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MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN

KADJEBI DISTRICT

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

MEDIUM – TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Under the

Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda

(GSGDA II)

(2014 – 2017)

KADJEBI DISTRICT

Prepared by;

D P C U

October 2014


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TABLE OF CONTENT

Content Page

Table of content…………………………………………………………………… i

List of Tables………………………………………………………………………iii

List of Figures………………………………………………………………………v

List of Acronyms…………………………………………………………………..vi

Executive Summary……………………………………………………………….viii

CHAPTER ONE STATUS PERFORMANCE AND KADJEBI DISTRICT PROFILE……………………………………..1

2010-2013 MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW(UNDERGSGDA I)………………….1

INTRODUCTION………………………………………...………………………………………………..1

ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACRO ECONOMIC STABILITY………………………………….1

ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR……………………………....1

ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNISATION SUSTAINABLE NATURAL

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT…………………………………………………………...……………….1

INFRASTRUCTURE, ERNERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT……………………………………...2

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT…………………………………2

TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE……………………………………………..2

SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE………………………………………………………………………..2

METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………………………………….3

THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT………………………………………………………….4

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE STATUS……………………………………………………………...4

DISTRICT PROFILE……………………………………………………………………………………….9

PHYSICAL FEATURES……………………………………………………………………………………9

RELIEF AND DRAINAGE………………………………………………………………………………..10

CLIMATE…………………………………………………………………………………………………..11

VEGETATION……………………………………………………………………………………………..12

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS……………………………………………………………………...12

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT……………………………………………………………………………..12

BUILDING ENVIRONMENT……………………………………………………………………………..12

HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT………………………………………………………13

LAND MANAGEMENT…………………………………………………………………………………...13

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS………………………………………………………………….15

CULTURE…………………………………………………………………………………………………..17

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION……………………………………………………………………………….18

DISTRICT ECONOMY……………………………………………………………………………………..26

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY…………………………………………………………………………………...29

NON-AGRICULTURAL SECTOR………………………………………………………………………....35

TOURISM POTENTIALS…………………………………………………………………………………..37

ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION…………………………………………………………………………38


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SERVICE PROVIDERS………………………………………………………………………………….40

GOOD GOVERNANCE………………………………………………………………………………….41

SECURITY SERVICES………………………………………………………………………………….43

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT……………………………………………………………………..44

SUB DISTRICT STRUCTURE…………………………………………………………………………..45

SOCIAL SERVICES……………………………………………………………………………………...49

THE CAPITATION GRANT(DFID)……………………………………………………………………..56

SPECIAL INITIATIVE BY THE DDE…………………………………………………………………..59

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION GRANT(GPEG)……………………………………....59

HEALTH FACILITIES…………………………………………………………………………………...61

HIV/AIDS………………………………………………………………………………………………....64

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT……………………………………………………………….67

SANITATION……………………………………………………………………………………………..69

WATER SUPPLY…………………………………………………………………………………………71

VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS………………………………………………………………………….72

SOCIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES……………………………………………………………74

SUMMARY OF KEY DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IDENTIFIED

FROM THE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS………………………………………………………………..76

CHAPTER TWO INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………….78

PRIORITIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES…………………………………………………….....78

ANALYSIS OF POTENTIALS,OPPORTUNITIES,CONSTRAINTS

AND CHALLENGES (POCC)……………………………………………………………………………..81

CHAPTER THREE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES…………………........89

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS FOR 2014-2017………………………………………………………93

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…………………………………………………………………100

CHAPTER FOUR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND BUGETTING……………………………….101

COMPOSITE PROGRAMME OF ACTION (POA)……………………………………………………...103

CHAPTER FIVE FORMULATION OF ANNUAL ACTION PLANS (2014-2017)………………………………………..104

INDICATIVE FINANCIAL PLAN……………………………………………………………………….104

CHAPTER SIX MONITORING AND EVALUATION……………………………………………………………………105

CHAPTER SEVEN COMMUNICATION PLAN………………………………………………………………………………109

CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………………….109


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LIST OF TABLES

Table1.0: Revenue Mobilization from 2010 to 2013 in Kadjebi District……………………………………………………………………5

Table 1.1: Expenditure pattern from 2010 to 2013 in Kadjebi District………………………………………………………………….….6

Table 1.2: Household Incomes from Employment Sources in the Kadjebi District………………………………………………..…8

Table 1.3: Annual Expenditure Pattern/Household in Kadjebi District 2009…………………………………………………………...8

Table 1.4 Development Potentials in the district…………………………………………………………………………………………….….…14

Table 1.5 Age distribution of Population by Sex…………………………………………………………………………………………………...16

Table 1.6 Settlement Classifications by Function………………………………………………………………………………………………..…21

Table 1.7 Sub-Districts and their Centers – Kadjebi District (2013)……………………………………………………………………..…22

Table 1.8 Distance to available facilities…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…24

Table 1.9 Cultivable land area and production level of crops………………………………………………………………………………..27

Table1.10: Production level of livestock in 20010 to 2013…………………………………….………………………………………………29

Table 1.11: Market Centres and Days…………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………30

Table 1.12 Feeder Roads in Kadjebi District………………………………………………………………………………………………………….31

Table 1.13 Non-Engineered roads in Kadjebi District…………………………………………………………………………………………….32

Table 1.14 Areas of cooperation between and Alkedade (kaag En Braassem)….………………………………………………..…46

Table 1.15 Available NGOs and CBOs………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…47

Table 1.16 Educational facilities in the Kadjebi District……………………………….……………………………………………………….49

Table 1.17 Pre-School Education……………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………49

Table1.18 Sex Distribution of Enrolment in Kindergarten Schools in Kadjeb District……………………………………………..50

Table 1.19 Distributions of First Cycle Schools by Circuit in Kadjebi District……………………………………………………………51

Table 1.20 Enrolment by sex in Primary Schools in Kadjebi District (2014)…….………………………………………………………51

Table 1.21 Enrolment by sex in Junior High Schools in Kadjebi District (2014)……..………………………………………………..52

Table 1.22 No. of Teachers in Pre-Schools by Circuit – Kadjebi District (2014)………………………………………………………..53

Table 1.23 Distributions of Teachers in Primary Schools – Kadjebi District (2014)………………………………………………….54

Table 1.24 No and distribution of JHS Teachers – Kadjebi District (2014)……………………….………………………………………54

Table 1.24 No. of Teachers by sex in Senior High Schools – Kadjebi District (2009)…………………………………………………55

Table 1.25 Health Facilities in Kadjebi District……………………………………………………………………………………………………….61

Table 1.26 Admission facilities in the Kadjebi District (2013)………………………………………………………………………………...62

Table 1.27 Top Ten Diseases at the OPD………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..62

Table 1.28 Availability of other diseases – Kadjebi District…………………………………………………………………………………….63

Table 1.29 HIV Cases by age group, 2013……………………………………………………………………….………………………………………64


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Table 1.30 Agencies Supporting in Health Delivery Services in Kadjebi district…………………………………………………….68

Table 1.31 Availability of Health Professionals……………………………………………………………………………………………………….69

Table 1.32 Solid & Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities (2013)……………………………………………………………………………………69

Table 1.33 Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Development Authority………………………………………………………..73

Table 1.34 Characteristics of Tentative Poverty pockets…………………………………………………………………………………………….77

Table 2.0 Prioritization of Development Issues…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..79

Table2.1 District POCC Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….81

Table 2.2 Enhancing competitiveness in Ghana’s private sector………………………………………………..………………………………82

table 2.3 Accelerated agriculture modernization and sustainable natural resource management……..………………………83

table 2.4 infrastructure, energy and human settlements…………………………………………………...……………………………………..84

Table 2.5 Human Development, Productivity And Employment…………………………………………………………………………………86

Table 2.6 Transparent and Accountable Governance………………………………………………………………………………………………..88

Table 3.0 Development Goals Objectives and Strategies………………………………………………………………………………………..…90

Table 3.1 Total Projected Population of Kadjebi District (2014 – 2017)……………………………………………………………………..93

Table 3.2 Projected Sex Compositions – Kadjebi District (2014 – 2017)………………………………………………………………….….94

Table 3.3 Projected Age Composition, Kadjebi District (2010 – 2013)………………………………………………………………………94

Table 3.4 Projected Water Needs for the Rural Population of Kadjebi District (2014 – 2017)………………………………….…94

Table 3.5 Water Supply for the Urban Population, Kadjebi District (2014)………………………………………………………………..95

Table 3.6 Projected Primary School Needs, Kadjebi District………………………………………………………………………………………95

Table 3.7 Projected J.S.S. Needs Kadjebi District………………………………………………………………………………………………………96

Table 3.8 Projected Kindergarten Needs Kadjebi District………………………………………………………………………………………….96

Table 3.9 Projected Rural –Urban Spilt, Kadjebi District…………………………………………………………………………………………..98

Table 3.10Projected Revenue for Kadjebi District Assembly…………………………………………………………………………………....99 Table 4.0 Effects Of Projects On The Environment And Their Mitigation Measures……….………………………………………103

Table 6.0 Analyzing the Various Needs of Stakeholders………………………………………………….…………………….……………….107

Table 6.1 Monitoring and Evaluation Matrix........................................................................................................…...108

Table7.0 Activity table of purpose, duration and responsibility………………………………………………………………………………109


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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.0 HIV/AIDS report 2011-2013……………………………………………………………………………………………………………66

Figure 1.1 Top ten causes of death in 2013…………………………………………………………………………………………………67


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LIST OF ACRONYMS

MTDP Medium Term Development Plan

GPRS II Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy

GSGDA Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda

MTDPF Medium Term Development Policy Framework

DACF District Assemblies Common Fund

HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Countries

GETFUND Ghana Education Trust Fund

DDF District Development Fund

MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture

VSO Volunteer Services Organization

FABS Food and Agriculture Budgetary Support

FBODF Farmer Based Organization Development Fund

AEA Agricultural Extension Agent

R. C. Roman Catholic

L. A. Local Authority

E. P. Evangelical Presbyterian

NFED Non-Formal Education Division

O.P.D. Out Patient Department

SIF Social Investment Fund

SMC School Management Committee

P.T.A. Parent Teacher Association

VRCWSP Volta Region Community Water and Sanitation Programme

NADMO National Disaster Management Organization

NBSSI National Board for Small Scale Industries


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MTN Multinational Telecommunication Network

MOE Ministry of Education

D A District Assembly

GOG Government of Ghana

MOH Ministry of Health


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

Act 462 and 480 empower the Kadjebi District Assembly to formulate its own development Plans to

guide the development aspirations of the district.

The government has put in place a comprehensive Medium Term Development Policy Framework

(2014 – 2017) to serve as a guide for the preparation of plans of the districts.

Based on this policy framework, a four (4) year Medium Term Development proposals have been

prepared for the district for implementation spanning from 2014 to 2017.

The aim of the District Medium Term Development Plan (2014 – 2017) is to: -

(i) Present a framework which will guide development of Kadjebi District

(ii) Outline projects and programs to be implemented from 2014 to 2017 in order to accelerate the

rate of socio-economic Development of the district

(iii) Provide a guideline for plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Methodology

In line with the planning process, the Kadjebi District Plan Preparation Team reviewed the previous

Medium Term Development Plan (2010 – 2013) with stakeholders to ascertain the performance status of

the district. Problems were identified and needs were assessed through the conduct of situation analysis

in the district under the identified themes provided in the Policy Framework.

The identified needs from the various stakeholders including Assembly members, Traditional

Authorities, Town and Area Councils, Decentralized Agencies, Development partners, NGOs etc. were

prioritized. Development priorities have been assessed based on Potentials, opportunities, constraints

and challenges of the district.

Finally, a development Goal, Objectives and Strategies have been formulated towards the achievement

of some level of development in the district within the planned period of 2010 – 2013.

Development Goal and Objectives

The goal and objectives were identified under these themes of the Medium Term Development Policy

Framework (2014 – 2017)

(i) Ensuring and Sustaining of Macro Economic Stability.

(ii) Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana's private sectors.


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(iii) Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and sustainable resource management.

(iv) Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement.

(v) Human Development Productivity and Employment.

(vi) Transparent and Accountant governance.

The overall goal of the District Medium Term Development Plan (2014– 2017) is: -

“To promote a sustainable Socio-Economic Development of Kadjebi District through good

governance, active participation of Private Sector and Human Resource Development”

VISION STATEMENT

To become the best managed assembly that creates opportunities for human and natural resource

development in Ghana

MISSION STATEMENT

THE KADJEBI DISTRICT EXISTS TO IMPROVE ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL –BEING OF

HER PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE PROMOTION

OF SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF GOVERNANCE IN

PARTNERSHIP WITH LIKEMINDED STAKEHOLDERS

Key Development Problems/Issues Encountered during the Implementation Stage

(1) The anticipated funds from donor and governmental agencies required to implement the

planned projects/programmes and activities were inadequately received to undertake all

projects in the plan e.g. Rehabilitation or construction of access roads to certain farming

communities were left unattended.

(2) Lack of political will to adhere strictly to the implementation of planned programs,

projects and activities of the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP. In fact, certain

projects which were not planned for were suddenly brought up for execution eg. 14 No

school feeding kitchens and dining halls . This had distorted the plan.

(3) Throughout the period under review (2010 – 2013), there had been

shortfalls in the release of the District’s share of the District Assemblies

Common Fund (DACF) to the District. Several deductions were made,


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over the years, from the District Assemblies Common fund (DACF) at the

National level to pay for items not within the plan but were imposed on

the Assembly.

(4) The non-functional nature of the Town and Area Councils within the

district made it impossible for the Councils to monitor and

evaluate programs, projects and activities being implemented at the

sub-structure level. Also the non-functioning of the Councils could not

allow them to demand social accountability from the service providers.


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C H A P T E R ONE

STATUS PERFORMANCE AND KADJEBI DISTRICT PROFILE

20210-2013 MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW

(UNDER GSGDA I)

1.0 INTRODUCTION

A 4-year Medium Term Development Plan (2010 – 2013) under the framework of the Ghana Sheared Growth

and Development Agenda (GSDA I) was prepared for the Kadjebi District. The implementation of the plan

elapsed in December, 2013 and it is imperative to review the performance of the plan and other interventions

that were identified to through the goal of the district.

1.1 ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACRO ECONOMIC STABILITY

Carefully selected programs policies and projects were identified for implementation under the guidelines of the

Ghana national planning commission.

1.2 ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR

The district is to use its resources human and natural in making the private sector the engine of growth 2010-

2013 Medium Term Development Plan formulated various projects and programmes aimed at enhancing the

competitiveness of the Ghana’s Private Sector.

1.3 ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNISATION SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT

The district is one of the most agrarian in the region and Ghana and transports very large quantities of food

items to other parts of the country. Under this thematic area, the Assembly in its 2010-2013 Medium Term


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Development Plan formulated various projects and programmes aimed accelerating agriculture modernization

and sustainable natural resource development

1.4 INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT

The plans projects and programmes formulated and implemented have yielded positive results as more

communities have been connected to electricity. There is an increase general development in living standards of

the people district wide.

1.5 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT

Educational infrastructure has considerably gone high. The district has invested profoundly in health

infrastructural projects and other related programmes. Capacity building and institutional strengthening also

featured very prominently within the planned period.

1.6 TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE

Good governance and the rule of law are synonymous democracy is all about.an enabling environment for

residents and visitors to go about their normal activities peacefully. All the stakeholders are involved in decision

taking in the district.

1.7 SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE

1.7.1 Key Development Problems/Issues Encountered during the Implementation Stage

(1) The anticipated funds from donor and governmental agencies required to implement the planned

projects/programmes and activities were inadequately received to undertake all projects in the plan eg.

Rehabilitation or construction of access roads to certain farming communities was left untracked.

Lessons Learnt for DMTDP 2014-2017

(1) District Assembly should maintain, focus and be disciplined towards the implementation of Annual Action

Plans and approved development budgets. The district assemblies’ monitoring team should be resourced to

perform better.


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(2) Lack of political will to adhere strictly to the implementation of planned programs, projects and activities of

the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP. In fact, certain projects which were not planned for were

suddenly brought up for execution eg. 14 No school feeding kitchens and dining halls. This had distorted the

plan.

(3) Throughout the period under review (2010 – 2013), there had been shortfalls in the release of the District’s

share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) to the District. Several deductions were made, over

the years, from the District Assemblies Common fund (DACF) at the National level to pay for items not

within the plan but were imposed on the Assembly.

(4) The non-functional nature of the Town and Area Councils within the district made it impossible for the

Councils to monitor and evaluate programs, projects and activities being implemented at the sub-structure level.

Also the non-functioning of the Councils could not allow them to demand social accountability from the service

providers.

1.7.2 Lessons Learnt which have Implications for the Medium Term Development Plan (2014 – 2017)

(1) The 2010 – 2013 District Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP) appeared to be an ambitious plan which

became difficult to implement for lack of funds. The programs and projects that will be outlined for

implementation in the subsequent District Medium Term Development Plan (2014 – 2017) will have to be well

prioritized

(2) During implementation of the previous District Medium Term Development Plan (2010 – 2013), NGOs and

some donor agencies failed to pick up projects/programs form the plan for implementation. Since NGOs and

donor agencies are involved in the plan preparation process, the District Assembly will insist or prevail on them

to pick activities from subsequent plans of the Assembly for implementation

(3) Much had not been done in terms of lobbying and marketing the previous plan (2010 – 2013) to attract and

access funds for the implementation of the plan. It is hoped that when the District Medium Term Development

Plan (2010 – 2013) is completed, the plan will be widely marketed and politicians lobby to access funds for the

implementation of the plan

1.8 METHODOLOGY


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In an attempt to review performance of MTDP (2010 – 2013) and other interventions from (2010 to 2013), a 2-

day stakeholder’s workshop was held. Participants at the performance review workshop include Assembly

members, Heads of the Decentralized Departments, representatives of the six (6) Sub-District Councils,

Development Partners, NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and the private sector. There were

brainstorming and discussions which focused on issues that relate to the implementation of programmes and

projects under the six 6) themes of the GSGDA 1.

During the discussions it was observed that a significant progress has been registered in the district in

implementing programmes and projects of the MTDP (2010 – 2013) which was formulated within the

framework of GSGDA 1. The interventions made under the themes of GSGDA I are presented as follows: -

THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

The concept of good governance goes beyond increasing the participation of the people in decisions that affect

their development and instituting structures that will ensure security, justice and good administration. It also

includes collectively generating wealth and transparency in distributing the societal resources. This section

analyses the revenue and expenditure patterns of the Kadjebi District Assembly.

1.9 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE STATUS

1.9.1 R e v e n u e

The Kadjebi District has two (2) revenue sources. These are the:

(i) Internally Generated Fund (IGF)

(ii) Grants (external)

1.9.2 Internally Generated Fund (IGF)

This embraces all forms of revenue mobilized within the jurisdiction of the District Assembly. They are the

Rates, Lands, Fees and Fines, Licenses, Rent and Investment Proceeds.


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1.9.3 Grants (External)

Grants include the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Grants in Aid and other Funds made available

to the District Assembly by the Central Government, Non-Governmental Organizations and Donor Agencies

1.9.4 Revenue Performance (2010 – 2013)

Financial statistics available from 2010 to 2013 (1st January – 31st December) shows a dismal performance in

revenue mobilization for development projects/programmes within the district (refer to table below);

Table1.0: Revenue Mobilization from 2010 to 2013 in Kadjebi District

No ITEM REVENUE TOTAL

2010 2011 2012 2013

1 Rates 42,565.23 16,710.33 22,837.23 30,794.23 112,907.02

2 Lands 29,704.66 20,735.73 0.00 2,050.00 52,490.39

3 Fees & Fines 25,907.90 43,063.70 2,091.50 4,140.00 75,203.10

4 License 11,545.60 8,011.00 41,073.90 8,968.60 69,599.10

5 Rent 4,711.00 6,919.50 2,023.00 38,928.60 52,582.10

6 Grant 1,944,985.20 2,123,166.43 1,537,034.00 1,553,565.03 7,158,750.66

7 Investment 1,425.05 2,380.00 0.00 13,159.56 16,964.61

8 Miscellaneous 2,112,104.64 15,666.97 26,241.14 2,065.46 2,156,078.21

Total 4,172,949.28 2,236,653.66 1,631,300.77 1,653,671.48 9,694,575.19

The total inflow of revenue over the four (4) year period is amounted to GH¢9,694,575.19. External sources in

form of the District Assembly Common Fund and other form of Grants are the main sources of Revenue. About


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73.84% of the District revenue base was from the District Assembly Common Fund and other Aid Grants over

the period.

