HON. TAMIMU HALIDU URGED HIS DISTRICT MEMBERS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
As part of efforts to deepen community engagement and assess development needs in the Municipality, Hon.Tamimu Halidu, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwahu West, undertook a familiarisation tour of 4 Communitie’s to interact directly with traditional leaders, opinion Leaders, and Residents
The municipality aimed at strengthening the collaboration between the municipal assembly and local communities to discuss issues of effective policy implementation
In his address, Hon. Halidu Tamimu assured the community of the Assembly’s commitment to addressing their concerns with available resources and urged residents to support and participate actively in local governance
The well-attended community engagement meeting provided a platform for Residents to voice out their concerns and development priorities like “Youth unemployment, Health Hazard of Landfill” site management and many more.”
In Furtherance, the Community engagement sought to discussed activities of environmental waste management issue as Kwahu West Municipality faces a threat of disease outbreak since, it’s landfill sites has reached full capacity due to lack of engineered and inproper waste disposal infrastructure.
He therefore expressed his awareness of residents’ opposition to the dumpsites that are located near their communities as a major challenge, and the difficulty is finding proper managing suitable sites.
Story by Janet Kwaakye(Poma Poma)
