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Offinso North inaugurates Census Committee

An eight-member District Census Implementation Committee for Offinso North has been inaugurated at Akumadan with a call on the members to bring their experiences to bear to ensure a successful census.

Date Created : 2/27/2020 5:48:45 AM : Story Author : Emmanuel Buorokuu/Ghanadistricts.com

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Hon. David Kwasi Asare who inaugurated the committee explained that to track the current changes that have taken place in the country, there was the need for the census to update the data on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the District.

Mr Asare said the census was essential for the District planning to ensure the judicious use of available resources, adding that, the Offinso North District Assembly, for instance, would benefit from the data that would be collected from this year’s census.

He entreated the committee to bring the experiences from their various fields to bear on the implementation of the census in the area.

The committee, chaired by the District Coordinating Director, Madam Victoria Akyaa Adomako have Mr. Faustus Apiriba, District statistician as District Census officer, Mr. Richard Avagu Health Director and Mr. Emmanuel Buorokuu Information officer as members.

The rest are; Madam Rosina Owoo Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Michael Ignatius Daibbey Tannian Education Director Mr. Abu Mwine the District Planning officer and a representative from the Traditional Council, Nana Kofi Aboagye III.

Mr. Nii Sowah Regional Statistician called on the census committee to ensure that qualified field officers were selected for the exercise slated for June 28, 2020.

He stressed the need for intensive public education for the citizenry to understand the essence of the exercise and cooperate with the field officers.

The Ashanti Regional Director for National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Mr. Arthur Wilson, who is also a member of the Ashanti Regional Census Implementation Committee, expressed the hope that with the quality of persons on the committee, the exercise would be successful in the District.

He, however, cautioned them against politicizing the programme which could mar the beauty of the exercise.