The problem with external funding is that it is irregular and could delay, affecting the scheduling of

development projects and thereby throwing development plans out of gear. Another handicap associated with

over depending on external funding is that actual in flows are always below the expected inflows and this

negatively affects the budgeting and implementation of capital projects and other programmes.

Collectively internally mobilized financial resources form 26.16% of District’s revenue base. In spite of the

good performance recorded in 2010, it still forms an insignificant proportion of the District Assembly revenue

source.

The best performing sources or internal revenue is fees and fines because they are easy to collect. The others

such as rent, returns on land and investment are insignificant. The poor internal mobilization of resources is due

to low property values, poor access roads, low patronage of major markets and business and other

administrative leakages. Toll collectors are also poorly motivated.

However, the proportion of total revenue that is mobilized from within the District must radically increase if

development projects are to be implemented on schedule. More external inflows are expected especially from

Central Government and other non-traditional sources as most of these will come as counterpart funds.

1.9.5 E x p e n d i t u r e

Recurrent and Capital expenditure statistics were analyzed to establish trends in the expenditure patterns of the

District. Recurrent expenditure for the District Assembly include Personal emoluments, in the form of wages

and salaries for Assembly personnel and other administrative costs such as Office repairs and maintenance that

the Assembly incurs as result of performing its legitimate duties.


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Capital expenditure that is development oriented includes expenditure on health, education and infrastructure.

They are often one off expenditures.

1.9.6 Expenditure Patterns

The Districts expenditure pattern is dominated by capital expenditure (See the Table below). Other expenditure

items are personnel emoluments and general expenditures such as protocols, guesthouse maintenance and plan

preparation and monitoring.

Table 1.1: Expenditure pattern from 2010 to 2013 in Kadjebi District

No

ITEM

EXPENDITURE

TOTAL 2010 2011 2012 2013

1 Personal Emolument 22,6691.16 306,986.78 51,999.93 517,292.23 1,102,970.10

2 T&T Expenditure 140,529.37 69,120.08 57,891.87 97,500.39 365,041.71

3 General Expenditure 50,268.99 54,434.91 0.00 179,010.85 283,714.75

4 Maintenance/Rep/Renewals 17,408.21 2,315.10 0.00 7,321.00 27,044.31

5 Miscellaneous 59,080.44 13,212.52 0.00 0.00 72,292.96

6 Capital Expenditure 1,251,746.41 2,062,509.23 1,721,436.00 473,742.11 5,509,433.75

Total 1,745,724.58 2,508,578.62 1,831,327.80 1,274,866.58 7,360,497.58

Development expenditure represents over 74.85% of the total expenditure for the four financial years. It was

basically expended on education, health and local government projects and programmes.


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The explanation for this phenomenon is that the District is relatively young and lacks basic infrastructure

needed to promote human development hence the emphasis on capital accumulation. It is worth mentioning

that funds for capital projects are mainly derived from the District Assemblies Common Fund and other forms

of government and donor subventions.

Recurrent expenditure forms the remaining 24.15% of the District expenditure. Out of this 40.41% went into

personnel emoluments, which is the main item on the section of the District balance sheet. It will be necessary

to cut down recurrent expenditure to the barest minimum in order to increase spending on capital projects. This

can be done through, for example, Office automation.

Other recurrent expenditures such as maintenance and repairs and traveling and transport are insignificant but

can still be stream lined. The introduction of telephone service in the District will also go a long way to reduce

the current expenditure on transport and traveling and maintenance and repairs and hence down size recurrent

expenditure.

In Kadjebi District there is the need to inject capital into infrastructure provision. There is the need to

constantly monitor capital expenditure and projects, in terms of the performance of contractors and consultants,

in order to ensure value for money.

1.9.7 Financial Performance

A cursory look at the District’s balance sheet from 2010 to 2013 reveals that whiles planned revenue targets

were never met, expenditures were not kept within revenue limits.

1.9.8 Incomes and Expenditure

1.9.8.1 I n c o m e


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The average household incomes for three different forms of employment in the District are presented in Table

12. The average monthly incomes of residents in the District is GH¢49.16. However, majority of the

inhabitants of the district are poor.

Table 1.2: Household Incomes from Employment Sources in the Kadjebi District

Employment Sector Average Monthly Income (GH¢ % of Total Incomes

Farming 62.50 750.00 42.4%

Industry 35.00 420.00 23.7%

Commerce 50.00 600.00 33.9%

Source: Dist.Finance, 2012

The Table 12 reveals that agriculture production provides about 42.4% of the household incomes which average

is about ¢10.2 million per annum. Industry provides only 23.7% of the total household incomes in the District.

This clearly establishes agriculture production as the most important income generating activity in the District

and every effort should be made to sustain and improve it in the District.

A comparison of mean annual incomes of workers from three sectors of the local economy and the national per

capita income ($400) reveals that the average person employed in the industrial and commerce sector are poor.

1.9.8.2 E x p e n d i t u r e

The average annual expenditure for a household in the Kadjebi District is GH¢1,757.12. The components are

presented in Table 13


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Table 1.3: Annual Expenditure Pattern/Household in Kadjebi District 2013

I t e m Average Annual

Expenditure (GH¢)

Percentage

(%)

Farming Activities 218.06 12.4%

Food 688.72 39.2%

Clothing 191.45 10.9%

School Fees 164.49 9.4%

Transport 79.37 4.5%

Medical 102.74 5.9%

Rent 14.66 0.8%

Electricity 21.42 1.2%

Water 28.17 1.6%

Fuel 33.76 1.9%

Social Activities 98.16 5.6%

Capital Items 108.59 6.2%

Others 7.53 0.4%

Total 1,757.12 100

Source: Team Household Survey 2013

Apart from food and farming activity, clothing is the next higher expenditure on the household incomes in the

District. Expenditure on food (39.2. %) is unacceptably high for District whose major economic activity is


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agriculture (food production). High proportionate expenditure on transport (4.5%) in rural setting is directly

attributed to high fares and freight charges due to poor road access in the District.

The above Table 1.3 shows a comparison of mean monthly incomes (GH¢49.16) and expenditure (GH¢146.42)

provides insights into the budget deficit facing average households in the District, hence there is the urgent need

for the District Assembly to find strategies that will help improve household income levels within the District

DISTRICT PROFILE

1.10 INTRODUCTION

The district profile provides information about Kadjebi District in terms of background, physical features

political; administrative, social structure, economy and demographics.

1.10.1 Background

Kadjebi District was created as an Assembly by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1465 in 1989 and forms part of

the 25 Municipal and district assemblies of the Volta Region of Ghana

1.11 PHYSICAL FEATURES

1.11.1 Location and Size

The District lies within longitudes 0.15E and 15.35W and latitudes 7.45 N and 6.15 Kadjebi district is located

south of the northern belt of Volta Region of Ghana and forms part of the six (6) northern districts of the

Region. It is bordered to the north by Nkwanta District, to the south by the Jasikan District, to the North West

by Krachi East to the south east by Biakoye District. Kadjebi district has a long boarder eastwards with the by

the Republic of Togo and has a total land area of 949 km2. The strategic location of the district promotes cross

border activities with the republic of Togo.

1.12 RELIEF AND DRAINAGE


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The district has an average height of about 180 meters above sea level rising to about 600 meters towards the

Ghana – Togo Border. The district is blessed with beautiful landscape of hills, mountains and valleys. The

landform however is not a hindrance to road construction in the district.

Several rivers, rivulets streams and springs flow all over the district but three (3) major rivers run through the

entire district. They are the Asukawkaw, Wawa and Menu rivers that take their sources from the Akwapim –

Togo hills and drain into the Volta Lake. River Asukawkaw is the largest of the three and flows for about 25

km westwards out of the district.

These rivers offer possible basis for the introduction of small-scale irrigation activities in the agriculture sector

in the district.

2.3 GEOLOGY AND SOILS

River Wawa


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The district is predominantly underlined by the Buem formations which forms 70% of the total rock.

The Togo series occurs to the eastern sides of the district to form the remaining 30% of the sub terranean

structure. The district is made of quartzite, phylites, arkose, shale and sandstone. There are also traces

of alluvial gold deposits on the banks of river Wawa and clay deposits at Asato, Dodo-Amanfrom and

Kadjebi. However, prospecting for alluvial gold in large quantities is being carried out along the banks

of Wawa River at Ahamansu. Also the quality of the clay deposits is yet to be assessed by the

Geological Department on behalf of the Assembly.

Further feasibility studies on these deposits will have to be carried so as to determine their quality and viability

for exploitation. There are large caves located in some hills which could be developed into tourism in the

district.

The most predominant type of soil found in the district is the forest ochrosol. This soil includes the alluvial

loams which are found along the three major rivers in the district. The soil supports the cultivation of

agricultural crops such as cocoa, plantain, cocoyam, cassava, yams, maize and rice.

Alluvia gold along

River Wawa bank at

Ahamansu


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1.13 C L I M A T E

The climate in the district is characterized by average monthly temperature of about 25oC and rainfall is

between 1400 mm and 1800mm. Rainfall is generally heavy and starts from March and ends between October

and November each year. The peak of rainfall occurs in June. These conditions are conducive for agriculture

production. One major climatic problem, facing the district is severe rainstorms, which destroy farm crops,

buildings and also cause severe soil erosion in some places especially during the rains. Also, the prolonged

drought during the dry season (December–March) is a major source of worry to farmers who are engaged in dry

season agriculture production especially vegetables.

1.14 VEGETATION

The Kadjebi district especially in the rainy season is generally green with trees covering beautiful landscape of

mountains, hills and valleys. 90% of the district is predominantly covered with secondary rain forest. The

forests have economic trees such as wawa, mahogany, odum, red wood, raffia palm and bamboo grooves to

support the wood processing industry. Animal and bird species such as antelopes, monkeys, glasscutters,

weaverbirds and parrots abound in the forest. The forest reserve with its animal and bird species is potential for

eco-tourism development in the district.


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1.15 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

About 18% of the land area of the district is under forest reserve with dense tropical rainforest. These are the

Pepesu and the Kabo Forest reserves. As a result of establishing more wood processing industries in the district

and in adjoining once like Jasikan and Hohoe and also the influx of people from all over the country and

beyond Togo most especially who depend on products from the forest (timber) as major source of income are

speedily being depleted

1.16 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

The methods of land clearing for agriculture production coupled with the activities of illegal chain-saw

operators are gradually reducing the forest into grasslands in some parts of the district.

1.17 BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

Settlements cover small areas and are classified as rural. All settlements within the district are characterized by

poor layouts and Waste Management. Lack of settlement layouts has facilitated improper land-use in the built

up areas in the district. As a result, buildings are badly constructed and there is indiscriminate refuse disposal

and defecating. The poor environmental conditions in the built up areas are associated with erosion of access

roads, walkways and foundations of buildings especially in Kadjebi.

1.18 HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Activities such as hunting of animals, palm wine tapping and the method used in land clearing for farming

cause bush fires which degrade the environment. Bush fire prone areas in the district include Todome, Dika,

Ampeyo, Koru, Pampawie, Dapaa, Olobobi, Pepesu, Bekpo, Dodo-Bethel, Kadjebi, Dodo-Amanfrom and

Dodo-Tamale. The Ghana National Fire Service established at Kadjebi has a staff of twelve (12) personnel.

Twenty-five (25) Fire Volunteers squads in the district have become dormant because they are not equipped and

motivated to fight bush fires in the district. The brand new Fire tender provided by government in 2012 is very


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effective in fighting in within the district and even beyond. Sand winning and stone quarrying at Papase and

Kadjebi have caused degradation to the environment.

1.19 LAND MANAGEMENT

The following categories of Land Tenure System operate in the district:

1.19.1 Stool land

These are tracts of land which are vested in the stools. The traditional rulers exercise control over such land

1.19.2 Clan/family land

About 70% of the land in the towns and villages in the district belong to clans. It is often divided among

families within the clan. Ownership and control of this category of land is passed on by inheritance.

1.19.3 Purchased land

These are large tracts of lands which were sold out to settlers by the native landlords. At Kadjebi, vast tracts

had been sold out to foreigners. Descendants of the original purchasers of these lands continue to inherit them

from generation to generation.

1.19.4 Tenancy user rights

This is also known as “Share Cropping” and consists of two types: Abunu and Abusa. In the Abunu system,

the farmer cultivates the land and shares the proceeds equally with the landlord. Under the Abusa system, the

landlord takes 1/3 of the total produce while the farmer is entitled to 2/3 of the produce. The Abusa

arrangement is the most common practice in the district. Once the produce is harvestedfrom the land, the land

reverts to its owner. This restrictive landtenure system (Abusa) could be a contributory factor for small farm

holdings in the district resulting in the preservation of most of the original land covers and relatively low

agriculture production

1.19.5 Hired land


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Under this land tenure system, the user negotiates to pay cash for the use of a piece of land for a specified

period. At the end of this period the land reverts to its owner.

Table 1.4 Development Potentials in the district

Type of potential Location Remark

Agriculture

Large scale plantations of

Cocoa

palm

citrus

banana and plantain

woodlot

District wide

Development for both local

Consumption and for export.

3. Aqua culture Large Along most water bodies in

the district

Development for both local consumption &

export.

Clay deposits

Asato Over 20 million metric tonnes estimated.

Can be used for ceramics, bricks, and tiles,

both for industrial and housing projects.

2.Aluvial gold along river banks

tourism

1 Rich tradition and culture

2 very interesting sites

District wide Local and international tourists

Industry


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Palm Oil processing plant Ahamansu junction

(Red Volta)

Sources of raw materials

Wood processing District wide

Ginger District wide Kadjebi district is among the leading

producers of ginger in Ghana

Mimi hydro dams District wide Three (3) major rivers in district for the

generation of hydro electrical energy

Human Resource

A high literate population

Throughout the district A potential labour force for the agricultural

and industrial sectors

Development Implications

(i) Local industries will employ the youth thereby reduce unemployment

(ii) Creation of enabling environment

(iii) Encouraging public-private partners

1.20 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

1.20.1 Population Size and Growth Rate

The total population of Kadjebi District is 59,303. This is made up of 29,951 (51%) males and 29,352

(48.6%) females.

.The Kadjebi District provides only 2.80% of the total Volta Region population for 2010. The population

growth rate of the district stands at 4.9%. This is considered too high compared with the growth rates of 1.9%

and 2.7% for the Region and the nation respectively.


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1.20.2 Spatial distribution of Population

The total population of 59,303 for 2010 is distributed among about 107 settlements in the district. 77.5% of the

population lives in rural areas while 22.5% are in the urban areas. Holding other factors constant, the urban

localities are Kadjebi, the district capital and Dodo-Amanfrom where the only major market in the district is

located.

The district, once a booming cocoa growing area and the largest producer of cocoa in the region, a market

center attracting people all over and Ghana and beyond has lost most of these glories mainly because of the

collapse of the cocoa industry in the district and the Region as a whole.

It is estimated that about 30% of the population in the district live in settlements of less than 600 persons. By

implication these small settlements cannot support certain social infrastructure by themselves.

1.20.3 Population Density

According to the population for 2010, about 59,303 people currently occupy a land area of 949 km2 with the

population density as low as 65 persons per a square kilometer.

1.20.4 Household sizes/Characteristics

There were 8,314 houses and 12,483 households with the average household size of 5.3 in the district as per the

projected household size for 2009. The separate and the compound houses are the main type of dwelling units

in the district.

However, a sample household’s survey provided household size of 9.5 persons. With a large household size of

9.5, there are the corresponding high household expenditures on food, transport, clothing, education and health

services.

1.20.5 Age – Sex Structure


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Table 1.5 Age distribution of Population by Sex

Age group T o t a l M a l e F e m a l e

0 – 4

5 – 9

10 – 14

15 – 59

60 – 64

65 - 69

70 +

7584

8948

7776

30939

1268

908

2036

3744

3599

4140

15977

629

504

1091

3839

5849

4096

15462

991

654

945

Grand Total

59,951

29,352

29,303

The age structure of the population indicates the child (0 – 14 years) and old age (65 + years) dependency ratios

as 76% and 9.1% respectively in the district. This simply means that only 14.9% of the population provides the

needs of the dependent population of 85.9% who are mostly made up of children and the aged.

1.20.6 Occupational Distribution

The 2010 Population and Housing Census put the economically active population of the district at 22,526.

They could be found in these institutional sectors of employment as follows:-

(a) Informal Sector (Private) 86.3 %

(b) Formal Sector (Private) 7.9 %


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© Public Sector 5.5 %

(d) Other Sectors 0.3 %

These sectors could be further broken down as follows;

(i) Agriculture/Animal Husbandry/ Hunting/Forestry 63.3 %

(ii) Whole sale/Retail/Trade 11.3 %

(iii) Manufacturing 11.9 %

(iv) Fishing 0.7 %

(v) Education 3.4 %

(vi) Construction 1.3 %

(vii) Transport & Communication 1.8 %

(viii) Others 6.3 %

1.20.7 Migration Trends

Due to the district’s proximity to the Republic of Togo, there are large numbers of migrants including refugees

who have moved into the district from Togo. The district also experiences population fluctuation as a result of

large numbers of Togolese youth who in droves come to work on farms for cash .Also the youth migrate from

the district to the cities of Accra and Kumasi and other towns such as Ho and Hohoe of the Region.

1.21 C U L T U R E

1.21.1 Ethnicity

Kadjebi district is ethnically diverse. It is predominantly a settler community. Only 19.4% of the population is

made up of indigenous Akans. 47.5% of the population is made up of Ewes and the remaining 33.1% is shared

amongst the Guans, Kotokolis, Ga-Dangmes, Mole Dagbanis etc.


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1.21.2 Language

The Akan language is the predominant language spoken in all the major communities in the district. However,

Ewe is spoken alongside Akan in all the communities at social gatherings and state functions. Other/widely

spoken languages include Hausa, Kotokoli and Chamba. The English Language is also spoken among

government officials and other literates.

1.21.3 Religion

Christianity is the predominant religion in the district. About 65.4% of the total population of 61,520 is

Christians. This is followed by Islam (28.4%) while others practice Traditional religion.

1.21.4 Traditional Set-up

The indigenous Akan group has eight (8) Traditional areas, namely: - Kadjebi, Asato, Dodi, Dodo, Dapaa,

Ampeyo, Pampawie and Ahamansu. Each Traditional area has a Paramount Chief, Divisional chiefs, Queen

mother and Chief linguist. The settler groups have Headmen who normally pay homage to the Paramount

chiefs.

1.21.5 Communal Spirit

In the Akan traditional areas, Thursdays are observed as taboo days for people to go to farm. The day is

therefore set aside for communal labour in which everyone is expected to participate.

1.21.6 Festivals

There are two major festivals celebrated by the Akans in the district. The Kwasidae Kese or Kuntukunu festival

is celebrated by the people of the eight (8) Traditional areas. It comes off on Sunday, the last forty-two (42)

days to the end of the year. The Dawurokese festival is celebrated by the people of Kadjebi in every three (3)

years. The Fontonfrom, Adowa, Kete and Ositi drums are played at such celebrations. The significant of the


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festivals is to bring together chiefs and people of the traditional areas to assess past performances raise funds for

the support of development programmes and projects of the areas.

1.22 SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

1.22.1 Human Settlement

Effective spatial organization of human settlements and economic activities in the Kadjebi District is crucial to

balanced development. Spatial organization deals primarily with type, number and distribution of facilities and

services within the District. This stage of the analysis assesses the adequacy of these facilities and services,

variety of functions performed by the various settlements in the District and hierarchy of the settlements and

identification of areas with disadvantages.

1.22.2 Population Distribution by Settlement

The national standard for urban areas defines settlements with a population of 5,000 and above as urban. Based

on this definition, only Kadjebi town could be classified as urban in the District according to the 2000

Population and Housing Census. This urban population forms 15.9% of total population. In terms of

distribution of the District’s population, majority of it is concentrated along the corridor of the main Kadjebi-

Nkwanta trunk road which runs longitudinal across the District. Major settlements are concentrated along/near

this central spine dividing the District from north to south. These settlements include Kadjebi (8,249),

Dzindziso (1,242), Mempeasem (1,562), Poase-Cement (2,093), Dodi-Papase (3,153), Ahamansu (2,632),

Dodo-Amanfrom (3,443) and Pampawie (1,594). The uneven distribution of the District’s population explains

the heavy concentration of social and economic infrastructure in the central portion of the District leaving the

western and eastern sectors without facilities. Though there are settlements in the eastern and western sections

of the District, the settlements are unable to support some services and infrastructure because of the small sizes

of their populations.

