NCCE initiates Social Auditing concept ; to address development deficits in communities

The Atwima Kwanwoma District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), last week Wednesday, organised a Social Auditing forum for the chiefs and people of Ampabame Number 2.

The Social Auditing concept is one of the innovations introduced by the Commission to help assist communities across the country to brainstorm on their development deficits, especially the most urgent needs, to enable the central government, through the district assemblies, to provide the same with the support of the communities.

It also helps to address issues of misplaced priorities whereby certain projects initiated for the communities may not necessarily be what are of prime necessity to the area.

The Ashanti Regional Director of the NCCE, Mr. Wilson Raphael Arthur, in an address, explained that the purpose of decentralisation was for development, and so members of communities must be part of every development planning and initiative.

Mr. Arthur said one of the reasons for the social auditing programme is to lead selected communities to revive the spirit of communalism, and also deliberate to narrow down on specific projects, or what exactly are the needs of any community.

Rev.(Dr.) Mike Ampong, Atwima Kwanwoma District Director of the NCCE,  said research by the Commission in the district showed that Kwanwoma Number 2 area had not benefited from any government projects, which was the reason the area was chosen for the forum to give the people the opportunity to determine project need for the area.

The Asafo Mantensen Abusuapanin of Ampabame No. 2, Nana Akwasi Asiamah, who chaired the forum, regretted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government had always neglected the Kwanwoma area, especially Ampabame, when it comes to development projects, even though the area has always voted massively for the party.

He was, however, grateful to the NCCE for organising the forum in the town, and promised that he would liaise with the Queenmother, Nana Gyanfuah (Ampabamehemaa), to immediately constitute a committee to be responsible for monitoring the project.

The community unanimously agreed on a clinic (health post) out of five projects listed, for which about 140 bags of cement and three trips of sand, among other pledges, were realised for the start of the project.

From Thomas Agbenyegah Adzey, Ampabame No.2

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