Political Leaders and Heads of Departments warned of Latterness to Programmes- Regional Minister U/E

The Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Bukari Ayine has issued a warning to Political leaders and Heads of Departments of lateness to programmes.

The warming was issued during the first meeting of the Regional Coordinating Council for the year 2018 which some of the political leaders, heads of departments and some of the technocrats arrived at the function very late when the Regional Minister and the Chief Director of the Regional Coordinating Council RCC had finished reading their addresses.

The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council RCC warned all the fifteen Municipal and District Assemblies in the region including heads of department and technocrats that henceforth anybody who attends function organized in the Region late would be turned away and sanctioned.

The Regional Minister indicated that, as the highest political authority in the Region, lateness cannot be tolerated as it sets bad precedents to subordinates and others.

In his welcome address, the Chief  Director of the RCCoordinating Council, Alhaji Mahamadu Azonko reencountered instances where many of the leaders attended functions very late  whilst others to do not attend at all citing the last independence day  celebration among other examples and noted that such negative trend does not augur well.

The   Regional Minister in his speech explained that the first meeting of the Regional Coordinating Council for the year 2018, was in fulfillment of the Local Government Act 936 of 2016, which mandates all the Regional Coordinating Councils throughout the country to hold at least two ordinary meetings in a year to deliberate on how to chart the way forward  for accelerated development.

The meeting brought together stakeholders including Municipal and District Chief Executives, Technocrats, Heads of Departments, the Media among others.

Mr. Bukari mentioned low revenue mobilization as one of the major challenges confronting the Municipal and District Assemblies MDAs in the region, and call on the political heads and the technocrats to initiate pragmatic measures to help tackle the problem. 

On security, the Regional Minister indicated that the Regional Security Council REGSEC would continue to work hard to ensure the region become very calm to engender development and appealed to the MDAs to support the security agencies to intensify their patrols.

He said all the MDAs, are tasked to provide residential and office accommodation for Judiciary staff to help enhance administration of justices   in their respective areas.

The Regional Minister stated that the RCC would not relent in its supervision and monitoring roles, saying they will ensure that abandoned projects in Senior High Schools in the region are completed to help address the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy.

Mr Bukari stressed that the water problem in the Bongo and Kassena-Nankana West Districts and other parts of the region will be tackled and also to scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation CLTS in many communities in the region aimed at tackling Open Defecation.