1.22.3 Spatial Analysis of the Settlement System

Spatial analysis of the settlements in the Kadjebi District offers insight into functional characteristics of

settlements in the District, settlements hierarchy and physical accessibility to services and facilities located in

the District. The methodology and approach used in obtaining the above information


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(i) Scalogram and Weighted Centrality Index Analysis

(ii) Surface Accessibility

(iii) Commodity Flows

1.22.3.1 Scalogram and weighted centrality index analysis

The scalogram presents a spatial analysis of the spread of facilities and services within the District. It is an

important tool in terms of project selection and the taking of decisions on the appropriate investment packages

for settlements at different levels in the spatial hierarchy. It also shows roughly the association among services

in specific locations and the linkages among them.

Thirty-six (36) facilities and services were considered on an existing and absence basis for the 20 settlements.

These were analyzed for the presence of basic facilities for education, health, commerce, industry, civic, water,

agriculture, sanitation and transportation facilities.

1.22.3.1.1 Population Threshold

The settlements that were included in the analysis had to have minimum threshold of 500 people. This is to

ensure that they merit some of the basic necessities such as hand dug well. The settlements were arranged in

descending order according to the size of their population

1.22.3.1.2 Four Tier Cut-off Point for Facilities and Services

The facilities and services considered in the selection criteria were the lowest in the hierarchy for the various

facilities needed to sustain good community life, socio-economic development and health. Thus each of the

settlement in addition to having a population above 400 should also have at least the following basic facilities;

(i) Primary School (Education)

(ii) Daily Market (Commerce)

(iii) Light Industry (Industry)


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(iv) Community based health planning and services compound (CHPS)

The final hierarchy was based on the weighted centrality index

1.22.3.1.3 Hierarchy of Settlement

The weighted index for the first 20 settlements in the District is 8,443. This is used to calculate the percentage

centrality of each of the settlement and this forms the basis of the distinguishing between the settlements by

level centrality.

From the scalogram, Kadjebi has the highest percentage centrality (32%) while Dodo-Fie (0.66%) is the least

serviced. The high weighted centrality percentage of Kadjebi is indicative of the fact that the distribution of

facilities and services is heavily skewed in its favour. 70% of the settlements have centrality index of less than

5% indicating that they have only the basic necessity of life such as potable water but lack high order services

such as banks, tribunals, senior secondary schools and hospitals. This implies that inhabitants in these lower

order towns have to travel long distances mostly on bad roads and vehicles to enjoy these specialized services.

90% of the settlements have weighted centrality of less than 10% making them rural in nature.

The analysis indicated that Kadjebi, the District Capital has a total centrality of 2,655 and percentage centrality

of 32 %. This places Kadjebi in Level I in the district classification. All the other settlements except Dodi-

Papase fit into levels III and IV because their percentage centrality is less than 15%.

There is a slight positive correlation between population and weighted centrality index. Some of the exceptions

include Dodo-Amanfrom with a population of 3443 and a lower centrality (5.06 %) and Dodi-Papase with a

population of 3153 and a percentage centrality index of 17.3%. This is because the District is divided into sub

Districts and decisions on the allocation of basic facilities and services are often governed by the desire to meet

the development needs of the sub District centres


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1.22.3.1.4 Settlement Pattern

It is also clear from the scalogram that Kadjebi, the District capital is primate because its population (8,249) is

more than 2 times that of Dodo-Amanfrom the second largest town (3,443) . Kadjebi performs educational,

administrative and commercial functions. In addition to this there are 5 settlements that serve as sub District

centres.

Table 1.6 Settlement Classifications by Function

Rank Number of Town (s) Name of Town (s) Status Function

1 1 Kadjebi District Capital Educational

Administrative

Commercial,

Industrial

Agriculture

2 2 Dodo-Amanfrom

Dodi-Papase

Ahamasu

Pampawie

Asato

Sub-District Centres Educational

Commercial

Industry

Agriculture

Lower order

Administration

3 3 Poase-Cement

Dodi-Mempeasem

Dzindziso

Small Town Industrial

Commerce

Educational

Agriculture


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4 The Rest of the

settlements

Villages Small order Services

Agriculture

Table 2.2 shows the hierarchy settlement by functions. The number and level of service increase with increase

in the rank of the towns. The District has 4 categories of settlements and these are:

1.22.3.1.5 Districts Capital

Kadjebi the District capital and the only urban centre in the District, performs the most functions both in terms

of number and level. It is the seat of the Kadjebi District Assembly. The functions it performs are education

(pre-school, basic and secondary), Commerce (Bi-Weekly Market, Bank and Slaughter house) and Industrial

(Auto-mechanics). These services cover residents of Kadjebi and people from other settlements in the District.

It is urban both in terms of function and population.

1.22.3.1.6 Sub District Capitals

There are 6 sub Districts or Town/Area Councils in the District, each with a capital. These sub district capitals

compliment the services performed by Kadjebi (eg. Asato Area Council) and reflect attempts to decentralize

administrative and political functions so that these functions will be seat of the zonal councils. Table 10 presents

an over view of the sub-Districts.

Table 1.7 Sub-Districts and their Centers – Kadjebi District (2013)

Sub-District Centre Zone Other Town under the SubDistrict

Kadjebi town council A Okanta, Kodibenu


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These towns perform lower order administrative functions earmarked for Area Councils. In addition to this they

operate weekly markets and perform educational functions. Dodi-Papase has Secondary /Technical School,

while the rest have only basic schools. Their population range between 2,000 and 4,000. They are all rural by

population classification but Dodi-Papase is urban by function

1.22.3.1.7 Small Towns

These are Poase-Cement, Dodi-Mempeasem and Dzindziso They have populations between 1000 and 2000.

Agriculture is prominent in these settlements and they have only basic schools. They are rural settlements.

1.22.3.1.8 Villages and Hamlets

There are about 44 villages and hamlets which have less than 1000 inhabitants. Some of them have educational

facilities up to the primary level. They are characterized by poor access roads and their main function is

agriculture production

The spatial location of these settlements and their corresponding facilities are illustrated to show the hierarchy

of settlements in the Kadjebi District.

Ahamansu E Mangoase, Todome

Dodo-Amanfrom B Tamale, Dodo-fie

Pampawie,Dapaa and Ampeyo D Dapaa, Kurantumi

Dodi-Papase C Poase-Cement, Akum

Asato F Wawaso, Gyamonome


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1.22.3.2 Surface Accessibility

Accessibility to facilities such as market centres, health, banking and educational institutions within the District

is constrained by poor road surface conditions and inadequate number of facilities. High accessibility zones are

limited to settlements along the Kadjebi – Nkwanta road and settlements within 3 kilometers radius from the 5

sub centres.

The table below shows the availability and distances to nearest facility in the district.

Table 1.8 Distance to available facilities

Distances in KM Post Office Traditional

Healer

Hospital Clinic Primary JSS SSS

Within locality 2.8 87.6 1.1 2.6 9.1 4.5 0.8

1-5 7.4 12.4 4.0 37.4 83.5 54.1 5.6

6-10 29.4 0.0 19.3 39.4 5.7 26.4 33.5

11-15 7.3 0.0 11.9 10.5 0.9 8.8 10.0

16-20 19.6 0.0 29.5 7.9 0.6 5.4 26.1

21-25 13.4 0.0 15.3 1.7 0.0 0.5 170

26-30 4.6 0.0 4.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 4.2

31 + 15.5 0.0 14.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 2.8

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

N 647 647 647 647 647 647 647


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Kadjebi District has 67 settlements. On access to clinic, the table, for example, indicates that 37.4% of

localities (settlements) have the nearest clinic within 1 – 5 Km radius, 2.6% of the localities are within less than

1 Km radius to nearest clinic while the rest 60% (more than half) of the localities are beyond 5 Km radius to a

clinic.

1.22.3.3 Commodity Flows

Analysis of the composition of the Districts exogenous and endogenous commodity flows reveals that

agriculture products are mostly the exports whiles manufactured goods dominate imports. Agriculture products

in the form of food and cash crops and vegetables are collected from the rural communities in the District to

Poase-Cement, Amanfrom, Ahamansu and Papase or to Kadjebi – Nkwanta road by either vehicles or head

portage. These are then transported through Kadjebi to Accra, Ho, Aflao and Lome in Togo. Cocoa yam,

cassava, plantain, yam and maize are the major exports. Ginger, Cocoa and black pepper is exported to Accra.

The imports are dominated by basic necessities such salt and manufactured goods such as farm implements and

second hand clothing. These are sold on market days in the various major markets.

1.22.4 Revenue Generation

Major sources of the District Assembly’s internally generated revenue are Rates, Lands, Fees and Fines,

Licenses, Rent, Grants, and Investment annually.

The Assembly usually fails to meet its approved revenue target due to manpower and logistical problem as well

as unwillingness on the part of the taxable people and business concerns to honour their tax obligations. The

main source of Assembly‘s internally generated revenue is revenue from the markets. The other major sources

of fund for development activities in the District are the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), District

Development Facility (DDF), Donors etc. There is a need for vigorous campaign to improve upon revenue

mobilization through the prosecution of tax defaulters.


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1.22.5 Gender

In many developing societies, although not in all, women have traditionally been disadvantaged compared to

men. Until recently, studies of these societies for the purpose of planning development covered women

narrowly in terms of population, health and family planning. Relatively little was known about other concerns

such as domestic violence or involvement in economic activities. Gender analysis provides more information,

bringing benefits to women and to society as a whole.

More women in particularly the rural areas play caregiver roles or become household heads on whom the

survival and development of the household depends. Meanwhile they do not claim ownership to properties and

rites and are not privileged to play lead roles nor contribute in the decision making process domestically,

community wise and politically.

Women and therefore the children they cater for are therefore vulnerable to hardships, crises and natural shocks

and are more often than not relegated to the background economically and socially subjecting them to all forms

of violence and abuse. Apart from women and children particularly orphans, person with disability and the aged

without productive capacity also suffer neglect because they are considered burdens on the limited household

income. Interestingly the aforementioned categories of people have more females than males therefore

interventions to facilitate the integration of gender and the vulnerable into the mainstream of development

cannot be over emphasized.

According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census the total population of the Municipality stands at

147,618 which form 7.0 percent of the total population of Volta Region. The population is made up of 53.6

percent females and 46.4 percent males with an annual growth rate of 1.10 percent. The Municipality is the

most urbanized district in the region with more than half 53.3 percent of the Municipal’s population living in

the urban areas with 46.7 percent of the population live in the rural areas as depicted in the table 1.31.

1.22.6 Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

1.22.6.1 Natural Environment


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1.23 DISTRICT ECONOMY

The Kadjebi district is predominantly an agricultural producing district. The district which is rural in nature is

characterized by availability of large tracks of land for farming and average soil fertility which support the

cultivation of crops like cassava, yams, cocoyam, plantain, maize, cocoa and oil palm. The low industrial base

of the district has inevitably encouraged majority of the employable population to take to agriculture. Available

statistics from the 2000 Population and Housing Census indicate that 62.5% of the economically active

population are engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, 14.8% are in the production and transport sector,

while 11.1% are in the trading sector.

1.23.1 Agriculture

Agriculture production is the predominant sector of the District Economy in terms of employment opportunities

and incomes. The residents of the district who are predominantly rural provide the maximum contribution to

the district’s share of food security. Agriculture production is, however, small-scale and characterized by low

output per farmer

1.23.2 Land Acquisition for Agriculture Production

In the Kadjebi District where agriculture production provides the livelihood for the residents, land acquisition

becomes crucial. Generally, land for agriculture is given out on Abusa (i.e. share cropping). With share

cropping, farm products are shared between the farmer (tenant) and the landowner with the tenant receiving

two-thirds (2/3). The Abusa system is a disincentive to large-scale production. Other land tenure arrangements

which are also in practice so far as land acquisition for agriculture is concerned are the hiring, free lease and the

Abunu systems.

1.23.3 Crops Production

The cultivation of crops in the Kadjebi District includes Food and Cash crops.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.23.4 Food Crops

Food crops produced in the district are mainly: maize, plantain, cassava, rice, cocoyam and yam. “They

constitute the staple foodcrops in the district. The major producing areas of these crops are as shown below;

Cassava: Dodo-Amanfrom, Papase, Pepesu, Ahamansu, Kosamba, Kadjebi, Dapaa and Koru

Plantain: Asato Traditional Area, Papase, Ampeyo, Kadjebi and Dodo-Amanfrom

Cocoyam: Ampeyo, Asato Traditional Area, Papase, Kadjebi, Dodo-Amanfrom, Pampawie and Poase-Cement

Maize : Kadjebi, Ahamansu, Titiaka, Menusu

Rice: Kadjebi

Yam: Cultivated district wide

The total Agricultural land area in the district is 496,573 acres out of which only 1772 acres were cultivated

under various food crops in 2009.

The land area under cultivation and production levels of these crops from 2010 to 2013 is shown in table 5

below;

Table 1.9 Cultivable land area and production level of crops

Type of Crop Land Area (Acre) Level of Production Per Acre (tonne)

2 0 10 2 0 11 2 0 12 2 0 13 2 0 10 2 0 11 2 0 12 2 0 13

Maize 1,140 1,110 1,228 1,240 0.40 0.60 0.60 0.70

Cassava 1,450 1,600 1,728 1,800 0.70 0.90 0.80 1.00


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Rice 730 800 778 800 1.50 1.90 1.70 2.00

Plantain 930 965 970 980 3.80 4.30 3.60 4.40

Cocoyam 890 875 882 884 0.90 1.04 0.84 1.08

Ginger 652 700 600 720 1.60 2.40 1.64 2.70

Yam 500 450 408 420 3.40 4.00 3.50 4.40

The analysis of the data presented in the table above reveals that the district’s advantage is in the production of

plantain, yam and ginger.

1.23.5 Farming Methods

The climate of Kadjebi District encourages two (2) farming seasons. The slash and burn method is employed

during the major season. The minor season does not permit burning. Currently, the “zero-tillage” method is

becoming popular among vegetable farmers. The land is cleared, burnt and hoed to make beds or ridges for

vegetable cropping.

1.23.6 Vegetable Production

The bulk of vegetables produced in the district are in the dry season i.e. from November. The crop is cultivated

in the low-lying areas where there is some water. The major vegetables during this period are okro, pepper,

garden eggs and leafy vegetables. All these crops are also produced during the rest of the year but on a lower

scale. Very few farmers produce exotic vegetables mainly cabbages. Lack of simple irrigation systems for dry

season vegetable farming limits the production of dry season vegetables in the district on a large scale

1.23.7 Aqua Culture


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Kadjebi District is a high potential aqua culture area with a high Level of farmer interest. Aqua cultural

activities started in 1995 with four (4) farmers. The MOFA, in collaboration with the VSO, the Sankofa

Programme (an NGO) and the Kadjebi District Assembly has since placed high priority on its development on

account of its potential for contributing to food security income generation and employment. It is an activity

that fits well into the existing farming systems within the district. The availability of abundant land and water

resources, the underutilized agricultural –by-products to serve as fish feed ingredient and a strong extension

services and institutional support from MOFA are factors very conducive to promote further development of

aqua culture in the district.

(i) Eleven (11) years of operation has yielded the following results:

(ii) Establishment of 52 fish ponds on a total land area of 2.6 hectares with 45 fish farmers

(iii) Construction of a fish hatchery at Konsuaso for fingerling production (currently is out of use)

(iv) Formation of a viable Fish Farmers Association

(v) Training of three (3) pond construction gangs in the district

1.23.8 Problems facing Aqua cultural Activities:

Lack of credit facility to expand Aqua culture operations

Poor fish pond management

Poor sitting and seasonality of ponds

Inability of farmers to take full advantage of available resources

1.24 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

A few heads of cattle are found around Kadjebi and Ahamansu in the district. Small ruminants mainly sheep

and goats are common in the district.

Table 6 shows the production levels of livestock from 2010 – 2012.


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Table1.10: Production level of livestock in 20010 to 2013

Livestock Type

L o c a l

E x o t i c

2 0 10 2 0 11 2 0 12 2 0 10 2 0 11 2 0 12

Cattle 120 140 160 - -

Sheep 2,500 2,800 3,000 - - -

Goats 2,700 3,000 3,500 - - -

Pigs 80 75 87 110 100 96

Poultry 6,200 7,000 7,500 2,000 1,500 2,200

Traditionally, most farmers who rear livestock do so as a minor occupation. Generally, every household keeps

a small number of livestock either to serve a source of dietary protein particularly during important occasions or

to be marketed when matured to augment the household in-comes.

1.24.1 Marketing of Farm Produce

Marketing of agriculture produce either at the farm gate or in the market place is an essential part of the whole

agriculture production process. These market centres, where agriculture produce are sold, exist in the district.

Table 1.11: Market Centres and Days


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The Dodo-Amanfrom, market is the busiest and is followed by Kadjebi, Ahamansu and Poase-Cement

respectively. The others are minor markets Large stocks of farm produce are bought by traders from within and

outside the district and transported to Accra, Ho, Akatsi and other towns for sale.

1.24.2 Rural Transport Infrastructure

1.24.3 Condition of Access Road

The field survey revealed that food –producing areas within the District are not easily accessible by vehicular

transport. These areas include Olobobi, Bisakrom, Tarikorkor, Bethel, Koru, Asuboe and Butabe. According to

the District Agriculture Directorate, feeder roads in some of the areas only lack simple bridges across streams

and rivers. Roads are bush track, which are also badly eroded and cannot provide access to vehicles, power

tillers and trailers.

Market Centres Market Days

Dodo-Amanfrom Thursdays

Kadjebi Tuesdays & Fridays

Ahamansu Mondays

Poase-Cement Wednesdays

Pampawie Wednesdays

Pepesu Fridays

Dapaa Thursdays

Wawaso Fridays


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The poor road conditions have resulted in the transportation of food by head portage in most parts of the

District. Furthermore the transport of agriculture produce by head portage is expensive. It is therefore restricted

to goods of small quantities that could be transported at a time. This results in to high post-harvest loses and

encourages farmers to further reduce the size of their holdings.

1.24.4 Freight Charges

Due to the bad nature of existing feeder roads in the District, freight charges for agriculture products are very

high. Many farmers are therefore forced to sell their products by roadsides instead of in the markets where they

may receive competitive prices. The following feeder roads exist in the district;

Table 1.12 Feeder Roads in Kadjebi District

No Feeder Roads Length

(Km)

Condition

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Engineered Roads

Asato-Wawaso

Menuso Jn. – Border Post

Kadjebi-Asato

Kosamba Jn. – Kosamba

Dodi-Papase –Asuboi-Aboabo

Asato-Apesokubi

14

2.3

4.5

4.6

14.3

8

Good

Good

Good

Good

Poor

Poor


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7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

Kadjebi-Nsuta

Kadjebi Town Roads

Nsuta-Asato

Dzindziso – Kodibenu

Dodi-Papase Jn-Amanfrom-Dapaa Jn.

Ahamansu Jn-Ampeyo - Dapaa Jn

Yaadzo Jn – Yaadzo

Titiaka Jn –Titiaka

Pampawoe – Okrakrom

Koto-Nkwanta – Manida-Sabram

Koto-Nkwanta – Goldsmith

Dodo-Amanfrom – Pepesu

Dodo-Amanfrom – Dodo-fie

Dompa – Dodo-Bethel

Poase-Cement – Obuase

Kadjebi - Suminanteng

5

2.7

6

3.1

17.9

18

3.2

3

10

3

1.2

7

6

10

8

5

Good

Poor

Good

Fair

Good

Fair

Good

Poor

Fair

Fair

Fair

Good

Poor

Poor

Good

Fair

308.6

It is important to maintain these roads regularly to facilitate effective transportation of Agriculture produce from

the hinter-lands to the market centers.

The following non-engineered roads in the district also need attention. The construction of these roads will

open up areas for the promotion of agriculture in the district.


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Table 1.13 Non-Engineered roads in Kadjebi District

N o Non Engineered Road Length (Km) Threshold Population

1.

2.

3.

4.

Poase-Cement – Butabe

Yaadzo – Adaluwis-kofe

Poase-Cement – Nyitodzi

Ahamansu - Dika

6.5

7

4

7

1900

1950

1500

1400

1.24.5 Post Harvest Activities

A lot of farmer education on post-harvest management of farm produce has been carried out through Extension

activities of the Agriculture Directorate in the district. Awareness on chemical treatment of grains and cereals

against storage pests is very high. Cassava rotting in the farms is now rare as processing of the cassava into

gari, dough and tapioca is being encouraged. There are migrant processors who now move from place to place

to buy cassava for processing. The preservation of grain and cereals is, however, not effective in the major

season due to high humidity. The introduction of mechanical driers in the major season will therefore boost

production.


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1.24.6 Farmers Associations/Farmers’ Groups

There are farmers Associations/Groups including rice, plantain, livestock, maize farmers and vegetable growers.

These Farmers Based Organizations have been registered in the district but only a few of them are active.

