MMDAs HAVE NO REASON TO FAIL

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13-10-2014                                  MLGRD ON STREET NAMING
    The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has cautioned that no Metropolitan, Municipal or District Assembly has a reason to fail to meet the September 30 deadline for the implementation of the Street Naming and Property Numbering Project as given by the President last year. According to the Ministry, which is supervising the project, government has provided all the required material, logistical and technical assistance the MMDAs to carry out the project. A Deputy sector Minister, Emmanuel Agyekum, gave the caution after familiarizing himself with the progress of the implementation of the Street Naming and House Numbering Project in the Kwabre East and Sekyere Afram Plains districts of Ashanti.  According to the Deputy Minister, the project will accrue a number of benefits to the state, districts and traditional areas if the project is carefully and fully implemented. Mr. Agyekum noted that apart from government hooking up the entire country unto the global satellite and digital map to market the country and promote tourism, provision of security and emergency services in any location within the well planned geographical area will be greatly enhanced. Revenue generation, especially from property rate collection and tax from previously little known business entities within their respective jurisdictions will also increase.  Mr. Agyekum called for a closer collaboration among all the key stakeholders like traditional leaders in identifying names for the streets and also to ensure success of the project. The Deputy Minister expressed satisfaction with the progress of work so far done by the Kwabre East and Sekyere Afram Plains district Assemblies in the implementation processes of the project. On his part, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Samuel Sarpong noted that the Kwabre East and Sekyere Afram Plains Districts as being far ahead of all MMDAs in the implementation of the project. The two district Assemblies have named all streets, houses and identifiable buildings in their respective district capitals while efforts are also being made to replicate same in other major communities within the districts. Dr. Sarpong said the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council will continue to provide support to the MMDAs in the region to implement the project.
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