As part of a strategy to fight the influx of filth in the Municipality, The Municipal Chief Executive for the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly Reverend Solomon Kotey Nikoi has introduced a mandatory clean up exercise with a theme “CLEAN LA, GET INVOLVED”. The move is to help clean and fight the plight of dirt that has engulfed some parts of municipality.
He stated that LaDMA, especially his administration, values the health status of the people of La, hence the call for the periodic exercise.
The MCE made this known at a meet-the-press session organized by the Assembly to abreast the media on government’s developmental projects, and challenges within the Municipality.
The gathering is to abreast the media and the public of how the Assembly has localized government’s flagship projects and the extent to which programmes and projects outlined in the Medium Term Development Plan prepared in a participatory manner are implemented, and highlight programmes and projects that have been executed from 2017 to date.
Also, to inform the public of government’s commitment to the National Development Planning Commission of creating jobs, prosperity and equal opportunities for all. This according to him a Medium Term Development Plan was formulated with citizens of La which is adopted as the blue print for development from 2018 to 2021. These programmes and projects are categorized under the following:
- Economic Development
- Social services delivery
- Environmental management
- Infrastructure delivery and management
- Management and administration.
However, the Assembly according to the MCE is slapped with series of challenged. They include
- Poor sanitation management,
- youth delinquency and its attendant problems such as teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, streetism and gambling,
- flooding due to the absence of drains and choked drains
- Ineffective land use planning and implementation.
Irrespective of the above challenges, the Assembly according to the MCE is poised to work assiduously to ensure that government’s vision for the municipality is actualized.