1.24.7 Existence of Credit Facilities

Credit is available to viable farmers groups in the district under FABs and FBODF. Sankofa/Action Aid

provides micro-credit to some selected individual farmers. The Banks in the district do not have any known

production credit scheme for farmers.

1.24.8 Cost of Labour

Labour for farm work in the district is becoming scarcer especially around the district capital. The reasons for

the scarcity of labour include;

(i) The rural - urban migration of the youth for well-paid jobs

(ii) The lack of interest in farm work by the youth

(iii) Consequently, cost of labour for farm work is on the increase in the district.

The clearing cost for 1 acre 72’ x 72’ plot of land has been increased from GH¢50.00(2013) to GH¢60.00

(2014). Similarly, the transplanting cost of rice also increased from GH¢90.00 for 1 acre (2008) to GH¢120.00

for 1 acre (2009).

1.24.9 Extension Services


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Agriculture extension agents (AEA) offer extension services free to farmers. There are seventeen (17) AEAs

instead of the required thirty-two 32 to play this role successfully. The AEA farmer ratio is 1:3,000 in the

district. Sensitization and education on HIV/AIDS has become an integral part of the extension delivery

1.24.10 Schools in Agriculture

The Kadjebi District is basically agricultural. Therefore the majority of schools in the district are engaged in

agricultural activities of some kind. The second cycle schools, Kadjebi-Asato and the Dodi-Papase Senior

Secondary School, and some first cycle schools such as Ahamansu R. C., Akum L. A. and Dapaa L. A. Junior

secondary schools are at the forefront of agricultural activities.

1.24.11 Cash Crops

The main cash crop produce in the district is cocoa. The cocoa industry was dominant long ago but has

declined and is given way to food crop production as the dominant agriculture activity in the district.

Productivity level in the cocoa industry has also fallen and currently output per hectare for the crop is between 5

to 10 maxi bags. This does not compare favour ably with achievable yields of 10 – 16 maxi bags per hectare if

improved varieties are cultivated.

Cocoa nursery at Ampeyo

Oil Pam Nursery at Ahamansu


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Presently, three (3) cocoa nurseries established at Ampeyo, Dzindziso and Ahamansu are raising seedlings for

farmers all over the district to reactivate their abandoned cocoa farms. Also there is an oil palm nursery

established at Ahamansu under the Presidential Special Initiative Scheme to produce oil palm seedlings for

interested farmers. The first phase of the programme began in June, 2006.

Challenges for agricultural production includes

Lack of credit facilities

Lack of storage and processing facilities (post-harvest management)

Poor road network to farming communities.

High cost of farm inputs e.g. improved seeds

No ready market to absorb excess farm produce

Low level of technology

1.25. NON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

1.25.1 Agro-Processing

Agro processing is the most predominant and most important industry in the Kadjebi district. Agro-based

industries include cassava processing into gari, agbelima and chips, soap making, local gin distilleries

(akpeteshi), oil palm extraction pepper processing and palm wine tapping. There are small-scale industries

normally managed at the family level. Except for cassava processing which required milling/grating machines,

the rest are straight forward industries requiring rudimentary accessories, which can be found locally.

The Agro-based industry therefore attracts a large proportion of farmers in the district. Most of the women are

engaged in cassava processing, palm oil extraction, soap making and cassava chip production whilst the men are

usually engaged in gin distilling.

1.25.2 Forest/Wood Processing Industries


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Forest and wood processing include saw milling, carpentry and joinery and charcoal burning. The district is

endowed with forest products which feed the six (6) saw mills located at Ahamansu, Titiaka, Dodo-Amanfrom,

Dapaa, Kadjebi and Menuso. Currently, wood processing supports local housing and furniture industries in the

district. The wood processed by the saw-mills into lumber and plywood are exported to Lagos in Nigeria, Togo,

Benin and all over Ghana.

1.25.3 Metal Industry and Auto Works

There are auto works which offer employment to a number of the youth in the maintenance of fleet of transport

vehicles in the district. There are also metal woks such as steel bending, black-smithing in places like Kadjebi

where there is electricity. Local farm implements like hoes, axes and cutlasses are fabricated in the district.

The installation of a three-phase electricity in Kadjebi is expected to improve industrial production in the

district.

1.25.4 Handy Craft/Art based industries

Carvings, basket making as well as kente weaving are undertaken in some localities in the district.

Dressing making and tailoring, shoe making, Solar lamp manufacturing are undertaken in most towns and

villages in the district.

Plywood production at Titiaka – Kadjebi District


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Other important Small-Scale Industries of the district’s economy include: -

Value added products – Value added products biscuits, rock burns, bread making, Honey production, Laundry

Soap and ‘Alata Soap making, Cosmetics such as body pomade, herbal cream, powder, parazone and shampoo

making

Agribusiness – Honey production in the district is on the ascendancy to ensure that prospective customers troop

to Kadjebi for pure honey

1.26. T O U R I SM POTENTIALS

The Kadjebi district has a number of sites of historical, cultural, scenic and ecological importance for the

promotion of tourism.

These include;

(i) The Fetish Shrine at Totto Hill (Dodo Traditional Area)

(ii) Stone Pillar found at Nyonku No. 1, 3km North-East of Dodi-Papase

(iii) Stone cave which is found at Bakpa, 6.5km West of Papase

(iv) Obuletey cave located7km North-East of Asato Menu Range Hills

(v) Embroided Inscription on a rock found at Butabe

Solar Lamp manufacturing at Kadjebi


KADJEBI DISTRICT

(vi) Crocodile Pond found at Koru

(vii) River confluence at Asuboe

(vii) Artistic resources

Cane weavers, drum carvers, Kente weavers, Bead Makers Dress makers, Wood Carvers and Ceramics

Cultural Groups

Adowa, Ositi, Kete, Apentem, Akomfode, Borborbor, Agbadza, Chorals, Drum Language, Akaye Group,

Asadua.

(ix) Traditional festivals

Dawurokese, Kwasidakese These land marks and others such as Forest reserves and wet lands that occur

in the district must be subjected to a series of viability tests in order to develop them as tourist sites to boost the

image and revenue base for the district.

Obuletey Cave at Asato Menu


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.27. ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION

Daily demands for human needs of all kinds has led to the immense pressure hence the unsustainable

exploitation of natural resources leading to the deterioration of the environment through depletion of recourse

air, water ,soil the destruction of the ecosystem and the extinction of wild life .

Small Scale Mining

Deposits of gold and diamond (alluvial) have being identified along the banks of major rivers in the district

most especially river Wawa which flows from the republic of Togo and enters the district at Pillar 83 then

meanders its way and finally forms a confluence with river Menu a Asuboe

Large fertile farm lands in addition to sections of river Wawa have all been degraded. These have affected crop

farming activities as well as local fishermen whose daily lives depends on fishing as the areas degraded by the

mining activities are very rich in fish stocks life.

Degraded lands by mining activities


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Bush Fires

The district experiences bushfires on annual basis. This is attributed to hunting of game, farming and the natural

habit of setting fire to the bush. Bush fire in particular has contributed greatly to the reduction of the forest

cover in the District. In addition to its effect on vegetation, the rampant bush burning in the area is causing air

pollution. Although the degree and effect of air pollution cannot easily be ascertained, there is the need to show

concern for its potential damage to the environment.

Deforestation

Deforestation can be described as the removal of forest or stand of trees where the land is converted to a non-

forest use but in the case of Kadjebi district the loss of forest cover is due to the many wood processing

industries and very large numbers of fearless illegal chain saw operators (some foreigners) who are seen

everywhere day and night logging , transporting and having no regards for the Kadjebi district byelaws.

All these wood products find their ways out of the district to some parts of the country and in most cases to

other parts of the West African Sub Region to Togo, Benin and Nigeria

Kadjebi district is the home of both Kabo and Pepesu forest reserves. These have contributed to the district

having the largest secondary .rain forest cover in the region contributing to the district with the largest number

of wood processing industries and again the district which is fast at losing its forest cover.

The forest use to have economic trees like mahogany, odum danta rosewood and animals of all kinds elephants

inclusive.

The major challenge is the absence of district forestry office.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

A vehicle transporting logs to a wood processing industry in the district.

1.28 SERVICE PROVIDERS

1.28.1 Banking Facilities

Banking facilities are expected to promote trade and commerce in the district. The Banking facilities available

are Ghana Commercial Bank and North Volta Rural Bank both located at the District Capital, Kadjebi. The

North Volta Rural Bank has a branch at Dodi-Papase.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.28.2 Communication

The District Capital, Kadjebi and other towns such as Dzindziso, Mempeasem, Ahamansu, Dodi-Papase, Dodo-

Amanfrom, Dodo-Tamale and Pampawie and villages have been connected on to the Tele Communication Net

Works of MTN, Tigo, Vodafone and Airtel .. The presence of these networks, offers the opportunity to people

to reach out to others within and without the district. There are also the Ghana Post Services, Information

Centre and ITC centres at Kadjebi and Dodi-Papase. ore external inflows are expected especially from Central

Government and other non-traditional sources as most of these will come as counterpart funds.

1.29 GOOD GOVERNANCE

Development through good governance in the Kadjebi District is vigorously pursued through partnership

between the Kadjebi District Assembly and other development partners such as Non-Governmental

Organizations and Non Decentralized Departments.

1.29.1 The District Assembly

The Kadjebi District Assembly is responsible for the overall development of the District and is the highest

political and administrative authority according to PNDC law 207 and the Act 462. Figure 2 presents the

institutional structure of the Kadjebi District Assembly, which is headed by the District Chief Executive.

The District Assembly is composed of the Executive Committee Chaired by the District Chief Executive. This

Committee serves as a linkage between the District Chief Executive and the five sub-committees. Below the

District Chief Executive, administratively, is the District Co-coordinating Director (DCD) who performs

administrative functions. Under him are the Decentralized Departments (Health, Agriculture Education, Town

and Country (Physical) Planning, National Disaster Management, Social Welfare and Community Development

and Works), Administration, Finance, and District Planning & Co-coordinating Units. The District Assembly is


KADJEBI DISTRICT

presided over by a Presiding member who is elected from the members of the Assembly by at least a two-thirds

majority.

The Kadjebi District Assembly is charged with the task of programme formulation, budget preparation and

promotion of development activities within the Kadjebi District. It has 30 elected members from 30 electoral

areas and 16 government appointees.

1.29.2 Sub Committees

The sub-committees are saddled with the responsibility of deliberating on specific issues and submitting their

recommendation to the Executive Committee, which in turn presents them to the District Assembly for

ratification. The Chairmen of the five (5) sub committees of the District Assembly are members of the

Executive Committee. These sub committees are: -

i. Finance and Administration

ii. Development Planning

iii. Social Services

iv. Justice and Security

v. Works Sub-Committee

The following also exist to assist the development process;

i. District Water and Sanitation Management Committee

ii. District Environmental Committee

iii. District Disaster Management Committee


KADJEBI DISTRICT

iv. District Education Oversight Committee

v. District Tender Committee

1.29.3 District Planning Co-ordinating Unit

There is a District Planning Co-ordinating Unit established to provide a secretariat and advisory services to the

executive committee. It performs planning, programming and budgeting functions. This all-important technical

wing of the District Assembly now has two Development Planners supported by a Budget Officer.

The District Administration consists of the following departments;

i. General Administration

ii. Development Planning Coordinating Unit

iii. Works Department

iv. Finance Department

1.29.4 Development Institutions

Decentralized Departments, which are presently in the District, include the following;

i Central administration

ii. Physical planning

iii Community Development and Social Welfare

iv .environmental health and sanitation unit

v. department of Agriculture

vi. District works Department


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Vii Birth and Death Registry

i x National disaster management organization

The following are non-decentralized department in the district;

i. Ghana National Fire Service

ii. Information

iv Department of Co-operatives

v. health

vi non formula

vii Statistical service

viii education

The following departments oversee the District from Jasikan District;

i. Forestry Department

ii. Land Valuation Department

iii. Audit Service

iv. Town and Country Planning Department

1.30. SECURITY SERVICES

Kadjebi District enjoys peace and security this as a result of the presence of the Ghana Police Service

(GPS) Ghana, Immigration Services (GIS), Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)

District Magistrate Court (DMC) and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).

Police

The Police are in control in the area of law and order which results in peace in any given society which

is a recipe for development.. The maintenance of law and order and the combat of crime is as a result of


KADJEBI DISTRICT

the strategic sitting of police stations at Ahamansu, Dodi- Papase ,Dodo –Amanfrom ,Pampawie and

Kadjebi the district capital

Challenges

Crude office accommodation

Inadequate staff accommodation

Lack of means of transport

Inadequate radio and communication equipment

Ghana Fire Service

The Ghana Fire Service is firmly present on the ground stationed at district capital Kadjebi. They

routinely perform fire management programs in the form of education and fire safety technics. There are

twenty six (26) fire personnel all stationed at Kadjebi. The station is equipped with a three thousand

(3000) gallons capacity fire engine which is used in firefighting operations district wide

Challenges

Lack of fire hydrant

Lack logistics to train and equip fire volunteers

Lack staff accommodation

No Backup vehicle

1.31. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

The Agriculture Department is currently located in a permanent building at Kadjebi. The Agriculture

Department of the District Assembly has its policy to increase food production, create food security, and


KADJEBI DISTRICT

prevent the entry of crop and livestock diseases along our borders. In addition of preventing the spread of

diseases through treatment, plant protection and regulatory practices, livestock vaccination, the Department also

ensures wholesomeness of meat for public consumption.

1.31.1 Staff Strength

The staff strength of the District Agriculture Office stood at 32 at end of 2013. These include 24 professionals

and eight (8) Administrative Staff. The professional staff includes a Chief Production Officer, a Chief Technical

Officer, an Assistant Agricultural Officer and a Principal Technical Officer (Veterinary).

1.32. SUB DISTRICT STRUCTURE

These represent the base structure of the local government system. Sub District structures in the Kadjebi District

are;

i. Town/Area Council

ii. Unit Committees

1.32.1 Town and Area Councils

The District has been zoned into 6 Town and Area Councils, however, only 5 are actively functional. These

are;

a. Kadjebi Town Council

b. Asato Area Council

c. Ahamansu Area Council

d. Dodo Area Council

e. Dodi Area Council


KADJEBI DISTRICT

The 6th Area Council called Amanta which comprises of Dapaa, Pampawie and Ampeyo has not been made

functional because of the dispute over the sitting of its headquarters. The early resolution of the standoff will

pave way for the development of the area.

1.32.2 Unit Committee

There are about 78 unit committees in the District. They are however not well resourced and motivate

to perform as expected.

Sister City Relations

Kadjebi enjoys relations with two cities Alkemade in the Netherlands and Dolton in United States of America

(USA)

Kadjebi Alkemade (Kaag En Braassem) Sister City

Kadjebi District has being relating with the Dutch municipality of Alkemade (Kaag En Braassem) since 2004

and this relation has benefited both cities in divers ways including cultural exchanges and one of the first to

have its streets named and houses numbered in Ghana . In 2012 the relation transformed to become LOGO

South and then to VNG International as a result of policy directions in the Dutch parliament. This has not

affected the relation in any way but more cooperation

Table 1.14 Areas of cooperation between and Alkedade (kaag En Braassem)

THEME PROJECT / PROGRAMME BENEFICIARY

COMMUNITY


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Sanitation 79 litterbins District wide

18 Refuse containers District wide

1 DAF Refuse Skip Loader Kadjebi

1 BMC Cesspit Emptier Kadjebi

Construction of Public Urinals Kadjebi Ahamasu Dodi

Papase Dodo Amanfrom,

4 No 10 seatter public toilets Kadjebi (Noel Down, Martin

Kordzi, Dodo Amanfrom,

Asato

Good

Governance

District Databases System Kadjebi

Registration of People and Property Kadjebi and Asato

Street Naming and House Numbering Kadjebi and Asato

3 Motorcycles District Assembly for revenue

collection

Capacity building of staff and other

stakeholders

For staff and stakeholders in

Ghana and abroad

Education

80 computers District wide

Furniture for RC Primary KG Kadjebi

KG Outdoor Playing Equipment Kadjebi


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Kadjebi Dolton Sister city

Kadjebi Dolton sister relation was born in 2007 with the signing of memorandum of understanding in the

area of cooperation in developing the peoples of the two cities.

This relation has not seem much except two visits by the leaders of both cities as well as correspondence .it is

however hoped that much will be done to enjoy the full benefits of sister city relations.

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)

There are a number of Non-Governmental Organizations and Community-Based Organizations within the

District. These organizations promote the socio-economic development of the rural poor in the district. The

available NGOs and CBOs are presented in table 14 below;

Table 1.15 Available NGOs and CBOs

1. Better Life N G O Girl Child Education, Disability, HIV/AIDS

2. Pillar of Change For The Rights of

Women & Children

N G O Rights of Women & Children, Women

Reproductive Health HIV/AIDs Orphans.

Malaria and TB

3. Pro-Link N G O HIV/AIDS

4. Women in Partnership

for Development

N G O Empowerment of Women in income

generating activities, HIV/AIDS

5. Atta Foundation N G O Socio-Economic Development

6. The AIDS Support Association C B O Health/Population,


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Vocational Training, Agric & Food Security

7. Youth Empowerment Foundation C B O Youth Development,

Vocational Training Health

8. Yaadzo Association Blind C B O Income generating/Financial Services,

Women & Children Affairs

9. UNFPS/PPAG/Religious Bodies Club C B O Health. Population, Income generating

10. Preventing AIDS Comp. C B O HIV/AIDS, Vocational Training, Women &

Children Affairs

11. Life & Living C B O Health/Population,

Women & Children, Youth,

Community/Rural Development

12. Protect For Future Today C B O Youth Development,

Human Rights, Women & Children Affairs

13. Welfare Companion C B O Health, Education

14. New Era C B O Women & Children Affairs, Youth,

Community & Rural Development

15. Action Aids, Ghana N G O Socio-Economic development

and support for schools

16. World Vision, Ghana N G O Support for schools

and sponsorship of children


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.33. Foreign Development Partners

The development efforts of the Kadjebi District Assembly is supported by a number of foreign donor

organizations such as

UNICEF – WASH Program

United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which is into Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

activities aimed at providing skills training and capacity building for health and sanitation staff, latrine artisans

and natural community leaders. The Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS) which is aimed at eliminating

open deification in rural.

Dutch International Cooperation (VNG)

This is a foreign support born out of the sister city relation between Kadjebi District and Kaag En Brassem

(formerly Alkamade) municipalities in the Netherlands. This relation has yielded projects including sanitation

facilities the construction of toilets, equipment in the form of sanitation containers and tucks, street naming and

property addressing systems as well as capacity building and training programs.

1.34. The District Development Facility (DDF)

These are European Nations funding made available to local government institutions for the building of

capacities of staff and the provision of investment grants for physical projects. Strings are however attached to

the use and a grade must be made in other to have access

17. Store House for Jesus N G O Support for schools


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.35 SOCIAL SERVICES

1.35.1 Education


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Table 1.16 Educational facilities in the Kadjebi District

S School Public Private T o t a l

Kindergarten 70 14 84

Primary 68 14 82

Junior Secondary 37 9 46

Senior Secondary 3 0 3

Educational facilities

Kadjebi district has various educational institutions which cater for different categories of the school going

population. These include institutions for pre-school, basic, primary and secondary education in the district and

grouped into the 8 educational circuits for effective supervision. These are Kadjebi, Aston, Ahamansu,

Dzindziso, Poase Cement, Dodo Amanfrom and Pampawie.

As at 2014, the District Assembly together with other development partners through the various programs such

as the GETFUND, SIF, VIP, GPEG, NGO’s such as World Vision, Action Aid, Plan Ghana among others and

EU Micro projects have built and rehabilitated a significant number of school infrastructure. The Kindergarten

schools, the Primary and the Junior Secondary Schools do not have adequate supply of furniture. The

infrastructural status of the schools in the district has therefore improved.The table above indicates that the

private sector plays useful role in the development of basic schools within the district

Pre-School Education

The 84 Kindergarten Schools within the district prepare children between the ages of 4 and 5 years for formal

basic education. The Public Kindergarten schools are distributed within the eight (8) educational circuits as

follows:

Table 1.17 Pre-School Education

Location Public Private


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Kadjebi 9 7

Asato 8 0

Poase-Cement 8 1

Dodo-Amanfrom 10 1

Dzindziso 8 1

Pampawie 7 1

Dodi-Papase 9 1

Ahamasu 11 2

Total 70 14

Within the circuit, the Kindergartens are dispersed and have the total enrolment of 5,680pupils (2014). The sex

distribution of enrolment in the Kindergartens is also presented below;

Table1.18 Sex Distribution of Enrolment in Kindergarten Schools in Kadjebi District.

