Townhall meeting held at Abenabena and Nkonya
Posted on February 21, 2024
Wassa Amenfi East Municipal Assembly together with its partnered civil society organisation, Friends of the Nation today 21st February organised a town hall meeting with affected mining (Abenabena and Nkonya) communities in the Municipality to update citizens on the utilisation of the Minerals development fund from the Assembly and also receive citizens feedback on its activities.
This meeting forms part of the Assembly OGP commitment to enhance transparency, accountability and citizens participation in implementation of its Projects and project.
The meeting saw the participation of all relevant stakeholders including Heads of Departments and agencies, traditional authorities, Youth gruies, disabled groups, women groups, Management of the Mining company (Persius Mining Company).
In his speech, the Municipal chief Executive Officer, Hon Frederick Korankye expressed his commitment to ensure transparency and accountability in the Assembly's activities.
The Municipal Planning Officer in a presentation gave accounts of the Assemblies share of the Mineral development fund and its implementation after which the citizens were given opportunities to ask questions which were further addressed by the Management of the Assembly.
