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The CEO of the Middle Belt Development Authority Joe Danquah has said the president His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo’s commitment of the $1 million per constituency is to ensure development in the various constituencies is done speedily.

He said this when he met with MMDCES in Eastern, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions at different times between 15th November and 29th November, in Koforidua, Kumasi, and Sunyani respectively as part of the consultative workshop on $1million per Constituency projects.

The workshop was to allow MMDCES to acquaint themselves with the operational mandate, strategic objectives and core functions of the Middle Belt Development Authority.

They went further to discuss the various works undertaken in their various constituencies through the mother institution, Ministry for Special Development Initiatives (MSDI) which includes institutional toilets, mechanised boreholes – three of them in every Constituency, warehouses ( 20 of them in the middle Belt Zone), six-unit classroom blocks, markets, clinics, ambulances  (112 of them to be received soon).

In furtherance to that, they showcased constituency-wise, all projects being undertaken currently to individual Chief Executives. Copies of such projects were given to each Chief executive.

Projects to be undertaken in the 2019 -2020 for their various constituencies were discussed and MMDCES inputs sought.

MMDCEs’ strategic roles were also discussed in the implementation process.

It will be recalled that a month ago a similar workshop was undertaken in the middle Belt Zone (Eastern, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions) for Members of Parliament (MPs) as part of the consultations being done on the One million Dollars projects implementation process.

The Middle Belt Development Authority was established by an act of Parliament, Act 962 in 2017. The Authority’s core mandate is to implement the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Projects (IPEP) and other Special Development Initiatives to ensure thriving communities.

The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, in the round up to the Election 2016 promised to send one million dollars to every constituency every year to accelerate development in various constituencies should Ghanaians give him the nod.

In fulfillment of this campaign promise, the Middle Belt Development Authority was set up together with the Coastal Development Authority and Northern Development Authority to implement the one million dollars per constituency policy.

The Middle Belt Development Authority has Eastern Region, Ashanti Region, Bono Region, Bono East Region and Ahafo Regions. One hundred and nine (109) constituencies fall under the Middle Belt Development Authority with its headquarters at Kumasi with Regional offices in Koforidua Kumasi and Sunyani.