsed buildings and fence wall.     Damages of personal belongings such as clothing, shoes, bags, books, document etc.   Damage footbridges and roads, disruptions of electricity and water. Damage Electronic Gadget such as phones, laptop, television, radio set, Etc.     Destruction of electricity and water supply	Dredging of Major Storm drains and Desilting of gutters   Demolishing of illegal structures on water,     Organize  workshop and  Sensitization programs on climate change and  flood Disaster prevention   Resettle and provide relief assistance to affected disaster victims   Formation of Disaster Volunteer Group to help curb disasters at their formative stage
	Collapse buildings (2019)	4	4	2 cases of collapse building were recorded in 2019.     Affected victims are as ff MA-2 FA-3 MC-2 FC-1 A total of 8 Victims were affected in 2 households ( houses)	Destruction of building   Damage of personal belongings	Planting of trees,   Sensitization on  the need to stop cutting down trees and Resident plant trees at their homes
	Windstorm (2019)	62	84	1 case of windstorm was recorded   4 unit classroom roof was ripped off   One hundred and forty-six (146) students were affected.	Strong winds on the 8th October 2019, ripped off the Aluminum roofing sheets of a four-unit classroom building belonging to the TeshiePresbyterian Senior High School.   Tuition sessions for classes affected were disrupted	Planting of trees,   Sensitization on  the need to stop cutting down trees and Resident plant trees at their homes
	Fire disasters (2019)	27	54	During the year 2019. 16 fire cases were recorded   The total victims affected are as follow   MA-20   FA -39 MC  -7   FC – 15     A total of 81 Victims were affected in 24 household	Complete Destruction of building   Damages of personal belongings such as clothing, shoes, bags, books, document etc   Burning of pole and interrupting electricity power supply   Destroying of businesses Destruction of Gadget, Machinery etc.	Organize  workshop and  Sensitization programs on climate change and  fire Safety   Ensuring all water hydrants are working   Planting of tree to combat Climate change   Resettle and provide relief assistance to affected disaster victims   Formation of Disaster Volunteer Group to help curb disasters at their formative stage
2020	Flood Disaster	82	94	The major  rainfall were recorded on 9th and 20th June 2020 ,   The total affected victims are as follow MA   –      43 F A  –        55 MC    –     39 F C –         39 TOTAL   176                  A total of  176 Victims were affected in 56 household	Flooded household and compounds,            Collapsed buildings and fence wall.     Damages of personal belongings such as clothing, shoes, bags, books, document etc.   Damage footbridges and roads, disruptions of electricity and water. Damage Electronic Gadget such as phones, laptop, television, radio set, etc.	Dredging of Major Storm drains and Desilting of gutters   Demolishing of illegal structures on water,     Organize  workshop and  Sensitization programs on climate change and  flood Disaster prevention   Resettle and provide relief assistance to affected disaster victims   Formation of Disaster Volunteer Group to help curb disasters at their formative stage   Construction of additional drains
2020	Fire disasters	27	54	21 fire cases were recorded and the statistics of affected victims are MA   -25 FA     -21 MC    -15 FC     – 20     A total of  81 Victims were affected in 19 household	Complete Destruction of building   Damages of personal belongings such as clothing, shoes, bags, books, document etc   Burning of pole and interrupting electricity power supply   Destroying of businesses Destruction of Gadget, Machinery	Organize  workshop and  Sensitization programs on climate change and  fire Safety   Ensuring all water hydrants are working   Planting of tree to combat Climate change   Resettle and provide relief assistance to affected disaster victims   Formation of Disaster Volunteer Group to help curb disasters at their formative stage
	COVID-19				Loss of jobs and businesses   Creating Fear and Panic   Loss of life	Creating isolation centre   Donation of Hand Sanitizers, nose mask, PPES, food items, veronica bucket and  other necessary items to curb COVID-19   Sensitization exercise on COVID-19   Organize clean up and disinfestations exercises

 

Security

A secured and serene environment is one of the priorities of the Assembly for its citizens. The general security situation within Ledzokuku Municipality is relatively calm. The security agencies in the area are collaborating to protect life and property, maintaining peace and other, and also to ensure that the citizenry go about their normal activities peacefully.

Chieftaincy dispute at Teshie   traditional area. There is no substantive chief in the area. The chieftaincy dispute is being managed by the police and the Assembly through dialogues and negotiations with the two factions. This has resulted to a peaceful Homowo festival celebration over the years.

