District Chief Executive
Hon. Tagba Mary
District Chief Executive (DCE), Tatale Sanguli District Assembly
Heads the executive arm of the Assembly and chairs the Executive Committee.
The Assembly
How Tatale Sanguli District Assembly is constituted, who leads it, the committees that scrutinise its decisions and the departments that deliver its services.
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Mandate
The highest political and administrative authority in the district
Tatale Sanguli District was established under Legislative Instrument (L.I. 2067) in 2012. Tatale town is the district capital.
The Assembly exercises deliberative, legislative and executive functions. It plans and budgets for the district, sets and collects local revenue, regulates development and coordinates the decentralised departments of state operating within its boundaries.
Establishing instrument: Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2067 (2012).
Vision
A healthy people with high productivity in a well–managed environment, high standard of living and where children, women and men have equal access to basic health, quality education, food and nutrition, economic resources and participation in decision–making.
Mission
To foster unity, peace and harmony amongst the major ethnic groups as well as minority tribes, whilst pursuing plans and programmes to improve and sustain living standards of all people living within the borders of the district.
Leadership
Who leads the Assembly
The District Chief Executive heads the executive arm; the Presiding Member chairs the general Assembly; the District Coordinating Director heads the administration.
Presiding Member
Elected by assembly members to chair general Assembly meetings.
District Coordinating Director
Head of the district administration and secretary to the Assembly.
Hon. Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament, Tatale-Sanguli Constituency
Represents the constituency in Parliament and sits in the Assembly ex officio.
Assembly membership as recorded in the Ghana Statistical Service district analytical report: 26 members — 15 elected, 9 government appointees, the District Chief Executive and the Member of Parliament.
Delivery
Departments & units
Decentralised departments are operational in the district, supported by the units below. See each department's services and contacts →
Central Administration
The District Coordinating Director's office, human resource, records, procurement, the Revenue Unit and the Births and Deaths Registry.
Finance
Treasury, accounts, payroll and financial reporting, including the annual composite budget.
Education, Youth & Sports
Basic and secondary education support, school infrastructure, furniture supply and youth and sports programmes.
District Health Directorate
Public health, health centres and CHPS compounds across the district.
Social Welfare & Community Development
Persons With Disability Fund, LEAP, NHIS facilitation, child protection and community mobilisation.
Department of Agriculture
Extension services, demonstration plots, livestock and crop advisory work.
NADMO
Disaster prevention and management — fire, flood, rainstorm and windstorm response and relief.
Physical Planning
Spatial planning, building permits, street naming and property addressing.
Works Department
Roads, buildings, drainage and maintenance of Assembly infrastructure.
Trade, Industry & Tourism
Business development, market management and promotion of the district's tourism assets.
District Water & Sanitation Team
Boreholes, hand pumps, water quality and community water management.
Internal Audit
Assurance over Assembly systems, reporting to the Audit Committee.
Budget programmes
Five programmes, one plan
Everything the Assembly does is budgeted, delivered and reported under one of these five programmes.
1. Management & Administration
General administration, finance, planning, human resource and area councils.
2. Social Services Delivery
Education, health, social welfare and community development.
3. Infrastructure Delivery
Roads, water, classrooms, health facilities, markets and public buildings.
4. Economic Development
Agriculture, trade, industry and tourism.
5. Environmental Management
Sanitation, waste, drainage and disaster prevention and management.