C i r c u i t S e x

% M a l e % Female % Total

Kadjebi 338 12.1 308 10.7 646 11.4

Poase-Cement 217 7.8 218 7.5 435 7.7

Dodo-Amanfrom 259 9.3 239 8.3 498 8.8

Pampawie 285 10.2 246 8.5 531 9.3


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Dodi-Papase 249 8.9 208 7.2 457 8.1

Ahamansu 352 12.6 326 11.3 678 11.9

Asato 312 11.2 287 9.9 599 10.5

Dzindziso 295 10.6 316 10.9 611 10.8

Private 483 17.3 742 25.7 1225 21.6

T o t a l 2790 100 2890 100 5680 100

The above table depicts that 26.6% of all children in pre-schools in the district enrolled with the private

Kindergartens in the district. This situation also indicates that public Kindergarten schools are inadequate in the

district.

First Cycle Schools

The first Cycle Educational Institutions in the district comprise of the Primary and Junior secondary Schools.

They are also spatially distributed within the eight (8) educational circuits (see table).

Table 1.19 Distributions of First Cycle Schools by Circuit in Kadjebi District

C i r c u i t P r i m a r y J H S

Kadjebi 14 9

Poase-Cement 9 6

Dodo-Amanfrom 10 6

Pampawie 8 7


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Dodi-Papase 10 4

Ahamansu 12 4

Asato 8 6

Dzindziso 9 5

T o t a l 80 47

A total of 11,9952 pupils representing about 90% of all children within the Primary School going age (5 – 12

years) in the district are presently enrolled in the existing Primary Schools.

The distribution of enrolment by sex in the Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in the district (2014) are

shown in the tables below;

Table 1.20 Enrolment by sex in Primary Schools in Kadjebi District (2014)

C i r c u i t S e x Total %

M a l e % Female %

Kadjebi 866 14.0 904 16.0 1770 14.8

Poase-Cement 558 9.0 511 9.0 1069 8.9

Dodo-Amanfrom 798 12.9 713 12.3 1511 12.6

Pampawie 689 11.1 669 12.0 1358 11.3

Dodi-Papase 574 9.2 444 8.0 1018 8.5

Ahamansu 684 11.0 624 11.0 1308 10.9


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Dzindziso 616 9.9 523 9.0 1139 9.5

Asato 626 10.1 559 10.0 1185 9.9

Private 796 13.0 838 14.4 1634 13.6

T o t a l 6207 100 5785 100 11992 100

51.8% of total enrolment in Primary Schools within the district are boys. This figure is an indicative of the fact

that enrolment is skewed in favour of males. The low proportion of girls in school further reduces as one climbs

along the educational ladder. This trend calls for pragmatic measures to promote the girl-child education.

Table 1.21 Enrolment by sex in Junior High Schools in Kadjebi District (2014)

C i r c u i t

S e x

Total

%

M a l e

%

Female

%

Kadjebi 429 19.2 383 22.0 812 20.5

Poase-Cement 206 9.2 132 7.6 338 8.5

Dodo-Amanfrom 313 14.0 190 11.0 503 12.7

Pampawie 244 10.9 192 11.1 436 11.0

Dodi-Papase 197 8.8 168 9.7 365 9.2

Ahamansu 226 10.1 138 8.0 346 8.7


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Dzindziso 193 8.7 146 8.4 339 8.6

Asato 216 9.7 145 8.4 361 9.1

Private 206 9.2 240 13.8 446 11.3

T o t a l

2230

100

1734

100

3964

100

The District has a small enrolment figure for the Junior High School. In terms of sex composition of students

while males form 51.8% of the total population, females constitute only 48.2% even though there has been

significant improvement over the past three years. There are still high dropout rate among girls due to teenage

pregnancy and early marriage. Communities where such issues are of high ascendency are Ahamansu, Dodo

Amanfrom, Mempeasem and Dodo – Fie.

Second Cycle Schools

The whole district has only three (3) Senior High Schools located at Kadjebi/Asato, Dodi-Papase and

Ahamansu. The total number of students enrolled in these three (3) schools was 2563 for the 2013/2014

academic year.

The table below indicates the enrolment of the Senor High School (S H S) by sex.

The enrolment shown above is predominantly males who form 59.3% of the total student population. The low

participatory rate of girls in the Senor High School (SHS) is also attributed to the;

(i) Low motivation for girls to advance in education

(ii) Early marriages of girls in the district

(iii)High-level poverty levels among parents

1.35.2 Availability of Teaching Professionals


KADJEBI DISTRICT

There are 1235 teachers of varying qualifications teaching in Kindergarten and basic schools in the district. Out

of this 276 teach in Kindergartens, 631in the Primary School and 330 in the Junior High School. 132 teachers

are currently teaching in the three Senior High Schools. Some schools in the hinterland have staff inadequacy

problems. Accommodation for teachers in the district is also a problem. Tables below present the distribution

of teachers within the schools in the district.

Table 1.22 No. of Teachers in Pre-Schools by Circuit – Kadjebi District (2014)

C i r c u i t Trained Teachers Un-trained Teachers Total

Male Female Male Female

Kadjebi 1 14 8 19 42

Dodi-Papase 2 5 4 18 29

Ahamansu 3 4 5 19 31

Dodo-Amanfrom 4 1 6 17 28

Pampawie 1 2 2 24 29

Poase-Cement 2 1 4 14 21

Asato 1 1 4 25 31

Dzindziso 1 2 5 25 33

Private - - 6 24 30

District Total 15 30 46 185 276


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Table 1.23 Distributions of Teachers in Primary Schools – Kadjebi District (2014)

C i r c u i t Trained Teachers Un-trained Teachers T o t a l

Male Female Male Female

Kadjebi 2 33 11 7 53


Ahamansu 17 2 39 13 71


Pampawie 9 4 35 15 63


Asato 8 2 43 17 70

Dzindziso 13 4 28 25 70

Private - - 42 22 64

District Total 107 68 330 136 641

Table 1.24 No and distribution of JHS Teachers – Kadjebi District (2014)

C i r c u i t Trained Teachers Un-trained Teachers T o t a l

M a l e Female Male Female

Kadjebi 30 19 1 1 51


KADJEBI DISTRICT


Ahamansu 21 1 8 1 31


Pampawie 17 1 12 4 34


Asato 22 3 19 2 46

Dzindziso 25 3 11 0 39

Private - - 31 6 37

District Total 163 34 114 19 330

Analysis of the situation presented in the tables reveals the acute shortage of trained teachers in the district.

70.9%, 40.4% and 42.5% of teachers in Kindergartens, Primary Schools and Junior High Schools respectively

are not qualified (untrained). This situation is linked to lack of accommodation for teachers in the district, poor

roads conditions and the absence of basic utilities such as electricity in most parts of the district.

Again, the untrained teachers (Pupils) form about 50% of the teacher population.

Table 1.24 No. of Teachers by sex in Senior High Schools – Kadjebi District (2009)

S c h o o l s

Number of Teachers

Total Male Female

Kadjebi-Asato Secondary School 63 8 71


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Dodi-Papase Secondary School 36 2 38

Ahamansu Senior High School 20 3 23

T o t a l 119 13 132

The three (3) Senior High Schools in the district have total staff strength of 88. Out of this 9 are females. The

staff at moment includes 56 Graduates, and 18 Diplomats. The non-teaching staff number is 76.

11.6Pupil – Teacher Ratio

The teacher-pupil ratio is one indicator used to determine the adequacy of the number of teachers in relation to

the number of pupils within a school. For the 2014 academic year, pupil (student) -teacher ratios for

Kindergarten, Primary, Junior High Schools and Senior High Schools in the District were 1: 21, 1:19, 1:12 and

1:19 respectively. These figures compare (Primary and Junior High Schools) with the national acceptable

average 1:40 for basic schools and 1:35 for second cycle schools (Senior High School) are not favorable.

However, most basic schools in the hinterland are not able to meet their staff requirements and use pupil-

teachers who are not qualified to supplement. There is the need to sponsor teacher trainees to come back to

teach in the schools.

School Management Committees/Parent Teacher Associations

All schools in the district have SMCs and PTAs. They are to support their schools in the;

(i) Provision of teaching/learning materials e.g. text books to supplement government efforts

(ii) Construction and maintenance of school infrastructure

(iii)Provision of recreational and sanitation facilities

(iv) Provision of teacher accommodation.

In spite of the training they received only a few of them function


KADJEBI DISTRICT

District Teacher Sponsorship Scheme

Since there are more teachers in the district, the district is no more sponsoring teachers into the Colleges of

Education but collaborating with other stakeholders to improve on the quality of teachers.

1.36 THE CAPITATION GRANT (DFID)

Under the capitation grant each child in the basic school within the district is to receive an amount of GH¢3.00.

The district has so far received about GH¢131,559.23 as capitation grant from 2009 to 2014. The introduction

of the capitation grant has increased schools enrolments from 14,247 in March 2009 to 21,636 in August 2014.

The increases in the enrolments call for the future expansion of existing facilities in the basic schools.

The Ghana School Feeding Programme

The programme is to feed school children in the district. The pilot phase of the programme is being

implemented in the following schools in the district;

No. of Pupils

(i) Titiaka L.A 157

(ii) Kodibenum E/P 130

(iii) Kodibenu – Nyako L. A. Primary/Kindergarten 109

(iv) Dodo-Tamale L/A 245

(v) Asato-Wawaso 199

(vi) Koru L/A 109

(vii) Akum E/P 240

(viii) Obuase L/A 122

(ix) Sabram L/A 146

(x) Yadzo L/a 147

(xi) Ahamansu Erishad L/A 240


KADJEBI DISTRICT

(xii) Konsuaso L/A 132

(xiii) Dapaa- Kukurantumi L/A 239

(xiv) Dompa L/a 169

(xv) Dodo Amanfrom L/A 198

(xvi) Atakofi L/A 174

(xvii) Kosamba L/A 109

(xviii) Dzamlome E/P 214

(xix) Ketepii L/A 315

(xx) Papase R.C 166

Adult and Youth Literacy

The adult literacy rate in the district is about 50% while that of the youth literacy is lower than the national

average rate of 68.7%. It must be noted that while youth literacy rate within the district is higher compared to

the adult rate, literacy level is lower for female youth than for male youth by 10%. This indicates that girl child

education needs to be encouraged.

School Performance

Available examination records show that pupils in private schools in the district perform better than those in the

public schools. Good supervision, willingness of parents to provide their wards with school needs and

minimized extra curriculum activities in private schools account for the better performances in the private

schools.

R l g laptops

Three hundred and thirty eight (338) RLG laptops were received and distributed to schools and other

departments. Details are as follows:

Name of schools quantity


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1. Kadjebi R/C schools 22

2. Kadjebi L/A schools 22

3. Dodi papase Mary Theresa 22

4. Pampawie L/A Schools 21

5. Ampeyo L/A 12

6. Dapaa L/A schools 12

7. Pepesu L/A schools 12

8. Dodo-Tamale Schools 12

9. Dodo-Amanfrom R/C schools 12

10. Dodo-Amanfrom E/P schools 12

11. Dodi papase R/C school 12

12. Ahamansu R/C school 12

13. Ahamansu R/C schools 12

14. Ahamansu L/A schools 12

15. Poase cement E/P school 15

16. Poase cement R/c school 12

17. Mempeasem R/C school 12

18. Mempeasem E/P schools 12

19. Dzindziso L/A 12

20. Asato E/P 15

21. Asato R/C 12

22. Erishad Islamic 12

23. Papase E/P schools 12

24. Koru L/a schools 3

25. Papase E/p schools 12

26. Kadjebi L/a prmary “B” 3

TOTAL 338


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.37 SPECIAL INITIATIVES BY THE DDE

Organized two weeks intensive classes for all final year candidates in the Junior High Schools (2014)

throughout the district. Some teachers were selected from various subject areas to handle especially the core

subjects.

Teachers who accepted postings to the report areas were given incentives to motivate them. The items were set

of cooking utensils, Decoder and its accessories, Generators, washing machines, burner, and ghetto blasters

among others.

1.38 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION GRANT (GPEG)

The district is one of the 57 deprived (GPEG) districts in Ghana we are a year old as the agreement was

signed on 26th March, 2013.

Ghana government obtained an approval for a programme implementation grant in the amount of

US$75.5million from the Global Partnership for Education. As a three year operation, the Ghana Partnership for

Education Grant (GPEG) intends to focus on policies that respond to some of the most persistent issues and

challenges help strengthen central and local institutions that are involved in the management and delivery of

basic education services and also address some of the most important strategic priorities defined in the

Education Strategic Plan (ESP) 2010-2020

There are four targeted pillars which have been considered critical for the country to meet the Education

Millennium Development Goals. The GPEG activities are obtained around these four pillars.

The objectives of these are:

Improve equitable access to and participation in quality education at all levels

Bridge the gap in access to education

Improve the quality of teaching and learning and

Improve management of education service delivery.

An amount of GHc 398,936.33 was received as GPEG grants from 2012 to 2014.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.37.1 Non Formal Education Division

The National Functional Literally Programme was started in 1992 in the Kadjebi District, and it is still ongoing.

Currently the staff stands Eighteen (18) personnel, including the District Director, Three (3) Programme

Officers, a Secretary, a driver, a cleaner, a night watchman and ten (10) Zonal Supervisors.

The Kadjebi District have been subdivided into ten (10) zones namely

1. Kadjebi

2. Asato

3. Cement

4. Ahamansu

5. Papase

6. Dodo Amanfrom

7. Dodo Dompa

8. Dodo fie

9. Pampawie

10. Pepesu

Classes

Currently the district has twenty (20) classes. This includes batch 18, ten (10) classes and batch 19, ten (10)

classes. As at now the classes are ongoing with numerical strength of two hundred and thirty-one (231) learners.

NO OF

SUPER

NO OF

ZONES

NO OF

CLASSES

FACILITATORS ENROLMENT LANGUAGE GROUP

EWE AKAN TWI

10 10 EWE M F T M F T M F M F


KADJEBI DISTRICT

8 8 - 8 94 137 231 94 137 - -

The English batch Four (4) has ten (10) facilitators with ten Classes established. As at now the classes are

ongoing with numerical strength of two hundred and sixty-eight (268) learners

NO OF

SUPER

NO OF

ZONES

NO OF

CLASSES

FACILITATORS ENROLMENT LANGUAGE GROUP

10 10 10 M F T M F T ENGLISH

10 - 10 125 143 268

Forecast

As a department, we anticipate that by September, 2015 the number of classes should be increased by adding

ten (10) new classes to the existing classes in the Kadjebi District.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.39 HEALTH FACILITIES

The health delivery system in the district is well planned and organized so that communities can access a health

facility within the radius of 8 km which is recommended by the Ghana Health Service.

The district has the following health facilities: -


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Table 1.25 Health Facilities in Kadjebi District

Type of Facility Public Private Location

Hospital 1 - Dodi-Papase

Health Care 6 - Kadjebi, Pampawie, Dodo-

Amanfrom, Dodi-Mempeasem,

Poase-Cement, Ahamansu

Health Clinic/

CHPS

2 - Dodo Pepesu, Wawaso

Maternity Home - 1 Dzindziso

There are 79 Traditional Birth Attendants throughout the district. Out of this number only 19 TBAs have been

trained. Also, about 20 chemical sellers operate in the district to retail “over the counter” drugs.

1.39.1Wards and Admission Facilities

Five (5) public health institutions have admission facilities. These are in Kadjebi, Ahamansu, Dodo-Amanfrom,

Dodi-Papase, and Pampawie,

These institutions have a total of 9 wards and 127 beds. With the exception of Mary Theresa Hospital in Dodi-

Papase all other health institutions register low attendance. The breakdown of the admission facilities in the

districts are as follows;


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Table 1.26 Admission facilities in the Kadjebi District (2013)

Health Facility No. of Wards No. of

Beds

Mary Theresa Hospital

4

95

Kadjebi Health Centre

1 11

Ahamansu Health Centre

1

7

Pampawie Health Centre

1

4

Dodo-Amanfrom Centre

2

10

T o t a l

9

127

The Mary Theresa Catholic Hospital at Dodi-Papase is the only hospital in the District by national standard. It

provides a variety of services including out patients and radiology but not family planning. The Health Centres

operate as child and maternal health centres and provide family planning services as well. The maternity homes

and the clinic/CHPS zones also provide curative health services.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.39.2 Major Diseases

In spite of the laudable targets set and the programmes and projects implemented under the 4-year Medium

Term Development Plan (2006 – 2009) to reduce the incidence of communicable and water related diseases in

the district, they are still evident as the top ten most reported cases in the district.

Table 1.27 Top Ten Diseases at the OPD

R a n k Diseases No. of

Cases

%

1 Malaria 34,488 48.2

2 Other ARI 4,723 6.6

3 Skin Diseases & Ulcers 2,321 3.2

4 Rheumatism & Joint Pains 1,718 2.4

5 Hypertension 1,678 2.3

6 Intestinal worms 1,560 2.2

7 Diarrhoea Diseases 1,430 2.0

8 Acute Eye Infection 1,017 1.4

9 Malaria in Pregnancy 1,000 1.4

10 Anemia 827 1.2

All other diseases 20,758 29.0

T o t a l 71520 100


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Table 1.28 Availability of other diseases – Kadjebi District

No Disease Number of Cases

1 Yaws 2

2 HIV/AIDs 71

3 Tuberculosis 19

4 Measles 6

5 Meningitis 0

6 Leprosy 0

7 Schistosomisis 19

8 Guinea Worm 0

9 Buruli Ulcer 0

10 Lymphatic filariasis 0

11 Onchocerciasis 0

Malaria is the most frequently reported case within the district. Field analysis of the existing sanitary conditions

in the built environment revealed deplorable environmental conditions, and this underscores the continuous

prevalence of diseases like malaria and skin diseases in alarming proportions. Poor personal hygiene and Waste

Management also explains the high prevalence of intestinal worms. Analysis of the composition of the top ten

diseases by hospital visitation indicates the need to promote preventive health, primary health care,

environmental and personal hygiene. The malnutrition status in the district is 14%, Infant mortality rate is

0.10% and maternal mortality rate is 0.8/1000. The underweight status in the district is 6.9%.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.39.3 HIV AIDS

HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern and causes of death in Africa. Africa is estimated to have 67% of

all people living with HIV in the world and 72% of all deaths. HIV prevalence rate as at 2010 in Ghana is 1.7%

and the highest affected age group is 20-24 years.

Table 1.29 HIV Cases by age group, 2013

HIV / AIDS cases were first detected in two (2) females, one from within the District and the other from

neighboring Badou in the Republic of Togo. These 2 people had previously lived in Accra and Lome in Togo

Age group No Cases

0-9 1

10-14 0

15-19 4

20-24 33

25-30 31

30-34 25

35-40 25

40-44 21

45-50 13

50+ 15

Total 168


KADJEBI DISTRICT

respectively. Since the district shares a border with the Republic of there are cross-border activities which go to

increase the prevalent rate of the disease.

1.39.4 Health Promotion and Protection

1.39.4.1 Activities Carried Out

Mass screening exercise was carried out on HIV/AIDS Know Your Status Campaign in 17 selected

communities. In this 1,996 people were tested for HIV/AIDS antibodies which 44 were confirmed positive.

Health education was given on the causes of the HIV/AIDS, mode of transmission, preventive measures and

avoidance of stigmatization was also emphasized. Below, are other service providers and organizations and also

areas of intervention on HIV/ AIDS. These areas include;

1. Policy, Advocacy and Enabling Environment

2. Prevention and Behaviors change (Communication)

3. Treatment, Care and Support

1.39.4.2 Service Providers within the Kadjebi District

1. Mary Theresa Hospital at Papase

2. Kadjebi Health Centre

1.39.4.3 Non- Governmental Organization (NGOS)

1. Pillar of Change for the Rights of women and Children

2. Better Life Organizations

3. Pro-Link

1.39.4.4 Community Based Organizations (CBOs)

1. Yaadzomang


KADJEBI DISTRICT

2. Hope for long life

3. Adiayepena Development Organization

4. Kadjebi Youth Confident Association of PLWHA

5. Hello

The NGOs and CBOs Create awareness on the dangers of HIV AIDS in the form of community Sensitization

and also provide limited services through

1. Care and support (Distributing good nutrition and drugs)

2. Distribution of Condoms

3. Training of peer-educators

4. Counseling and testing programs

The Services Providers also gives Anti-retroviral Treatment and Counseling and Testing.

1.40 HIV/AIDS REPORT 2011-2013

HIV/AIDS cases for the period under review had increased considerably than the previous years; this is due to

the “Know your status” campaign that was carried out in the year under review and the availability of six (6)

counselors in the various health facilities.

