Fund that supports development projects including school furniture, livelihood programs for persons with disabilities, and water/health infrastructure across Ghana's districts.
… Earlier, on Friday, 18th September, 2026, in Ho, the Committee engaged MMDAs in both the Volta and Oti Regions on how they were utilising the 10% sanitation allocation under the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), including their challenges. …
… while, the New Juaben North Municipal Chief Executive, Samuel Adongo, said the provision of the furniture formed part of efforts being implemented following a government directive for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to use part of the District Assembly Common Fund …
… The project was undertaken through the District Assembly Common Fund and the Ghana Education Trust Fund. Alhaji Muntaka explained that, as MP, he would continue to advocate for and ensure the provision of the needed infrastructure that supported a serene environment for learning …
… The items, funded through the Disability Fund of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), included plastic chairs, double-decker deep freezers, chest freezers, ice chests, student mattresses, sachet water, vegetable cooking oil, wheelchairs, cassava grinding machines and other l …
… Each of the above mentioned schools received 100 furniture from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) via the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF). …
… g on areas he considered less critical while failing to meet financial obligations to key social programmes. “You recall that during their time, they were just spending and failing to pay the National Health Insurance, Ghana Education Trust Fund, and District Assembly Common Fund …
… The GH¢332,000 facility, funded from the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), was jointly inaugurated on Saturday by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mion, Alhaji Misbaw Adam Mahama, and the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Hamza Azindow Moabaly. …
Ghana's Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources expressed satisfaction with Zoomlion Ghana Limited's Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) under construction at Yabram, Dambai, in the Oti Region. The committee chairman urged government and stakeholders to support similar initiatives and emphasized that enforcing waste-management bye-laws and public compliance are key to addressing Ghana's sanitation challenges.
Ghana's Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources expressed satisfaction with Zoomlion Ghana Limited's Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) under construction at Yabram, Dambai, in the Oti Region. The committee chairman urged government and stakeholders to support similar initiatives and emphasized that enforcing waste-management bye-laws and public compliance are key to addressing Ghana's sanitation challenges.
The New Juaben North Education Directorate has appealed for more desks and chairs after up to four pupils are forced to share a single desk in schools, a situation the head of planning and statistics says affects the learning environment. The directorate welcomed a donation of more than 1,000 chairs from the municipal assembly but noted that additional furniture is still needed to address the shortage.
Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, the Minister for the Interior, told schoolchildren to persevere in their academic pursuits, recounting his own rise from humble beginnings as the son of a local food seller to minister. He stressed that determination, discipline, and hard work, rather than luck, are the keys to achieving life goals and overcoming challenges.
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly has provided livelihood support items including freezers, wheelchairs, cassava grinding machines and other equipment to more than 30 Persons with Disabilities, funded through the Disability Fund of the District Assembly Common Fund. The Municipal Chief Executive said the distribution was intended to create economic opportunities and reduce poverty among vulnerable members of society.
Four Senior High Schools in Kumasi have each received 100 pieces of modern furniture from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly via the District Assembly Common Fund. The mayor said the assembly plans to procure an additional 1,000 furniture sets before year-end and distribute them to schools every three months.
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson accused the parliamentary minority of advocating a return to what he called reckless borrowing and spending under the previous government, saying the current administration is disciplined and directing resources to priority areas.
Thirty-one Persons with Disabilities in Oforikrom Municipality received livelihood support packages funded through the District Assembly Common Fund, including deep freezers, sewing machines, assistive devices, and start-up capital for various businesses. The Municipal Chief Executive said the municipality has over 400 recorded persons with disabilities and pledged to extend the program to all of them.
A GH¢332,000 solar-powered mechanised borehole has been inaugurated in Kpilijini and Bayawa communities in the Mion District to address longstanding water challenges, replacing reliance on streams and dams that exposed residents to health risks.
The Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District Assembly has handed over a renovated medical doctor's bungalow, procured 10 modern delivery beds for health facilities, and commissioned 19 new water projects across the district to improve healthcare and water access in the Upper West Region.
The Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu handed over a newly constructed two-unit kindergarten block with ancillary facilities to Kpalsi A.E.M Zion School in the Northern Region, funded from the MP's share of the District Assembly Common Fund. The project aims to improve teaching and learning and accommodate increasing enrolment in the farming community.