Highlights of Savelugu municipal assembly development under Hajia Ayishatu

Story; Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Editor in Chief ||

One of the major achievements of the Savelugu Municipal assembly will be in education. Ending 2019 at the studios of Sanutu Zambang, the Municipal Chief Executive of Savelugu, Honourable Hajia Ayishatu talked revealed how passionate is about the future of children in her municipality hence the number of educational projects she is undertaking in her municipality to complement government effort in ensuring that every child is educated in the country.

One of such projects is a community library. In collaboration with the British Council and Oxfam, the MCE was able to get her people a library something that Kumbungu cannot boast of. In line with the president and Library Authority year of reading, Savelugu will join the rest of the country to engage people to read. In the Northern region, Savelugu can now boast to be part of the less than ten districts and municipality with a well-functioning library facility in their municipality.

Apart from the library project, in collaboration with the MP of the area, Alhaji Abdul Samed Gunu has also donated dual and mono desks to schools from the basic school to the senior high school to supplement what the schools already have.

The assembly efforts, GNPC and Ghana ports and harbor have also come to their aid to help get water for Pong Tamale senior high school and school for the deaf.

To ensure that teachers regular in school, the MCE with her education director has made is part of their routine to go around to school to check if the teacher is punctual to schools and are using the right methods to teach the kids. Through the Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, schools in her municipality were given the chief examiners reports and past questions to help them write their exams without difficulty.

In tackling sanitation issues especially open defecation, the assembly has innovated creative ways by building a disability-friendly toilet for all to use and this has led the assembly to win 25, 000 pounds for their effort in inclusive development. As apart of their effort to tackle open defecation, 15 communities were picked for a project to and 7 out of the total are now of free due to the project impact and the people willingness to adapt to change, hence the MCE has said they shall not relent on their effort to have an ODF free municipality.  

With water, through the Yoo Naa, have brought in the Turks to drill a borehole for the communities in the assemblies. Also, to rid themselves of the Kumbungu water system, the MCE in collaboration with the MP is working to bring water from Kanshegu to Savelugu. But for a lasting water supply system. The assembly is working to get its own water system in Savelugu. building a water system that will help the communities to get a stable water supply.

To improve the health delivery system in the municipality, the assembly has collaborated with the Dutch embassy to provide them with equipment to stalk their health facility. The First Lady, Her Excellency, Rebeca Akufo Addo have also come to their aid by providing them with a chip compound.

The assembly is also putting up other health facilities in the municipality to supplement what they already have; some have been completed and are used while others are still in the process to be completed. 

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