Mr Quaye who made the call at his sessional address at the third ordinary meeting of the third session of the Awutu Senya District Assembly held at Awutu Beraku commended the assembly members, heads of departments, the security agencies, the staff of the assembly and all who contributed to the development of the area.

“Development can only be accelerated with a united front and it is therefore imperative for us to put aside our partisanship lenses to unite and address challenges that confront the area.”

The DCE announced that the assembly had completed 50 per cent of on-going projects they inherited made up of school infrastructure, CHPS Compound at Ayeresu-Offadaa, J’ Kroduia Area Council Block, I.C.T Centre at Senya.

According to him, their Internally Generated Fund improved by 30 percent as compared to the previous year, adding that the assembly had acquired a site at Bonsuoko near Senya for the disposal of both liquid and solid waste and hoped to begin its construction in January.

On roads, the DCE said a lot of re-shaping was done, including Nyarkokwa- Obrachire area, Obrachire -Bodjwasie, Ahintia-Kemuwu to Loe yee-Akrampah junction, Obrachire SHS roads.

He said the assembly would this year extend the re-shaping works to other areas in the district and embark on new projects, including; the construction of a permanent residential accommodation for the DCE, pavement of Awutu Durbar grounds and Senya Lorry station, Teachers Quarters at Krobonshie, alongside the completion of projects they inherited.

On education, the DCE said a total of 2,420 candidates registered for the 2018 BECE, and 2,384 that wrote the examination obtained 73 percent, surpassing the performance of 2017.

He said the achievement was as a result of measures the assembly in collaboration with the district directorate of the Ghana education service put in place, mentioning examination clinics and reading clinics, adding that Obrachire SHS was the only School in the district executing the double track programme and teaching and learning was going on smoothly.

He commended the assembly member for Ahentia electoral area through whose initiative a Non-governmental organisation organised has constructed a six unit classroom block for Darko Yaw Bentum community.  

He said the district had challenges but the most serious was chieftaincy disputes in the two traditional areas that was hindering the progress and the development of the area and appealed to factions in such disputes to cooperate with the assembly for lasting solutions for the growth of the district.