Solomon Kotey Nikoi
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA), Solomon Kotey Nikoi, has called on supporters of all political parties in the municipality to join hands with the view to pushing a common developmental agenda.
“We need to come together without party affiliation and my door is always open to all in the municipality so that we can bring meaningful development to this area,” he said.
Mr. Nikoi — who was appointed recently following the sudden death of his predecessor Gladys Maku Tsotsoo Mann-Dedey in June — made the call at a town hall meeting organised by the assembly last week.
He shared his vision of improving sanitation, promoting education and increasing revenue for the assembly.
“What I believe is lacking now is the monitoring, so we have to form a monitoring team which will be moving from one institution to the other to ensure that people honour their financial obligation to the assembly,” he said.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dade-Kotopon, Vincent Odotei Sowah, entreated residents to work at improving the life expectancy rate in the municipality by practising good sanitation.
“A time will come when I will call for the arrest of anyone who decides to make the beach a place of convenience,” he cautioned.
He also urged residents to take advantage of existing social intervention programmes within the constituency, including free education from nursery to kindergarten and free Health Insurance Scheme registration exercise which targets residents above 59 years, persons with disability and children.
“We intend to introduce mobile health insurance renewal centre, job application and health dispensary kiosk for our residents,” he stated.
The Agriculture Director of LADMA, Emelia Monney, interacted with stakeholders on the need for proactive measures to fight climate change.
She urged residents to be advocates of tree planting which she noted was a sustainable way of purifying the air while providing the necessary cover for the communities from harsh weather conditions of the sea.
By Issah Mohammed