The Ga East Municipal Assembly (GEMA) has held a town hall meeting to review its performance for the first half of 2025, present the Mid-Year Annual Action Plan (AAP) and Composite Budget, and validate the Needs Assessment for its 2026–2029 Medium-Term Development Plan.
The meeting, which took place on Friday, August 22, 2025, at the Church of Pentecost in Haatso, brought together local government officials, traditional leaders, opinion leaders, and residents from across the municipality.
It formed part of the Assembly’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and participatory governance, providing a platform for community members to voice concerns and contribute to decision-making on development issues.
Addressing the gathering, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Edmud Agboh, highlighted flooding as one of the most urgent challenges confronting the municipality.
He attributed the situation to human activities such as the encroachment of watercourses, indiscriminate dumping of refuse, and the poor drainage systems in some parts of Ga East.
“Flooding is undoubtedly one of our major challenges as an Assembly. This, as we all know, occurs mainly as a result of our own activities: encroachment on watercourses for habitation and business purposes, and indiscriminate dumping of refuse, which chokes our already narrow gutters and drains, resulting in flooding whenever it rains heavily. I am pleading with all our traditional authorities, families, landowners, and prospective developers to desist from filling waterways or buffers of streams,” Mr. Agboh said.
He called on stakeholders, including landowners and developers, to collaborate with the Assembly by protecting waterways, stressing that such cooperation was vital to reducing the impact of perennial flooding on lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure.
The Municipal Development Planning Officer, Mr. Daniel Baah Tenkrong, presented updates on projects and programmes carried out during the first half of the year. He disclosed that all completed projects under the Mid-Year AAP had been delivered successfully, reflecting the Assembly’s commitment to sustainable development.
Mr. Tenkrong further revealed that 77 percent of the Assembly’s planned projects for 2025 had been implemented, while 23 percent were yet to commence. He assured stakeholders that measures were in place to ensure the remaining projects would be executed in due course.
The forum was highly interactive, with residents taking the opportunity to question Assembly officials on matters relating to health, agriculture, administration, revenue mobilization, financial accountability, and infrastructure development. Department heads responded to the concerns raised, providing clarifications and assuring the community of the Assembly’s continued commitment to addressing their needs.
In his closing remarks, Mr. Agboh, who chaired the meeting, expressed gratitude to traditional leaders, residents, and other stakeholders for their active participation. He reiterated the Assembly’s commitment to inclusive governance and pleaded with residents to remain patient as the municipality continued rolling out its developmental agenda.