Robbery has come down drastically. Petty stealing is prevailing. Petty stealing is the common crime that is mostly committed by the people of the area. The situation is getting better since most of the criminals have been arrested and imprisoned whilst other are facing trials at the Law Court

Land litigation is also prevalent in the Municipality and it comes about mainly through ownership and multiple sales of family lands. This most of the time escalates to a point whereby deployment of land guards set in and further aggravates the plight of land buyers. These also have a potential of Land litigation is also prevalent in the Municipality and it comes about mainly through ownership and multiple sales of family lands. This most of the time escalates to a point whereby deployment of land guards set in and further aggravates the plight of land buyers. These also have a potential of negatively affecting development in the municipality.

The development issues  therefore includes the provision of adequate streetlights, construction of police post in selected communities , the formation of watch dogs committees, street naming and property addressing system.

The Assembly within the planned period will need to allocate adequate resources to supporting security agencies with vehicles, logistics and other assistance as efforts in collaborating with them to improve security in the Municipality.

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (LED)

LED is the process by which Local government, local businesses and other actors join forces and resources to enter into new partnership agreements with each other or other stakeholders to create new jobs and stimulate economic activity in Municipalities, towns and villages.

The Assembly in this regard created a platform and environment to engage stakeholders in implementing strategies and programmes. Local  Economic Development (LED) is  seen  as  an  alternative  development  strategy ,  to  fully  harness  the economic  potentials  of  the  Municipality  for  job  creation improvement of livelihood  and  faster  poverty reduction.  Assembly  through its departments like the Cooperative department, the Agric Department, Social welfare and  community  Development , etc. through it activities like skills training, community  participation in the fixing of fees and rates, AGRO business,  promote Local Economic Development (LED).

Also the Assembly has explored other avenues of investments to promote LED in the District. These include Landing Beach, Development of Market Infrastructure, and Review of local taxes, upgrading Lorry terminal.

However LED efforts are challenged by negative attitudes of some residents towards interventions, inadequate funds, insufficient basic machinery and equipment, lack of managerial skills, lack of value addition, product marketing skills and ready credit facilities.

Table 25

LOCAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

NO.	ADOPTED OBJECTIVES	ADOPTED STRATEGIES	PROGRAMMES	SUB-PROGRAMME	PROJECTS/ACTIVATES
1.	Train crop farmers on identification control and management of all fall armyworm	Increase crop yield for farmers and Improve their income level	economic development	Agriculture services & management	Farmers are trained on identification, control and management of all fall armyworm
2.	Carry out home and farm visits to reach actors along the value chain with improved technologies	Technology is improved through home and farm visits	economic development	Agriculture services & management	Trained farmers on new technologies
3.	Organized business support training for 100small and micro businesses in the Municipality	Businesses are boasted through the training	economic development	Trade industry & tourism services	Small and micro business owners acquire training
4.	Home and farm visits to train farmers on interventions	Additional knowledge is attained to improve farming practices	economic development	Agriculture services & management	Training of farmers on interventions
5.	Train staff and farmers on improved technologies. (CIDA)	New technology is acquired through the training	economic development	Agriculture services & management	Farmers and staff are trained on improve technologies
6.	Training of teenagers on flora decoration	Improve the livelihood of teenagers through the training	Social services delivery	Social welfare & community services	Teenagers are trained through flora decoration
7.	Organize training for 30 PWD’s in soap making	Improve livelihood through the training on soap making	Social services delivery	Social welfare & community services	Training on soap making
8.	Promote economic empowerment of teenagers	Improve access to skills training income generating activities for vulnerable persons including women and the youth	Social services delivery	Social welfare & community services	Train teenagers on floral decoration
9.	Promote economic empowerment to PWDs	Strengthen and effectively implement existing social protection intervention programmes	Social services delivery	Social welfare & community services	Provide equipment to PWDs. Deep freezers, tomato grinding machine, sewing machine
10	Promote economic empowerment of women and men	Develop and implement additional initiatives for youth employment and entrepreneurial skills	Social services delivery	Social welfare & community services	Training on flour confectionary and bead making
11	Promote economic empowerment of women and men	Improve access to education, health and skills training in income generating activities for vulnerable persons including women and the youth	Social services delivery	Social welfare & community services	Skill is acquired and empowerment of women and men
12	Support youth to go into agriculture enterprise	Promote agriculture as a variable business among the youth	Economic Development	Agriculture services & management	Promote agriculture as a variable business among the youth
13	Improve production efficiency in yield & livestock production	Reinvigorate extension services	Economic Development	Agriculture services & management	Train staff & livestock farmers on biosafety & good husbandry
14	Improve fish production	Reinvigorate extension services	Economic Development	Agriculture services & management	Train fishermen on complimentary livelihood options