Distirct Chief Executive for Yilo Krobo Hon. Andrews Sodah
The Yilo Krobo district assembly has held the eight ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the Assembly on the 6th and 7th of October 2009.
Delivering his key note address the District Chief Executive (DCE) Hon. Andrews Sodah suggested to the assembly to pass a resolution to enable management acquire all the land around the Boti falls in the Yilo Krobo District of the Eastern Region compulsorily to attract investors for better development.
The DCE said this had become the last resort because all efforts by the assembly to resolve the misunderstanding between the land owners and the assembly had proved futile.
According to him (DCE), in spite of the successful organization of this year’s 1st July celebrations through the collaboration of the assembly and landowners, over six thousand Ghana cedi being revenue generated is yet to be retrieved from the landowners.
On education, the DCE Hon. Andrews Sodah also expressed his concern about the fallen standard of education in the Yilo Krobo District.
He explained that although the district recorded 41.3% at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for 2008/2009 academic year as against 39.9% for 2007/2008 academic year it was still not the best. To this effect the District Director of education has constituted a committee to investigate the fallen standard of education in the district, said by the DCE.
The DCE therefore encouraged the assembly members to assist the committee in its work and participate fully in the process to bring out a lasting solution to the problem.
The DCE also charged the Assembly members to make sure that decision taken at Assembly meetings were carried to citizens of their communities as their communities are also stakeholders of the assembly.
The DCE again challenged the assembly members to make use of the few opportunities available at the assembly to upgrade themselves academically as they are role models in their various communities. He also touched on the state of insecurity in the district and urged members to report people with questionable characters to the police for investigation to be conducted, adding that some of the armed robbers had relocated from the big cities to the district levels.
The DCE then pledged the assembly’s support to the police urging them to do their best to combat crime in the district.
By: Doris N. Sodjah (ISD, Somanya)
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