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Cooperate with Census Officers — UWR Statistician
The Upper West Regional Statistician, Mr Jeremiah Sixtus Dery has asked for cooperation from Ghanaians during the listing and enumeration of households and persons in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) across the country.
The exercise which would commence in earnest on June 13 with the listing of household,s would mark the beginning of official head count of all persons and structures including details on other socio demographic characteristics that would form a data base for the next 10 years to inform various policydecisions by government and other development agents.
It will make use of over 7,500 field officers who would be recruited across the16 regions of the country to gather information on various households and houses in the country.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training of 262 Prospective Regional Trainers (RTs) for the census at Wa on Tuesday, Mr Dery indicated that the credibility of the exercise relied heavily on the cooperation of the public who would be enumerated by the field officers.
“We have no doubt about the competenceof the field officers we will be sending to the various enumeration areas and we pray that they get the much neededreliabledata from the public that we seek to capture”, he stated.
He added that the GSS was still employing other avenues such as religious organisations, the media and the information services to sensitise the public to the need to volunteer credible information for the success of the exercise.
Speaking on behalf of the Government Statistician, a Curriculum Reviewer for the 2021 PHC, Pofessor Paul Nkegbe commended the prospective RTs for their commitment and dedication towards the processes leading to the final enumeration.
He saidd that the GSS was anticipating that the regional trainers passed on similar competence, dedication and diligence to the enumerators who would be receiving training from the RTs before they commenced their field work.
The 2021 PHC which marks the third population and housing census in Ghana after independence would target every individual in the country including new born babies and the aged.
Lydia Darlington Fordjour, Wa
The Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Abena Osei Asare has expressed concerns about the failure of the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Mr. Paul Adjei to honour invitation of the Committee to assist in dealing with abandoned projects cited in the 2024 Auditor-General’s report.
She emphasised that some of the projects have been abandoned for more than 20 years and it kept reoccurring in the Auditor-General’s report yearly, stressing that the GETFund Administrator could assist by prioritising these projects.
However, he has failed to personally appear before the Committee since the commencement of the Committee’s public hearing in the 9th Parliament.
According to the 2024 Auditor-General’s report on Pre-University Educational Institutions, nine (9) Institutions with 16 projects awarded by the GET Fund Secretariat had been abandoned/delayed for a period ranging between three (3) and 28 years.
Some of the affected schools include Adanwomoase Senior High School (Boys and Girls dormitory abandoned for 12 years), Atoa Senior High School (Home Economics Block abandoned for 27 years), Beposo Senior High School (Dinning Hall and Kitchen Complex abandoned for 10 years and lastly KNUST Senior High School (Three storey classroom block abandoned for 20 years).
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy continued its oversight responsibilities with a working visit to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) yesterday.
Chairman of the Committee, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, said the visit formed part of efforts to familiarize members with the Authority’s operations and to explore ways Parliament could provide the necessary support.
He explained that the NPA’s work is focused on regulating Ghana’s downstream petroleum sector, a critical area for national energy security.
Mr. Bedzrah noted that the Committee is particularly interested in assessing whether the country has adequate petroleum stock to meet demand.
He noted that rising geopolitical tensions, including the ongoing US–Iran conflict, could have adverse effect on Ghana’s energy supply and pricing.
He further disclosed that the Committee intends to engage closely with the Authority on a proposed new petroleum bill.
According to him, a draft of the legislation will be reviewed and possibly presented to Parliament under a certificate of urgency.
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