Mr Louis Owusu – Agyepong, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area , said this, when the Assembly took its turn in the "Meet the Press" series for 2020 held in Sefwi Wiawso  to showcase the Assembly's achievements for the past 3 years under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo's Government.

MCE said 11 university graduates have been employed as Extension Officers, to give technical support to the farmers in that regard.

He disclosed that 2,224 farmers were engaged in maize and rice cultivation, while the Assembly had since 2017, concentrated on the production of rice, pepper and tomatoes, under the Planting for Food and Jobs flagship programme.

On education, Mr Owusu-Agyepong said the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality have 4,450 students benefiting from the much touted Free SHS Programme.

He indicated that Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School, Sefwi Wiawso Senior High Technical School, St. Joseph Senior High School and Asawinso Senior High School, had 1,469, students 715,846 and 1,420 intakes respectively, during the 2017 – 2018 academic year.

The MCE  emphasized  that  all the  flagship  programmes  were  steadily  on course  and making  significant  impact  in the lives  of the people.

He, however, appealed to all stakeholders  to help  tackle  the  ever  disturbing  environmental sanitation  situation  in the area, to  make the  gains  chalked by  the  Assembly, more  appreciable.