Figure 1.0 HIV/AIDS report 2011-2013

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2011

2012

2013


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Figure 1.1 Top ten causes of death in 2013

There is the need to curb the HIV/AIDs.

1.41 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

The status of the infrastructure in the health sector has improved following the various interventions made by

the District Assembly and other development partners. The District Development Fund (DDF) is funding the

upgrading of the Kadjebi Health Center in to a hospital, Community Health and Planning System compound

(CHPs) at Yadzo and Akum.. The District Assembly Common Fund (,DACF) has also Fund two (2) Nurses

Quarters and two (2) Clinics have been built at Pampawie, Gyamlome, Dodo-Pepesu and Mempeasem and

Kponkpa respectively. The Dodo-Amanfrom Health Centre has been renovated with the MPs of the shear

Common Fund

1.41.1 District Health Insurance Scheme

The Kadjebi District Health Insurance which was established in 2004 has 132,393 persons who accessed the

scheme in 2009. Out of this number 39.3% were males and 60.7% were females. The total coverage of the


KADJEBI DISTRICT

scheme was 43%. The total premium paid was GH¢91,940.01 while fund received from the government was

GH¢1,462,602.46.

Health institutions providing services under the scheme include;

1. Dodi-Papase Mary Theresa Hospital

2. Kadjebi Health Centre

3. Dodo-Amanfrom Health Centre

4. Ahamansu Health Centre

5. Poase-Cement Health Centre

6. Mempeasem Health Centre

The District Health Insurance Scheme which replaces the cash and carry system in the district enables the

people of the district to easily access services from the institutions to improve on their health status.

1.41.2 Health Intervention Programmes in the district

About six (6) Agencies support the District Health Directorate to provide health delivery services to the people

in the district. These agencies are:

Table 1.30 Agencies Supporting in Health Delivery Services in Kadjebi district

No AGENCY PROGRAMME /ACTIVITY /AREA


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1 Global Fund Project Malaria

2 Quality Partners Quality Assurance

3 Population Council CHPs Concept

4 Pro-Link HIV/AIDS

5 DANIDA/District Assembly Sanitation

6 UNFPA Family Planning

1.41.3 Maternal and child care

Efforts are being made under the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) and the Community-

Based Food and Nutrition Security (CBFNS) project to improve both maternal and child health. This is a

strategy to reduce infant mortality from the present rate of 1.8/1000%. The programmes are also to increase the

nutritional status in the district from present 14%.

Many deliveries within the district are without the supervision of trained health personnel. This is due to both

physical and economic in accessibility to health institutions resulting from poor transport infrastructure,

inadequate health facilities and midwives. More Traditional Birth Attendants should be trained to provide

midwifery services.

Table 1.31 Availability of Health Professionals

Health Number

at Post

Number Required Gap

Medical Officer 2 3 1


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Medical Assistant 1 6 5

C H Ns 32 40 8

Midwives 7 15 8

Field Technicians 7 10 3

Technical Officers (DC/HI) 2 3 1

Drivers 2 2 0

Others 43 43 0

H E W 27 27 0

Casuals 6 6 0

S R N 0 10 10

1.42 SANITATION

Waste Management covering the collection and proper disposal of both solid and liquid waste is now normal in

the Kadjebi District. This is because most people consider the collection and disposal of waste as a social

service which should not be paid for. But waste management is provided at a cost. The problem of managing

waste in this district which revenue base is low and residents are poor becomes more complex.

Table 1.31 Solid & Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities (2013)

TOWN/

AREA

RESI

DEN-

PRIVATE LATRINES

PUBLIC LATRINES

REFUSE


KADJEBI DISTRICT

COUNCIL TIAL

UNIT

DUMPS

WC KVIP VIP STL PAN PIT WC KV

IP

VIP STL PAN PIT Appro-ved Un-Approved

Kadjebi 4,750 65 96 10 - 25 - 10 - 7 - 25 8 4

Dodi 3,004 19 1 152 - 379 - - 2 3 - 47 21 105

Dodo 3,665 21 4 128 - 123 - - - - - 10 38 -

Asato 1,010 7 37 1 - 16 - - - - - 2 2 7

Ahamansu 1,107 12 8 48 - 80 - 3 - - - 15 40 10

Amanta 588 15 27 98 - - 35 - - - - - 8 8 53

Total 15,029 139 173 437 - 658 - 13 2 10 - 107 117 179

A survey carried out indicates that 60% of households dispose of Solid Waste at public dumps while 30.5% of

households dump solid waste in-discriminately. The survey also reveals that 52.6% of households use the pit

latrine, 17.6% of households use the public toilet while 16.1% of households have no disposal facility at all for

liquid waste. This situation calls for concerted efforts in the area of waste management to improve sanitary

conditions in the communities.

1.42.1 Liquid waste Management

The District Assembly with the support of other donors like Sister City relations have contributed to the

construction of households latrines for the general public in the district. Ten (10) such public latrines have

been located in Kadjebi Township alone. A Cesspit Emptier for the dislodgement of the toilets has been

provided.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.42.2 Solid Waste Management

Solid Waste Management Project, sponsored through the Sister-City relationship between the Municipality of

Kaag En Braassem and the Kadjebi District has made some progress in Solid Waste Management in the Kadjebi

Township. . A 5-acre plot on lease hold has been acquired to serve as final disposal site of the waste in the

containers. A series of sensitization workshops have been organized, under the project, to ensure information is

disseminated to the public. A lot of community animation was also undertaken to sensitize the people about the

good practices of waste management.

Under the Solid Waste Management, one(1) skip truck , one (1) Refuse truck, 15 refuse containers and 129 litter

bins have been provided and sited at strategic locations in Kadjebi Township, Asato, Dodo-Amanfrom and

Poase-Cment to facilitate proper waste disposal. A farm track tractor with 15 containers is also in use in Dodo-

Amanfrom.

Zoomlion

The activities of Zoom lion waste company which is also into sanitation management can be found in all parts

of the district .Zoomlion also operates 2 skip trucks with 16 containers in Kadjebi district it currently has a

working force of 76 field officers, 3 technical directors and also performs district wide fumigation activities

1.43 WATER SUPPLY

Safe and reliable water supply is a necessary ingredient for good health and productivity. About 45.9% of

households in the district derive their drinking water from rivers/streams, 16.0% from boreholes, 13.6% from

wells and 12.4% from pipe borne outside. About 7.6% of households also depend on rain water during the

rainy season.

Kadjebi, Ahamansu, Dodi-Papase, Pampawie, Dapaa, Dodi-Mempeasem and Asato have a total number of 62

stand posts. Coverage in these towns is low (35%) and supply is almost regular. Some residents in these towns,

therefore still depend on boreholes and hand dug wells.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

The Community Water and Sanitation Programme (CWSP) are responsible for the supply of water to the rural

communities within the district. Under the programme, beneficiary communities pay 5% of the initial cost of

the project. In addition, they take responsibility of 100% maintenance of the facilities. Funds for maintaining

the facilities are derived from charges collected from beneficiary residents in the communities by the WATSAN

Committees/Water Boards. The community ownership of the facility works perfectly in the district. But for the

moment most the WATSAN/Water Boards are not functioning effectively. The district assembly and all the

relevant stakeholders have started working towards making the water institutions work well.

1.44 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS

Under the current decentralization programme and the national poverty reduction strategy District Assemblies

are to institute programmes and implement projects that will empower vulnerable groups within their

jurisdiction. These groups of people include children, women, the aged and the physically challenged persons.

They are also to provide facilities to enhance good community life. Kadjebi District has a Social Welfare

Department, which oversee, and co-ordinates all activities that promote good community life.

1.44.1 Vulnerability groups

The vulnerable groups identified within Kadjebi District are;

C h I l d r e n

Children constitute a large percentage of the population in the District. However, they bore the brunt of the

harsh socio-economic conditions within the District as child labourers. High unemployment and low household

incomes have forced many children to work as house helps, farm hands or petty traders to fend for themselves

or support their families. Child labour and the breakdown of the extended family system is fuelling child

delinquency. An average of 10 children comes into conflict with the law every year in the district.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

The effect of child delinquency and labour is high dropout rate especially among girls. Statistics from the

District /Education office indicate that about 200 boys and girls dropped out of school from 2006 to 2009. The

high dropout rate for girls is also attributed to early (forced) marriages and teenage pregnancy.

Awareness on child rights and protection is however high in the Kadjebi District. So far the Department of

Social Welfare in collaboration of Atta Foundation has registered about 300 orphans and needy/vulnerable

children for support. At the end of 2009 Atta Foundation in collaboration with the Netherlands assisted only 90

registered orphans with school uniforms, food items and other materials.

The Youth

The youth who constitutes about 48.2% of the total projected population of 61,520 in the district are facing the

harsh realities of life without jobs, a sense of direction and hope. In their frustration and anguish they have

turned to alcoholism, gambling, smoking and drug abuse. These have encouraged indiscipline, vandalism and

stealing among the youth.

Harsh economic realities have made it increasingly difficult for husbands to maintain their families. Thus child

molestation, wife battering and other forms of domestic violence is gradually assuming alarming dimensions in

the District. Divorce is also on the increase.

The scare of HIV-AIDS also confronts the youth because they engage in illicit sex and drug abuse. Another

area where much has not been done for the youth is in terms of providing recreational facilities. In order to

promote the recognition for the youth, the National Youth Council has registered five (5) Youth groups with a

total membership of 320 in the district. 48% of the membership is females.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Development Authority (GYEEDA)

The Kadjebi District Office of the Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Development Authority formerly

known as National Youth Employment Program (NYEP) between 2010 and 2013 has so far provided jobs

for 626 youths under these modules.

Table 1.33 Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Development Authority

No. M o d u l e Total No.

Employed

M F No.

Vacated

Post

No. at

Post

1. Community Education Teaching Assistant

(CETAS)

298 139 159 35 263

2. Health Extension Workers (HEWS) 60

3. Youth in Agriculture 151 151

4. Sanitation Guards 10 5 5 10

5. Waste and Sanitation (Zoom lion) 105 10

The Aged

Old people lack recognition and mostly live under deplorable conditions. They live mainly on remittances,

farms and the goodwill of friends and relatives. They have no place to socialize and cannot contribute towards

the development of the District. They need assistance in terms of food, clothing and shelter.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

The Physically Challenged

There are about 279 registered persons with disabilities within the District. They are made up of 170 men, 58

women and 51 children and most of them are not in any gainful employment. These people desire to be fully

integrated into main stream development programmes so that they are economically active and socially

empowered. They also seek increase participation in the decision making process.

1.45 SOCIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES

1.45.1 LEAP

The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme is run by the Development of Social

Welfare under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Leap is a conditional and unconditional

cash transfer for the poorest households in Ghana.

The Government provides this programme to assist the poorest families with basic needs including food and

also to improve health and education status of children in the poorest families. They are three (3) categories of

persons who qualify to receive LEAP namely;

1. Orphans and vulnerable children

2. The Aged/Elderly (65 years and above)

3. Severely disabled people who cannot work

In Kadjebi District twenty-three (23) communities and two hundred and Sixty (260) households are currently

benefiting from LEAP programme.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1.45.2 DISABILITY FUND

Two percent (2%) of the District Assembly Common Fund have been set aside in a separate Account for

persons with Disability in the District. This fund is managed by District Funds Management committees which

meet every quarter to vet and approve applications from persons with Disability.

The funds are intended to build the capacity of persons with Disability, support their education, provide

assistive devices and also cater for their health care.

1.45.2.1 Gender Issues

Women constitute about 48.6% of the population of the District; they often bear the brunt of broken homes as

single parents and work hard to feed their families. Violence against women and girls persists on a large scale

despite efforts by many actors and organization to curtail the problem. Statistics from the Democracy Violence

and Victims Support Unit (DoVVSU), (the specialized unit of the Ghana Police Service

mandated ‘to address the rising number of cases of abuse and violence’), confirms the magnitude of the

problem. Women, especially in the rural areas, remain subject to traditional male dominance and as a result are

often denied their statutory entitlement to inheritance and property.

Other major gender concerns include a lack of gender-responsive development planning and inadequate

sensitization on gender issues at the district levels; the lack of a gender and development approach based on an

understanding of gender roles and social relations of women; inadequate research on gender related concern;

inadequate advocacy for gender equality at all levels; all compounded by the lack of a mechanism to monitor

and evaluate gender issues.

Kadjebi District has a percentage of Muslims whose religion discriminated against the development of Women

and in particularly disadvantaged in terms of access to higher education, employment, access to capital to trade

and land for farming. The majority of women in Kadjebi District earn less than $1 a day. 60% of the women

are without jobs, the remaining 40% are engaged in farming, trading etc. Awareness on the rights of women is

very low in the district, and less than 10% of them get involved in the decision-making process of their

communities.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

In spite of the existence of national laws, women continue to suffer discrimination. Access to resources such as

land, labour, capital and technology discriminate in favour of men (ABANTU 2004).

1.46 WAY FORWARD

The district intends to address these gender inequalities through increase funding, closer collaboration with

identified stakeholders and education by the National Center for Civic Education (NCCE), Commission on

Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Kadjebi District assembly, Women advocacy groups and

NGOs

1.47 SUMMARY OF KEY DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IDENTIFIED FROM THE SITUATIONAL

ANALYSIS.

The identified development issues have been analyzed in accordance with various thematic areas

(1) Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability

Leakage of revenue collection

Low revenue generation

Low motivation for revenue staff

(2) Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector

Limited market for non-traditional export commodities

Undeveloped cultural tourism in the district

Inadequate jobs

Untapped mineral deposits


KADJEBI DISTRICT

(3) Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Low agricultural productivity

Inadequate livestock health services

High post-harvest losses

Inadequate agro-processing facilities

(4) Infrastructure Energy and Human Settlement

Absence of physical planning officer stationed in the district

Poor quality and inadequate roads

Low coverage and extension of electricity

Haphazard development in towns and communities due to absence of layouts

Absence of layouts in major towns

Poor environmental sanitation within the district

Inadequate sanitation facilities

Indiscriminate disposal of wastes

(5) Human Development Productivity and Employment

Poor academic performance in schools

Inadequate infrastructure for schools in the district

Inadequate staffing in terms of quality

Ineffective school level supervision

Inadequate health delivery system

High rate of school drop outs especially among girls

Inadequate health infrastructure


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Lack of co-ordination among SMC/PTA, DEOC and DEPT

(6) Transparent and Accountable Governance

Non-functioning sub- structures of the district Assembly

Lack of women participation in governance

Inadequate motivation for Assembly members to perform effectively

Lack of public awareness in local governance

Table 1.34 Characteristics of Tentative Poverty pockets

P o c k e t Poverty Characteristics (Manifestations)

A s a t o Area Council

Ahamansu Area Council

- Low economic activity

- Low production levels

- Rural – urban migration

- Low Infrastructural development

- Inadequate basic facilities eg. Electricity

- Absence of market

- Inadequate access to water and

sanitation facilities



KADJEBI DISTRICT

- Prevalence of communicable and water related

diseases e.g. Onchocerciases

- Poor road net work

- Low infrastructural development

- Low coverage of electricity

- Poor housing

Dapaa/Pampawie/

Ampeyo Area Council

Dodo Area Council

- Low production levels


- Absence of market

- Inadequate access to potable water

- Inadequate access to health facilities

- Prevalence of communicable and water related

diseases e.g. Onchocerciases

- Inadequate socio-economic infrastructure such

as water, schools and electricity

- Prevalence of water borne diseases e.g.

Onchocerciases


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Dodi Area Council

Kadjebi Town Council

- Inadequate access to health facilities

- Inadequate road net work

- Inadequate access to sanitation facilities



- Prevalence of water borne diseases e.g. Onchosacasis

- Indiscriminate felling of economic trees

- Low level agricultural production


- Inadequate social infrastructure such as schools



- Prevalence of water borne diseases e.g.

Onchocerciases

- Indiscriminate felling of economic trees

- Low level of agricultural production



KADJEBI DISTRICT

- Inadequate social infrastructure such as schools


KADJEBI DISTRICT

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 INTRODUCTION

IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE

At a stakeholders forum the participants identified the needs of their communities based on

Increase Communal benefits

Bringing a positive change in the lives of the masses

2.1 PRIORITIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

District Development Priorities were selected at the stakeholder’s workshop. The identified development issues

were prioritized through consensus at the workshop. The Development Priorities for the district are those that

have:

Table 2.0 Prioritization of Development Issues

GSGDA THEMATIC AREAS

( 20102013)

HARMONIZED KEY DEVELOPMENT

ISSUES UNDER GSGDA (20102013)

Ensuring and Sustaining

Macroeconomic

Stability

Leakage of revenue collection

Low revenue generation

Low motivation for revenue staff


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Enhancing Competitiveness of

Ghana’s Private Sector

Improve market for non-traditional

export commodities e.g. Ginger, black

pepper

Increase internet services in the district

Provide Skills Training for the youth

Develop cultural tourism in the district

Accelerated Agriculture Modernization

and Sustainable Natural

Resource Management

Increase agriculture productivity

Improve animal husbandry practise

Stimulate interest in aqua culture

activities

Increase agro-processing facility

Infrastructure Energy and

Human Settlements

Expand electricity to other communities

Reduce the level of environmental degradation

Improve road network in the district

Improve school infrastructure

Increase access to potable water

Reduce high youth unemployment rate

Increase sanitary conditions in

communities

Increase accommodation for workers / staff

Transparent and Accountable

Governance

Make sub-structures of the District Assembly

functional

Increase motivation for Assembly members to

perform efficiently


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Improve public awareness on local governance

Provide gender budgeting for participation

Improve general data collection system

2.2 ANALYSIS OF POTENTIALS, OPPORTUNITIES, CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES (POCC)

2.2.1 Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges (POCC)

In order to propel the development of the district forward there is a need to identify and harness all potentials

and opportunities available in the district to drastically tackle the constraints and challenges hindering

development of the district. Below is a summary of POCC analysis of the Municipality.

Table 2.1 District POCC Analysis

ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY

1.Development

Problem

Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges


KADJEBI DISTRICT

1. Low

Revenue

Mobilization

1. Existence of

Revenue sources

2. Availability of

Revenue and

Commission

Collectors

3. Existence of some

revenue data

1. Existence of an

approved by-laws on

tax payment

2. Favorable

government policy on

tax payment

1. Poor road network

2. Immobility of

Revenue and

Commission Collectors

3. Lack of motivation

for Revenue and

Commission Collectors

1. Poor weather

conditions in the

rainy season

2. Lack of

commitment for

Revenue

Mobilization

2. Inefficient

and unreliable

Revenue Data

Base

1. Availability of

Data collection

sources

2. Availability of

2000 Population

census report

3. Availability of

personnel to be

trained as data

collectors

1. Favorable

government policies on

data storage and

retrieve

2. Existence of

National Identification

Programme

1. Inadequate of skill

in ICT in the district

2. Lack of funding for

data collection

1. No funding

from government

towards data

collection

2. High fees

charged by

consultants to

facilitate data

collection and

processing

Conclusion: the district has what it takes to increase its internal revenue mobilization which will ultimately


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Table 2.2 ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR

Development

Problem


1. Limited

market for non-

traditional

export

Commodities

e.g. Ginger,

black Pepper

1. Availability of

Land

2. Favorable

weather conditions

3. Availability of

Agaric. extension

officers

1. Favorable

government policies

2. Availability of

mass media to market

farm produce

1. Poor access roads

2. Obsolete

preservation methods

1. Influx of

foreign

produce

2. Rejection of

produce due to

use of chemicals

3. Inadequate

financial support

2. Inadequate

internet services

1. High patronage

from customers

1. Availability of

Investors

2. Many mobile net

1. Constant / rampant

Power outrages

1. Lack of

investment

enable the district achieve its planned activates developmental activities for the benefit of the district


KADJEBI DISTRICT

in the district

2. High expansion

rate of services

works

3. Availability of

Internet providers

2. Unrealizable net

work

Capital

3. Inadequate

skill training for

youth (TVET)

1. Availability of

trainable youth

2. Availability of

local trainers

1. Existence of

Investors

2. GOG/NGOs

involvement or

support

3. Government

policies on the

vulnerable and

excluded are favorable

1. Unorganized

vulnerable and

excluded people

2. Attitudinal barrier

3. Stigma and

discrimination against

the vulnerable and

excluded

1. Lack of

effective

carrier

counseling

service

2. Dependence

on government

interventions

4. Undeveloped

tourist

attractions in

the district

1. Availability of

Identified tourist

attractions

1. Existence of Ghana

2. Tourist Board

3.Willingness of some

NGOs to promote

Tourism

1. Low awareness of

tourist attractions

2. Poor Accessibility

to tourist sites

3. Lack of a desk

officer to assist tourist

developers

1. Lack of

government

intervention

2. Lack of funds

for tourism

development

CONCLUSION: Public private partnerships exist but very limited .The district has a lot of potential that


KADJEBI DISTRICT

can be enormous benefit to investors in all areas of development. Challenges

5. Untapped

mineral

Deposits

1. Availability of

mineral deposits

2. Availability of

water bodies

1. Favorable

government policies

on mining

1. Potential land

disputes to come up

1.Environmental

degradation

2. Health

threats

CONCLUSION: The district has very attractive tourist sites and varied deposits of alluvial gold and

diamond in commercial quantities along the banks of rive Wawa. The Challenges that have been

identified can be managed to the benefit and development of the district.

