The Chief Executive Officer of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), lawyer Jerry Ahmed Shaib has disclosed that the government will use a top-down approach towards the disbursement of the $1 million per constituency initiative.
In the past, the government had used a bottom-up approach in selecting the projects for the constituencies, but from this year going, they want to use the top-down approach to select projects that the people really need.
He explained that one of the essential things they have discovered some of the constituencies need are ultra-modern markets.
He said some of the other projects include astroturf, drainage systems, toilets, and other essential projects.
He said they had used the bottom-up twice in initiating projects that the constituencies needed, and through that, they had embarked on rural electrification projects among, others.
Hr told host Kwabena Agyapong that, from assessment, they had done several bottom-up projects, and this year, they intend the top-down or a blend of the two.
For the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, he disclosed that the MP had identified the construction of a modern market for the area.
The CEO said they would abandon the people in asking them what they want as they embark on these projects.
Meanwhile, he has disclosed that for the calendar year, the $1 million has already been released but if by end of the year, the money is not exhausted, the remaining would be sent back to the central government.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
