Vision

To reduce rural and urban poverty and increase the standard of living of the poor through increasing access to quantitative and qualitative socio-economic infrastructure.

Mission Statement

The Jaman South Municipal Assembly exists to facilitate the improvement of quality life of the people within the assembly’s jurisdiction through equitable provision of services for the total development of Municipal, within the context of good governance. . To ensure that its mission is achieved the Assembly has set the following objectives to be achieved.

? To provide social and economic infrastructure in the Municipal

? To ensure clean, safe and healthy environment.

? To ensure efficient and effective revenue mobilization and management.

? To improve upon logistics and human resource capacity of the Municipal.

? To enhance Good Governance by strengthening the administrative set up of the Municipal

? To promote private sector participation and stakeholders involvement in the development of the Municipal.

? To ensure the development of information communication and technological base of the Municipal.

? To promote social and economic activities that will offer employment opportunities to the youth.

Core values

The core values of as exhibited by Jaman South Municipal Assembly are as follows:

• Quality

• Equity

• Total development

• Good governance

FUNCTIONS

The functions of the Assembly as given in the Local Government Act, 1993, Act 462 are as follows;

The Jaman South District Assembly like all the other District Assemblies derives its functions from section 245 of the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana as well as section 10 (3) of the Local Government Act (Act 462) of 1993

The Functions of the Assembly are both mandatory and permissive. This implies that law or Act of Parliament states some of the functions of the Assembly, while others are left to the discretion of the Assembly to embark upon in the interest of the District

The mandatory functions of the District Assembly are spelt out in the Local Government Act of 1993, Act 462. Section 10, (2) of the Act mandates District Assemblies to exercise deliberative, legislative and executive functions.

The functions of the Jaman South District Assembly therefore are as follows:

(a) Be responsible for the overall development of the District and shall ensure the preparation and submission of the following through the Regional Coordinating Council:

• Development Plans of the District and submitted to the National development Planning Commission (NDPC) for approval.
• Budget of the Municipal related to the approved plans and submitted to the Minister for Finance for approval

(b) Formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the effective mobilization of the resources necessary for the overall development of the Municipal.

(c) Promote and support productive activities and social development in the Municipal and remove any obstacle to initiative and development.

(d) Initiate programmes for the development of basic infrastructure and provide goods (works and services) in the Municipal.

(e) Be responsible for the development, improvement and management of human settlement and the environment in the Municipal.

(f) In collaboration with the appropriate National and Local security agencies, be responsible for the maintenance of security and public safety in the Municipal.

 (g) Ensure ready access to courts in the Municipal for the promotion of justice.

(h) Initiate, sponsor or carry out such study as may be necessary for the discharge of any of the functions conferred by the Act or any other enactment; and

(i) Perform such other functions as may be provided under any other enactment