Table 2.3 ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Development

Problem


1. Low agricultural

productivity

1. Availability of

Land

2.Availability of

Labour

3. Availability of

Extension officers

1. Availability of

financial

institutions to

provide credit

2. Favorable

government policy

on Agriculture

3. Favorable

climatic Conditions

1.Land disputes

and bush fires

2.Noncompliance

of modern Agric.

techniques

3.Lack of improved

storage facilities

4.Absence of active

1.High cost of

Agricultural inputs

2. Lack of

irrigation facilities

3. Influx of

cheaper imported

Agric. products

4.climate change


KADJEBI DISTRICT

eg. rainfall co-operative

farmers groups

2. Poor animal

husbandry

practices

1. Availability of

pasture

2. Availability of

Vertinary officers

.1 Availability of

animal drugs

(vaccine)

1. Disease

outbreak e.g.

new castle, foot rot,

swine fever

1. Disease out

breaks

2. Thefts of

animals

3. Lack of interest

in acqua-culture

activities

1. Land and Water

bodies

2. Availability of

Extension officers

and Labour

1.Favourable

government

policies on acqua-

culture

1. Lack of start-up

capital

1.Influx of

imported fish

4. Inadequate

agro-processing

facilities

1. Availability of

Land and Labour

2. Availability of

raw materials and

Farming groups

1. Favorable govt

.policies

2. Existence of

financial

institutions to offer

credit for Agro

processing

3. NGOs support

for Agro

Processing.

1. Poor

maintenance

culture

2. Lack of

effective market

1. Poor patronage

of made in Ghana

goods

2. Lack of capital

inflows

CONCLUSION: The district is agrarian and has everything that supports agriculture development to the

benefit of the people and others beyond. The Challenges con be managed to the advantage of the people in

the industry.

Table 2.4 INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Development

Problem


1. Lack of

electricity in

some

communities

1. Availability of

Labour

2. Availability of

Hydroelectricity

power in the

district

3. Availability of

some layouts

4. Few

communities exist

without power

1. Kadjebi District

prioritized under

SHEP programme

2. Existence of

National

Electricity grid

1. Bush fires

destroy electricity

poles

2. Unapproved

structures in some

communities for

electrification

1. High cost of

materials

2. Over

dependence on

Hydroelectricity

power supply

3.E C G office at

a nearby district

2. High level

of

Environmental

Degradation

1. Good

vegetation

coverage

2. Agro Forestry

in place

3. Ghana Fire

1. Youth in

afforestation

2. Forestry

department

1. Non availability

of effective of fire

volunteer squads

2. Non

enforcement of

EPA and

Environmental

bye-laws

1. Global

warming on

climate change


KADJEBI DISTRICT

Service exist

4. Environmental

bye-laws exist

3. Poor road

network in the

district

1. Department of

Feeder Roads

exist in the

district

2. Good road

building

Materials

3. Availability of

feeder roads

1. Availability of

local road

contractors

2. Availability of

road construction

equipment and

road building

materials

3. Existing of road

fund

1. Land disputes

2. Inadequate

compensation

to land owners

1. Lack of

sufficient

funds from

government

4.Proper

physical

planning and

development

agenda

1. Bye laws are

available

2.PWD and Town

and Country

officers are

available

1.Availability of

National Building

Regulation

(LI166)

2.Avalability of

donor support

(sister city)

1.No sector layouts

2Lack of logistics

3.Lack of

awareness of

building

regulations

1. Low level of

external support

to the office of

Town and

Country

Planning

department.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

5. Inadequate

school

Infrastructure

1. Availability of

Land

2.Building

materials

3.Availability of

Labour

4. Availability of

P. T. A.

support

5. Availability of

Community

support

1. N G Os exist

2. Financial

institutions

3. Government

and Donor

support exist

1. Inaccessible

school

communities

2. Lack of

community

commitment

1. Inadequate

funds

2. National

disaster

6. Inadequate

portable water

supply

1. Favorable

water table

2. Availability of

trained WATSAN

Committees

N G Os, Donor

and Governmental

support in

available

1. Default of water

bills

2. Inaccessible

communities

3. Lack of

accountability by

Water

1. Power

constraints

2. Over

depending on

Donor agencies

for funding

water projects


KADJEBI DISTRICT

board/WATSAN

4. Lack of rain

water harvesting

techniques

7. Poor sanitary

Conditions in

Communities

1. Presence of

Zoom lion

2. Availability of

Environmental

Health officers

3. Availability of

Cesspool emptier

and Refuse truck

1.Favorable

Government and

N G Os policies on

waste management

1. Poor layouts of

settlements

2. “Free range”

defecation

3. Bad attitudes of

people towards

good sanitary

practices

1. Inadequacy

of

Environmental

Health Staff

8.Inadequate

accommodation

for staff

1. Availability of

Land banks

2. Availability of

Labour and

building materials

1. Favorable

Government

housing policies

1. Land litigation

2. Payment of

compensation

3. Lack of

maintenance

culture

1. Natural

disaster.

2. Inadequate

financial support

from Central

government

CONCLUSION: The district is well placed to make good use of all available resources human and


KADJEBI DISTRICT

natural in order to bring development to the people of the district. CHALLENGES: The district is

determined to minimize the negatives as much as possible.

Table 2.5 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT

Development

Problem

Potential Opportunities Constraints Challenges

1. Poor

academic

performance in

schools

1. Existence of

some school

infrastructure

2. Availability of

SMCs/ PTAs

3. Availability of

pupils / students

1. Availability of

Free textbooks

2. Availability of

Capitation grant

3. Availability of

Feeding programme

4. Availability of

5. N G O’s interested

in education

1. Inadequate trained

teachers

2. Parents not

supporting their

wards

1. Delay in

release of

funds

2. Poor service

Condition for

teachers

3. Lack of

support for

Circuit

Supervisor

(C.S)


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2.Inadequate

support for

tertiary

education

1. Availability of

Senior High

Schools

2. Availability of

Qualified teachers

1. Availability of

Northern scholarship

2. C.M.B. schola

3. District Assembly

Support(DACF)

4. SNNIT Loans

1. Lack of parental

support due to

poverty

1. No tertiary

institution in

the district

3. High rate of

school drop out

especially

among girls

1. More girls in

school

2.Indigenous role

models exist

1. Gender equity

2.Government

policies favour girl -

child education

3.NGOs interest in

girl –child education

1. Traditional beliefs

and sexual

harassment do not

favour child

education

2. Existence of

Child labour

1. Influence of

Foreign

cultures

2.High poverty

levels among

citizens


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4.Insufficient

community

involvement in

school

management

1. Presence of,

SMC/PTA

2. Availability of

Unit committees

1. D. E. O. C.

D. E. P. T.

C / S

1.Low level of

Education of

committee members

2. Lack of

managerial skills

1. Supervisory

outfit not

resourced

enough

6. High

prevalent rate

of disease e.g.

Malaria,

HIV/AIDs

1.Availability of

Health Institutions

e.g. clinics

2. Availability of

National Health

Insurance Scheme

1. Support from

NGOs

1. Lack of

Education

2. No attitudinal

change

1. Influence of

foreign

cultures

Table 2.6 Transparent and Accountable Governance

Development

Problem


1.Non-functional

1.Well structural

1.Donor support

1.Non-payment of

allowances to operators of

the sub-structures

1. Unclear

government policy

on the payment of


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sub-structures of

the District

Assembly

decentralized system

2. Availability of

funding e.g.

DACF,IGF

3. Availability of

human resource

2.Intervention

from District

Development fund

(DDF)

2. Lack of transparency/

Accountability

3.Lack of proper

infrastructure

at the sub-district

4. Litigation of sitting

certain Area Council

Headquarters

salaries/allowances

for the operators of

sub-structures

2. Inadequate

motivation for

Assembly

members to

perform

efficiently

1. Some support for

Assembly members

from the various

communities

2. Support from the

District Assembly’s

Resources for

Assembly members

1. Favourable

government

policies towards

decentralization

1. Weak internally

generated fund

2. The position of

Assembly members is not

well recognized by the

community

1. Unclear policy

of paying

allowances for

Assembly

members

2. Unwillingness of

Government to pay

Salaries/allowances

for sub-structure

operators

(Assembly


KADJEBI DISTRICT

members)

3. Limited public

Awareness on

local governance

1. Availability of

Information Service

Department/NCCE/

Electoral Commission

2. The work and

influence of

Assembly members

3. Development

projects from the

District Assembly

1. The Media 1. Political Party affiliation

2. Inaccessibility of some

communities

1. Political

influence by

central government

4. Lack of

gender budgeting

for participation

1. Office of the

women Desk officer

exist

2. Women

involvement in

decision-making

3.Availability of

women gender groups

1. Ministry of

women and

children Affairs

exist

2. Various

external gender

supporting

agencies exist

1. Marginalization of

women in the various

communities

2. Presence of domestic

violence

1. No special

allocation of funds

on gender issues


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4. Domestic violence

law

5. Inadequate

general data

collection system

1. Availability of data

collection sources

2. 2010 Population

census Report

available

3. Availability of

personnel to be

trained for data

collection

1. Existence of

Equipment for

Data Collection

2. Presence of

National

Identification

Programme

1. Lack of funding for data

collection

2. Ignorance of importance

of data collection and

storage for retrieval

3. Wrong information by

the populace on data

collection

4. Few experts in I.C.T.

1. Little / No

support from

Central

Government on

data collection

2. Low level of

I.C.T. on data

collection

CONCLUSION: The goals and objectives of the district can be achieved to its fullest if good governance is adhered

to. The district has demonstrated that the opportunities and potentials are grounds to succeed. CHALLENGES: The

negatives can be turned into positives


KADJEBI DISTRICT

C H A P T E R THREE

DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

3.0 DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

The formulation of the Development programs and projects were partly influenced by the constraints,

potentials and opportunities identified from the Situation analysis and development priorities in the

district as well as the National Development focus within the Medium - Term National Development

Policy Framework (2014-2017).The Development of the district, therefore, focuses on the seven (6)

thematic areas of the Medium - Term National Development Policy Framework (2014-2017)

(MTNDPF) viz:

The district development goal

To promote a sustainable socio-economic development of the district through good governance,

active private sector participation and human resource development.

Table 3.0 Development Goals Objectives and Strategies

Thematic Area Goals Objectives Strategies

Ensuring and

sustaining macro-

economic stability

To promote a

sustainable socio-

economic

development of the

district through good

governance, active

private sector

participation and

human resource

development.

To increase locally

generated funds by

40%

-Development of a reliable

revenue data base

-Motivate and provide logistic

for revenue collectors

-Enhance the capacity of

revenue collectors

-Sensitize tax payers in the

district.

-Widen the tax net ( value and


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collect property rats)

Enhancing

competitiveness in

Ghana’s private

sector

To promote a

sustainable socio-

economic

development of the


governance, active

private sector

participation and

human resource

development.

To promote the

marketing of non –

traditional crops in the

district

To promote

sustainable

development through

private collaboration

and tourism in the

district

Accelerated

agricultural

modernization and

sustainable

natural resource

management

To promote a

sustainable socio-

economic

development of the


governance, active

private sector

participation and

human development

To increase

agricultural

productivity by 15%

-Provision of effective

extension service delivery to

farmers

Supply of improved Agro

imputes

Provision of Micro credit

facility to farmers

Reduce post-harvest losses

Diversify agriculture

production e.g. rearing of


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snails and grasscutters,

bee keeping , and fish farming.

Intensify veterinary service to

farmers and

introduce hybrid animals

Promote effective

management of small

scale agro processing

industries

Supply machinery/equipment

to 4 viable small-scale agro-

based industries

-support viable small-scale

agro-based industries with

credit

-build the capacities of

operators of small-scale agro-

based manufacturers

Infrastructure,

Energy and

Human Settlement

To promote a

sustainable socio-

economic

development of the


governance, active

private sector

participation and

human development

Increase electricity

coverage in the district

-Enrol more communities to

benefit from the SHEP

-Increase DA support to

communities to national grids


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Promote spatially and

orderly development

of human settlements

in the district

Lobby for a physical Planning

Officer Posted to the district

-Provision of logistics in the

form of means of transport

-Form a district development

control unit

-Enforcement of D/A byelaws

Human

development,

productivity and

employment

To promote a

sustainable socio-

economic

development of the


governance, active

private sector

participation and

human development

To Improve academic

performance in the

basic level

Improve quality health

service delivery all

over the district

-Improve school infrastructure

-Strengthen and empower

SMCs and PTAs

-Sponsor teacher trainers

-Strengthen the supervisory

role of Circuit Supervisors

Provide accommodation for

teachers

-Improve health infrastructure

-Train more health personnel

with D/A support

-increase public education on


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Preventive Health care.

Transparent and

accountable

governance

To strengthen -to strengthen sub-

structures of the

District Assembly to

perform their roles

efficiently to

effectively create

public awareness on

local governance in

the 8 traditional

authorities and

maintain a budget for

gender activities

-provide remuneration and

logistics for Town/Area

Council staff

-capacity building for Staff of

Town/Area Councils,

Councillors, Unit Communities

-institute quarterly allowance

for Assembly members

-empower woman to

participate in local governance

- hold

durbars/seminars/workshop on

local governance

-use electronic, print media

and institution to create

awareness on governance

-encourage woman to

participate in decision making

process.

Increase safety of

people’s lives and

their property

-Increase the participation of

locals their community

security activities-

-increase community safety


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awareness

-strengthen the capacity of the

courts to deliver justice

-increase community education

about CHRAJ and NCCE

3.1 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS FOR 2014-2017

3.1.1 Population Projections-‘

It is important to know about the current and future needs of the district in order to make informed decisions as

to what kind of interventions to make. The future socio-economic needs of the Kadjebi District are therefore

based on population projections.

Development Prospects for 2014-2017

Population Projections for the Planned Period

Population is the central issue in any development activity. Population projections are undertaken to guide the

provision of social and economic facilities and services. The population projections for the next 4 years are

based on the 2010 projected population. The projected population for the District during the plan period is

indicated in the table below:


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Table 3.1 Total Projected Population of Kadjebi District (2014 – 2017)

YEAR

2014

2015

2016

2017

PROJECTED

POPULATION

59,951

60,879

62,093

64,330

Projection of Sex and Age Structure

Sex and Age distribution within the planned period is also analyzed in order to provide a framework of

providing infrastructure and services to meet the specific needs of individuals in each of the specific sex and

broad age groupings, since their needs differ. The projected population structure by sex and age are summarized

in table’s kind of interventions to make below:

Table 3.2 Projected Sex Compositions – Kadjebi District (2014 – 2017)

YEAR

GENDER

2014 2015 2016 2017

MALE 29,951 32,867 33,491 34,128

FEMALE 29,352 31,012 31,601 32,202

TOTAL 59,951 63,879 65,092 66,330

Table 3.3 Projected Age Composition, Kadjebi District (2010 – 2013)

YEAR

AGE

GROUP

2014 2015 2016 2017

0 – 14 24,369 25,240 25,720 26,208


KADJEBI DISTRICT

15 – 64 32,414 35,583 36,257 36,948

64 + 3,168 3,056 3,115 3,174

Total 59,951 63,879 65,092 66,330

3.1.2 Potable Water

Potable water supply in the District is not adequate. This implies that large investments should be channeled to

the provision of water to the estimated population. Only Kadjebi, Ahamansu, Pampawie, Dapaa, Dodi-

Mempeasem, Dodi-Papase and Asato are served with pipe borne water supply.

The current and estimated water needs of the District are summarized in Tables 35 and 36, as rural and urban

water needs respectively.

Table 3.4 Projected Water Needs for the Rural Population of Kadjebi District (2014 – 2017)

Y e a r Rural Population

(Projected)

Coverage (%) Population Covered Backlog

(Population)

No. of Water Points

Needed

2014 62,688 82 36,359 26,329 82

2015 63,879 85 35,772 28,107 90

2016 65,093 89 34,499 30,594 101

2017 66,330 94 33,165 33,165 113

Table 3.5 Water Supply for the Urban Population, Kadjebi District (2014)

Y e a r Urban Population with Pipe

borne water supply

Actual population

coverage

% Coverage

No of stand post


KADJEBI DISTRICT

2014

43,205

39,434

69.9

244

The information in the tables indicates that there is the need for huge investment into both rural and urban water

supply in the plan period.

3.1.3 Education

Education plays an essential role in the social, economic, political and cultural development of societies. It is

the policy of government to develop the human resource base of the nation, under the Medium - Term National

Development Policy Framework (MTNDPF) through expansion of existing education facilities and construction

of new ones. The projections of Kadjebi District educational facilities are as follows:

Table 3.6 Projected Primary School Needs, Kadjebi District

Year District

Population

No. of

Children between

5 – 12 years

Participatory

Rate (%)

Enrol-

ments

Existing

No. of Schools

Need Surplus

2014 59,303 14,445 64.9 9,383 78 34 42

2015 63,879 15,167 65.0 9,858 78 36 40

2016 65,092 15,929 64.9 10,3563 78 38 38

2017 66,330 16,729 64.9 10,873 78 40 36


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Table 3.7 Projected J.S.S. Needs Kadjebi District

Year District

Population

No. of

Children

between

12-15

Participatory

Rate (%)

Enrolments Existing

No. of

Schools

Need Surplus

2014 62,688 8,372 37.3 3,126 41 34 2

2015 63,879 8,792 38.5 3,384 41 36 0

2016 65,092 9,234 40 3,693 41 38 -2

2017 66,330 9,698 45 4,364 41 70 -4

Table 3.8 Projected Kindergarten Needs Kadjebi District

Year District

Population

No. of

Children

between

1- 4

Participatory

Rate (%)

Enroll

ments

Existing

No. of

Schools

Need Surplus


KADJEBI DISTRICT

2014 62,688 6,915 39.9 2,762 69 34 3

2015 63,879 7,327 42.0 3,077 69 36 1

2016 65,092 7,695 45.0 3,462 69 38 -1

2017 66,330 8,081 50.0 4,040 69 40 -3

Tables 37, 38, 39 suggest that the District has more than its share of basic and pre-school educational facilities.

However, this is an abstraction of the reality of the situation on the ground. Field surveys revealed that in spite

of the fact that there are a lot of schools within the District their location is skewed in favour of a few big towns.

Remote and small settlements do not have schools. In addition to this some primary schools in the District have

only 3 classrooms or majority of pupils attend classes under trees.

There has also been a recent reduction in the number of trained teachers in the schools, leaving many of the

schools without adequate trained teachers. This problem has been attributed to the lack of accommodation and

incentive packages for teachers to accept posting to rural areas.

The problems enumerated above and many other issues such as poor conditions of school blocks, poor road

access and the national policy of Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) makes it imperative for

the District Assembly to address the imbalances in the educational sector in terms of distribution of schools,

provision of teachers and improving educational infrastructure in order to improve the low quality of education

in the district. In recognition of this important and vital task, of the district’s educational facility and teacher

requirement, serious intervention is being sought for this sub sector.


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3.1.4 H e a l t h

Health is one of the basic to human development. The decentralized health delivery system includes Primary

Health Care (PHC). This system lays emphasis on preventive, curative and rehabilitating measures. The

system could be operated at three levels based on the size of the population. These levels are:

Health facility Population threshold

i. Health Clinic/CHPS - 200 – 5,000

ii. Health Centre - 5,000 – 10,000

iii. District hospital - 10,000 - 175,000

On the basis of the above, the Kadjebi District does not require new Health facility but up-grading,

rehabilitation and expansion of the existing facilities.

3.1.5 Housing

The shortage of office and residential accommodation in the District is the biggest problem facing the District

Administration in attracting and retaining staff in the district. Field surveys reveal that a large proportion of the

housing stock in the district is substandard houses with inadequate domestic sanitation. The provision of

modern accommodation is therefore very necessary if the district wishes to attract and retain staff and

investment.

It is in response to this urgent need for improved housing facilities that the development plan is proposing

rehabilitation of some existing housing stocks and the construction of new ones.

