The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Lower Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region, Hon Simeon Tetteh, has schooled journalists on the various government projects that have been roled within the Municipality under his watch.

At a 'Meet The Press' Forum held on Monday, October 28, 2019, at Odumase-Krobo, the MCE highlighting some of the projects the government has embarked on under his administration.

Hon Simeon Tetteh said, he has extended the Rural Electrification Projects to the various communities within the Municipality through the Ministry of Energy and revealed most of them would soon be commissioned.

According to him, when he took over the position as the MCE, he inherited about GHC2m debt left by the erstwhile Mahama administration, but he has been able to reduce the debt drastically and working around the clock to clear the remaining in the coming years.

He said: "I inherited about four projects which have been completed and handed over to the communities. Some projects are still ongoing and it is my dream to complete all so that we don't get any abandoned project in the area".

Mr Tetteh added that he has completed a police station and handed over to them.

On revenue generation, he lamented on some challenges confronting the Municipality, indicating residents feel reluctant in paying their Property Rates which he said they will soon serve court summons to those who do not want to pay.

He added that the Municipality is benefiting from the government flagship programme of ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ where more than 2,500 farmers in the area have been supplied with quantities of inputs at a very subsidized cost.

"The municipality is also benefiting from the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) programme. Under this programme, 32,000 mango seedlings have been raised and distributed to farmers,” he said.

He disclosed that the Municipality has benefited from the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme through pig farming also with the special poultry programmes.

He said they have also gotten a share in a 25-District $100 Million Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP) under which the Agormanya Market would be redeveloped into a modern market with 300 lockable stores, 2,500 sheds, a police station, a crèche and a banking hall.

He said they have also constructed 10 boreholes in the various locations across the municipality adding that there is an ongoing tarring of 10 kilometres of town roads for the municipality.

Mr Simeon said through the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) under the One-million One-constituency fund, the Municipality has benefited from the construction of a kindergarten block at Kpong Methodist School, a 10-seater water closet washroom facility at Akuse Methodist High Technical School, three market sheds and two storage rooms at Agormanya Market.

The rest are institutional toilet facilities for Manya Krobo Senior High School, Nuaso and Kpongunor Presby Junior High Schools, as well as the construction of solar-powered mechanized boreholes for Oborpah East, Yonguase, Wawasee, and the Odumase Nursing and Midwifery College.