SPOTLIGHT ON UNPRECEDENTED DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS OF ASOKORE-MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY

The Trust Newspaper focused on the Asokore-Mampong Municipal Assembly which emerges the overall best Assembly out of the 216 Metropolitan, Municipal Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country by the Local Government Service 2015 performance assessment.

This paper’s spotlight on the unprecedented developmental projects of the Assembly which is just about four (4) years old headed by Hon.Nurudeen Hamidan(MCE) and his able team, has observed that, it is not surprised the Assembly emerged the overall best District Assembly in the country.

It would be recalled that, Ashanti region clocked the first, second, third, seventh and ninth positions, Asokore Mampong, Bosomtwe, Sekyere Central and Kumasi Metropolitan (KMA) respectively by the Local Government Service 2015 performance assessment.

SUMMARY PROFILE

The profile of Asokore Municipal Assembly covers issues on physical and natural environment, culture, settlement systems, economy, food security, governance, social services, vulnerability analysis, information and communication technology, HIV and AIDS, gender, environmental, climate change and green economy, population, science, technology and innovation, security, disaster, water security and migration.

Establishment :The Asokore Municipal Assembly was carved out of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and was thus created as a result of the implementation of the Decentralization Programme on June 29^th, 2012. The Municipality was established by a Legislative Instrument, (L.I) 2112. 

Physical and Natural Environment

The physical and natural environment looks at the description of interaction between human and the physical environment and its development implication considering the location and size, climate and vegetation of Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly.

Location and Size

The Municipality covers a total land area of 23.91 km² and it is located to the North-Eastern part of the Kumasi Metropolis. The assemblies shares boundaries with Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to the East, South and West, Kwabre East Municipal to the North-West and Ejisu-Juabeng Municipal Assembly to the South-East. Although a small land size, the Municipality has a population of 304,815 (PHC, 2010) with 10 electoral areas namely; Aboabo No.1, Aboabo No.2, Adukrom, Akurem, Asokore Mampong, Sawaba, Asawasi, New Zongo, Sepe-Tinpom and Akwatialine Electoral Areas.

Below are some of the selected Developmental projects of the Asokore-Mampong Municipal Assembly;