3.1.6 Agriculture and Agro-processing Industries

The strategy for economic development of the district is to increase output and productivity levels of agriculture

and Small-Scale Agro processing industrial activities through the application of improved appropriate


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technology. Agriculture is to serve as the lead sector for a strategic entry point to reduce poverty, stimulate

growth and produce multiplier effects that will positively affect other sectors of the economy e.g. Small Scale

Industries. The cultural tourism potential of the District will also be show cased during the plan period. It is

envisaged that these will lead to increase employment opportunities and incomes within the District.

3.1.7 Environmental Management

Poverty reduction and wealth creation among residents to large extents depends on both the natural and built

environment. It is only logical therefore for the district to take steps to promote a sound environment through

curtailing activities or practices that cause the environmental degradation.

Activities of mining firms, palm oil producing industries wood processing industries palm wine tapers and

hunters need a closer look terms of abiding with the bye laws and education as well.

3.1.8 Projection of Rural-Urban Spilt

The projection of the rural-urban population ratio is designed to simulate an end state of the District’s

settlement pattern at the end of the planned period in order to pre-empt the socio-economic challenges that are

associated with urbanization and lobe sided spatial development. Presented in the table below is the projected

Rural-Urban Spilt of the district.

Table 3.9 Projected Rural –Urban Spilt, Kadjebi District

Year Urban

Population

% Rural

Population

% District

Population

2014 12,537 20 50,150 80 62,688

2015 13,414 21 50,464 79 63,879

2016 14,320 22 50,771 78 65,092


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2017 15255 23 51,074 77 66,330

From Table 40 the urban population proportion will increase from 20% to 23% by the end of the plan period. In

2017 urbanites will constitute as much as 23% of the District population. It is significant to note that though a

large percentage of the District urban dwellers will be residing in Kadjebi town, however towns such as Dodi-

Papase, Poase-Cement and Dodo-Amanfrom will be at the brink of achieving urban status in long term.

Based on the projections above the spatial development framework will seek to promote equity and efficiency

in resource allocation. To this end, deficient areas will be provided for. A three-tier approach to achieve an

efficient spatial organization and settlement hierarchy will be adopted over the plan period.

3.1.9 Good Governance/District Management and Administration

The success of the implementation of this Medium Term Development Plan (2014 - 2017) depends on creating

an enabling environment in which all residents of the district could contribute meaningfully to a sustainable

socio-economic development during the four year plan period. In achieving this end, sound administrative and

institutional structures must be put in place at the District Assembly, the District Administration and Sub

District levels.

3.1.10 Financial Projections

The implementation of Medium Term Development Plan requires a massive inflow of resources and prudent

financial management .The following estimates are the expected revenue for the District.

Table 3.10Projected Revenue for Kadjebi District Assembly

Source of

Revenue

Y e a r

2010 2011 2012 2013

Internal 230,169.00 253,185.00 278,503.00 306,353.00


KADJEBI DISTRICT

External 1,600,000.00

1,760,000.00 1,936,000.00 2,129,600.00

T o t a l 1,623,169.00 2,013,185.00 2,214,503.00 2,435,953.00

Table 3.10 reveals that the District will still be depending on external inflows to support projects and

programmes under this development plan. However, strategies to increase the quantum and proportion of

internally generated funds will be pursued. The strategies include

Continuous public education on paying taxes

A reliable economic data

Updated property valuation data

Vibrant monitoring and supervision regimes

Committed and dedicated revenue collectors

Means of transport

Midterm evaluation of level of progress

3.2 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Good governance is among the surest ways of binging out poverty which is endemic among the rural farmers

and farm workers of the population who are mostly women

Good governance at the basic level involves the sub-structures of the district assembly made up of Town/

Zonal,/Area Councils and Unit Committees (TZACUCs) who actually identifies the developmental needs of

themselves in their action plans and commit portions of ceded revenues in collaboration with the

Metropolitan Municipal and District (MMDs) to address their developmental gabs so as to reduce poverty. This

has become very necessary because a number of policies adopted by successive governments have been

ineffective to bring the needed developmental changes


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Some local economic development activities

Promotion of Tourism

Promote environmental hygiene


KADJEBI DISTRICT

C H A P T E R FOUR

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND BUDGETING

4.0 INTRODUCTION

The Town and Area Councils formed one of the bases of the Development Programs of the District in the

MTDP serious consideration was given to the programs policies and projects identified during the poverty

mapping exercise. This we hope would give meaning to the MTDPF development strategy which is the

framework within which the MTDP is being prepared.

Using the Town and Area Councils as a basis for the pro poor programming, the 5 Area and 1 Town Councils

were ranked according to their poverty status. The studies showed the following ranking of Sub Districts:

Also the District plan has been formulated for projects policies and programmes whose implementation will

lead to the realization of the Districts overall goal for the Medium Term Development Plan (2014-2017) .To

Promote Sustainable Socio- Economic Development of the District through Good Governance ,Active Private

Sector Participation and Human Resource Management

Introduction to Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Kadjebi District

Kadjebi District characterized with very high rainfall pattern to support livelihood of predominantly farmers

has for the past years witnessed some adverse impact due to degradation of various forms. Large areas of the

district’s cropland and forest are now seriously degraded as a result of bush burning and mining activities. The

effect of these forms of land degradation on crop production has so far been masked by the increasing levels of

agricultural inputs that are used.

Land degradation is also altering hydrological conditions where vegetative cover is removed, the soil surface is

exposed to the impact of raindrops which causes a sealing of the soil surface. Less rain then infiltrates the soil.


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Runoff increases, stream flows fluctuate more than before, flooding becomes more frequent and extensive, and

streams and springs become ephemeral. These conditions encourage erosion; as a result, sediment loads in

rivers are increasing.

In a nut shell, the various form of land degradation (deforestation, bush burning alluvial mining) impact

negatively on the major source of livelihood of farmers. The district must in turn take on seriously erosion to

reclaim the lands for agriculture use. Adding to it, lumbering should be controlled if not stopped.

The Medium Term Development Strategic Policy Framework acknowledges the causal link, which exists

between the state of the environment and Poverty and makes reference to the need for Strategic Environmental

Assessment (SEA) in order to ensure that economic growth arising from the Medium Term Development

Strategic Policy Framework is sustainable.

Kadjebi as an agrarian district with over 70 % of the people’s livelihood depending on the agriculture in one

form or the other needs to take care of the environment than ever.

To make the programmes sustainable, the District decided to carry out an environmental assessment of all

programmes and activities in the DMTDP. This is being tackled by using the Strategic Environmental

Assessment (SEA) as a tool to assess the sustainability of Projects/programmes outlined in the DMTDP. An

attempt has been made to come up with strategies and activities to mitigate some of the negative impacts that

will result from the implementation of the projects, programs and policies formulated.

Key Areas of concern for Poverty Reduction

Agriculture for that matter the environment has a major influence on the economy of the people hence the

district has identified the following;

(A) Effects on vegetation (flora)

Rivers and Water bodies


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Protected areas and wild life (fauna)

(B) Effects on social and cultural conditions

Health and well being

Job creation

(C) Effects on Economy

Local investment of capital

Economic Growth

Performance of Individual Projects ,programmes and policies

(A) Effects of projects, programs and policies on natural resources

From the sustainability test, it can be seen that the implementation of the plan will have a very great positive

impact on the natural resources and environment. For instance, programs to

A) Sensitize farming communities on the use of environmentally friendly technologies and practices,

B) Form a taskforce to enforce existing environmental bye-laws and regulations,

C) Enforcing the ban on the use of chainsaw machines and arrest poachers

D) Education on practical fire techniques and the strict enforcement of byelaws on bush burning

C) Continuous monitoring of mining sites

D) Enforce the replanting of trees by loggers (woodlots)

The following recommendations are proposed for implementation;

1. Funds should be made available to undertake mitigation measures

2. There should be constant and effective monitoring of the plan implementation in order to ensure that the

mitigation measures are carried out effectively.


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3. The local people should be involved in the Strategic Environmental Assessment so that sustainable development

can be achieved.

4. Collaboration with key departments and agencies such as the Ghana National Fire Service and the

Environmental Protection Agency during the implementation of key activities that is likely to have serious

impact on the environment.

Table 4.0 EFFECTS OF PROJECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR MITIGATION

MEASURES

PROGRAMS AND

POLICIES

ADVERSE EFFECT MITIGATION MEASURES ESTIMATED

COST GH¢

Alluvial gold and diamond

mining activities

Destruction/pollution

of farm lands and

rivers

1. Reclamation of degraded

lands (2) Provide boreholes for

affected communities.

250,000

Construction of new

feeder roads and upgrade of

old once

Effects include

removal of forest cover

and sand winning

Replanting of trees and refilling

pits used for sand winning sand

160,000

Upgrade KHC to hospital,

Construct CHPs compound and

school facilities

Degraded lands as a

result of various

projects

Replant trees and refill pits used

For sand winning

140,000

Processing wood into

plywood and several other

wood products

Loss of economic trees

and destruction of the

ecosystem

Enforcing of byelaws, public

education, effective monitoring

Establish forestry department.

Tree planting

100,000


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Composite Programme of Action (POA)

For the achievement of the goal and objectives of the District Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP) under

the Medium Term Development Plane Frame work (20117 – 2017), a prioritized set of activities have been

compiled to cover the 4 year planning period.


KADJEBI DISTRICT

C H A P T E R FIVE

FORMULATION OF ANNUAL ACTION PLANS (2014 – 2017)

The Annual Action Plans are drawn out of the Composite Programmes of Action (POA) of the Medium-Term

Development Plan (2014 -2017). The programmes and activities of the POA for the four (4) year planning

period have been phased-out year by year as follows for implementation: -

5.1 Plan Implementation

The implementation of the projects and programmes has been carefully phased out year by year. The

implementation plan specified the projects to be undertaken, the location, estimated cost, duration of

implementation, and the lead agencies during implementation, source of funding and monitoring agency. The

projects identified are packaged under the following themes:

Ensuring and Sustaining Macro-Economic Stability

Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector

Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement

Human Development, Productivity and Employment

Transparent and Accountable Governance

5.2 INDICATIVE FINANCIAL PLAN

5.2.1 Costing the plan

GH¢ 17,383,431.97 is the total estimated cost for the Medium Term Plan of the District is be implemented


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Breakdown of the estimated cost of the plan is presented the table below


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C H A P T E R SIX

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

6.0 INTRODUCTION

Any organization like Kadjebi district assembly (sub –districts ) which has a responsibility involved in

funding, supporting or implementing projects or Programme wants to know to what extent the activities are

implemented according to plan and to what extent these activities bring about the intended results most cases

there is a formal or informal system that provides information about progress of activities and results to help in

Identification of successes and risks as they occur and assists them management and other stakeholders in

steering the intervention in the right direction.

Why Monitoring and Evaluation?

Kadjebi District Assembly has adopted Monitoring and Evaluation which has the principles in the form of

tools and activities that ends up in making dreams a reality through the efficient and effective adherence of the

dictates of M & E. Monitoring and Evaluation are important in their specific objectives, their roles and in

project/Programme cycle and the methods that are used. Monitoring and Evaluation is generally considered as

an integral part of the management system of an intervention, among others, for accountability and learning

purposes.

6.0.1 Kadjebi District Assembly Monitoring, Evaluation and Planning

During the planning process an attempt will be made to reach a common understanding among the main

stakeholders Kadjebi district assembly, town and area councils and communities about the problems to be

addressed and how the project will contribute to improvements for clearly defined beneficiary’s .An analysis

will be made of problems and potential solutions and the choice what the project will contribute to these

solutions will be motivated. Objectives will be formulated and expected outputs as well as activities and

required resources will be defined. Indicators that specify targets, beneficiaries and milestones for the project

are discussed and agreed upon. External factors and conditionality’s that may be important for success or failure

of the project will be identified and assess


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Monitoring

Kadjebi District Assembly uses Monitoring as a continuing function that uses systematic collection of data on

specified indicators to provide management and the main stakeholders of an ongoing development intervention

with indications of the extent of progress and achievement of objectives and progress in the use of allocated

fund being District Assembly Common Fund, (DACF) District Development Fund (DDF) Internally Generated

Fund (IGF) or Donor Fund (DF). A monitoring team comprising DPCU and other stakeholders regularly

supervises work progress.

Evaluation

Kadjebi district will evaluate and assess what progress the project, programme or policy has made and will

analyze what are the main reasons behind success or failure. The main focus of evaluation will be on the

question to what extent the project, Programme or policy has achieved its principal objectives and what where

the critical factors determining success or failure. The evaluation will assess what changes have occurred in the

position of beneficiaries as a result of the intervention taking place. It will investigate the changes which were

planned, as well as those which were unexpected. The evaluation will look behind the hard facts but will also

try to get answers to the more difficult questions such as

1) Why do people not use the new water pumps?

2) Why are people in one district more active in practicing soil conservation programmers than in a

neighboring district?

3) Was the strategy chosen by the intervention effective?

4) How did the project/Programme management respond to increasing knowledge and insights gained?

5) To what extent have (changing) external factors influenced the success? of the intervention and how has the

intervention reacted to those

Empowerment of primary stakeholders

Monitoring and Evaluation may create opportunities for beneficiaries, project staff and other stakeholders to

reflect critically on the intervention’s direction and help decide on improvements. Provided that the opinions


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and ideas of the different stakeholder are taken up seriously, M&E may contribute to a more meaningful

involvement and participation and a greater feeling of ownership. Genuine participatory M&E may contribute

to a strengthening of the capacity of beneficiary organizations to express their wishes, priorities and aspiration

Analyzing the Various Need of Stakeholders

Not all information has to be shared with all stakeholders as some information may not be relevant to them.

Different stakeholder’s information needs must be very well noted and be made readily available in a way that

can be well comprehended. It must be clear about different people’s motivation for getting involved in M&E.

The community people have different information needs than donors and it may be impossible to satisfy all

these needs with one M&E system. It may be wise to decide on separate or complementary M&E systems

serving different stakeholders needs

Table 6.0 Analyzing the Various Needs of Stakeholders

IDENTIFIABLE STAKEHOLDERS STAKEHOLDER’S INFORMATION

NEEDS AND RESPONSIBILITY

User community Provide useful information and eager to sea

project ,programme or policy role

Passive participation Stakeholders respond to requests for

information

District Assembly

User Agency/Department

Policy formulation

Project Programme implementation

Active participation Stakeholders are involved in deciding what

information should be collected ,methods to be

used and analysis of data

Ownership and empowerment Stakeholders play a key role in selecting criteria

and indicators for measuring progress and call

staff to account for performance .stakeholders


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decide on interventions and

Regional coordinating council Coordinating the various stakeholders

Ministries and departments Action plans and progress reports

Donor agencies and development

partners

Progress reports

Media General information

Table 6.1 Monitoring and Evaluation Matrix

GOAL: To promote a sustainable socio-economic development of the district through god governance ,

active sector participation and human resource development

Objective: Increase internal revenue generation by 10% each year

INDICAT

ORS

INDICAT

OR TYPE

BASEL

INE

2013

TARGET DATA

SOUR

CES

MONITORI

NG

FREQUEN

CY

RESPONSIBILI

TIES 201

4

201

5

201

6

20

17

Increase

internal

revenue

generation

by 40% by

2017

Output 83,596.

89

8% 12

%

13

%

7% Dist.

Fin.

Office

Quarterly Finance and

Administration

sub Committee.

To promote

the

marketing

of non-

traditional

crops in the

district

by15%

annually

Promote

Outcome

3%

&

2%

4%

&

3%

4%

&

3%

4%

&

2%

DPCU,

Sub-

structur

es

Quarterly Dev. Planning

Sub-

Committee.

DPCU.


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tourism by

10% every

year

Increase

agricultural

productivit

y by 15%

per annum

Output 4% 4% 4% 3% DPCU

MoFA

Quarterly Dept. of Agric

Increase

accessibilit

y to ten

(10) 14 %

more

farming

communiti

es by 1017

Output 2,

3.5

%

2,

3.5

%

2,

3.5

%

2,

3.5

%

DWD,

Dept.

of

Feeder

roads

Quarterly


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C H A P T E R SEVEN

7.0 COMMUNICATION PLAN

The Medium Term Development Strategic Policy Framework (MTDSPF) outlines that this chapter summarizes

arrangement proposed to disseminate the contents of the plan and achievements to all stakeholders.

Below is an activity table of purpose, duration and responsibility

Table7.0 Activity table of purpose, duration and responsibility

Activity Purpose Stakeholders Timeframe Responsibility

Community

education and

sensitization

To educate and

create

awareness of

the MTDP

Assembly

members,

Community

members,

opinion

leaders.

Quarterly DPCU

Meet political

organizations

To accept

(DMTDA) as

working

document

DCE, MP ,

PM,

Subcommittee

chairmen

Annually DPCU

General

assembly

meetings

Approval and

adoption of

assembly plans

.MTDP,AAP,

Assembly

members,

departmental

heads chiefs

and opinion

leaders

Annually DCD,PDO,PM

Executive

committee

meetings

Selection of

projects for

implementation

Committee

members and

departmental

heads

Annually DCD,PDO,PM

Subcommittee

and area

council

meetings

Selection of

projects for

implementation

Committee

members and

departmental

heads

Annually DCD,PDO,PM


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In addition to the above, Annual Progress Reports (APR) and quarterly monitoring reports will be prepared

made available to all mandated stakeholders especially NDPC and RCC.

7.1 CONCLUSION

The Medium Term Development Plan guides the Kadjebi District Assembly towards achieving the goals set to

bring development to its people. The plan is designed for the period 2014-2017 as provided in the MTDPF and

contains six thematic areas;

Ensuring and Sustaining Macro-Economic Stability

Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector

Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement

Human Development, Productivity and Employment

Transparent and Accountable Governance

The plan is expected to address a number of socio-economic problems that militate against the development of

the District as well as improving on the previous interventions. In line with the overall goal of improving the

living standard of the people in the District through effective resource mobilization, the plan is expected to

guide the District in tapping and maximizing its socio-economic potentials of the District as well as

development of the small scale business sector.

The proposed Development Plan is expected to be financed by the District Assembly with District Assembly

Common Fund (DACF), District Development Fund DDF, Government of Ghana (GoG) and other individual

and international Donors like VNG. International (Dutch Partners) All Decentralized Departments in the

District will be mobilized to ensure effective implementation of the plan. A monitoring and evaluation

framework will be designed to ensure effective development and management in the District.


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Second Public Hearing Report

Name of District- Kadjebi District

Region- Volta Region

Names of Area Council- Dodo and Dodi Area Councils

Venue- Chiefs Palace

Date- 11th, June 2014

Medium of Invitation - Letters and phone calls.

Identifiable Representatives- Chiefs, Departmental Heads, DPCU, PM, Sub-Committee Chairmen, Assembly

Members, Teachers, Opinion Leaders, Traders, Farmers.

Total Number of Persons at Hearing

Gender Ratio

Language used during hearing: Twi and Ewe

Issues at hearing: high cost of transporting farm produce and bad roads

General level of participatory: Satisfactory




Names of Area Council- Ampeyo, Pampawuie, Dapaa and Ahamasu Area Councils

Venue- Pampawuie Community Center



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Mode of Invitation - Letters and phone calls.

Identifiable Representatives- Chiefs, Departmental Heads, DPCU, PM, Sub-Committee Chairmen,

Assembly Members, Teachers, Opinion Leaders, Religious Leaders Traders, Farmers.


Issues at public hearing: high cost of transporting farm produce, water and bad roads

General level of participatory: Satisfactory




Names of Councils- Kadjebi Town and Asato Area Councils

Venue- Budu Community Center: Asato


Mode of Invitation - Letters and phone calls.

Identifiable Representatives- Chiefs, Departmental Heads, DPCU, PM, Sub-Committee Chairmen, Assembly

Members, Teachers, Opinion Leaders, Traders, Farmers.

Total Number of Persons at Hearing

Gender Ratio



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Issues at hearing: high cost of transporting farm produce, inadequate water supply and street lights, bad or

non-existing community access roads.

General level of participatory: Very Satisfactory

Level of involvement and participation

At all times, stakeholders, opinion leaders the people who need to participate at one point in time during the

preparation of the Medium Term Development Plan are made to be available. The participants are always given

enough advance notice to consult, research, deliberate and prepare so as to be fully part of the activities of the

plan preparation.

Accent to Acceptance of Public Hearing Report

District Chief Executive……………………….. Hon. Alabinde Asngoode Jacob

Presiding Member……………………………… Hon. Nana Hayward Yaidoo

District Co-Coordinating Director……………… Mr. John Kennedy Cobbah

District Planning Officer………………………. Mr. Komla Anthony Fouster

Chairman Devt.Plann. Sub-Com………………. Dr. Christian Anthony Krugah

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