By Ewoenam Kpodo
Tokor (VR), Mar 07, GNA – The individuals of Ketu South have been urged to honour their tax obligations to generate home income to undertake improvement programmes amid assist cuts to the nation.
The United States’ authorities had introduced the suspension of its main worldwide assist company, USAID’s funding programme, creating an estimated $156 million funding shortfall to Ghana with specific concern being a possible $78.2 million deficit, which might adversely influence essential interventions like malaria prevention, maternal and little one well being, diet and the combat towards HIV and AIDS.
Addressing an viewers Thursday on the forecourt of the Municipal Assembly to commemorate Ghana’s 68th Independence Anniversary, Mr Gilbert E. Avemegah, Municipal Coordinating Director, Ketu South stated for a while, influx of international assist and grants to Ghana had lowered considerably, requiring the necessity to generate home income and urged residents of the border municipality to play their half.
“Recently, the American authorities has withdrawn all monetary assist for USAID programme. This has created some monetary hole for the programme as a rustic and its related implications. It means we should double our efforts to generate home income.
I subsequently want to urge all inhabitants of Ketu South Municipality to honour their tax obligations promptly. This is the one means we will get sufficient income to undertake improvement programmes within the municipality.”
Mr Avemegah described the theme for the celebration, “Reflect, Review and Reset” as apt saying, the scenario within the nation required essential considering, and evaluating performances since attaining independence in 1957, and a holistic thoughts change in perspective, behaviour, perseverance, dedication, and a few stage of sacrifice.
He referred to as for rekindling of communal spirit amongst communities in taking part particularly usually clear up workouts as a result of sanitation administration was the duty of everybody which have to be seen as an on a regular basis exercise to make the setting a secure place to stay in for wholesome development.
Mr Avemegah additionally inspired stakeholders in training notably mother and father to play their roles to arrest the gradual decline in efficiency at each fundamental and second cycle ranges within the municipality, and indiscipline and ethical decadence, which he stated have been changing into the norm.
He requested the citizenry to not take the prevailing peace within the nation as a right as “Ghana, to a large extent is peaceful not by coincidence but by the grace of God and the collective efforts of all of us.”
Mr Avemgah concluded by emphasising the necessity for teamwork saying, coming collectively, working collectively, and preserving collectively have been key in making and making certain progress which “I believe in all sincerity and humility can be the foundation for the reset agenda and building the Ghana we all want.”
The occasion within the municipality, uniquely marked in accordance with the directive from the workplace of the President to scale down the 2025 celebration, had a ceremonial parade that includes the cadet corps from the Three Town Senior High School.
There was additionally a cultural show showcasing Ghana’s wealthy cultural heritage and poetry recitals reflecting on Ghanaian tradition and the nation’s journey to independence carried out by Kopeyia Basic School and Kekeli School Complex.
The celebration attended by conventional leaders, meeting members, and personnel from the safety companies, additionally awarded a quotation and an undisclosed amount of cash to 1 greatest performing pupil every on the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the 2023 12 months.
GNA