Members of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Assembly have appealed to the government to work towards turning the Tuna Senior High Technical School (SHTS) into a boarding school to enhance academic work.

They said the school, with a population of nearly 1000, is faced with many challenges with regards to effective monitoring of students because of the lack of boarding facilities.

Mr. Mumuni Isaac Dramani, the District Chief Executive, made the appeal on behalf of members of the Assembly during its second ordinary meeting held on Thursday at Sawla.

He also appealed for the upgrading of the Sawla Health Centre to the status of a District Hospital and pleaded for the expansion of the electricity coverage of about 10% to cover more communities in the District and for the construction of more facilities for the newly established Sawla Senior High technical School (SHTS).

He said the Assembly was seriously looking at increasing its sponsorship package for Nursing and Teacher trainees to help address the shortage of teachers and nurses in the District.

Mr. Dramani said the Assembly, in line with the Government policy direction on infrastructural development under the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda, (GSGDA), had undertaken about 100 projects in areas of education, health, water and sanitation, under various interventions.

Most of these projects, according to Mr. Dramani, had been completed and are being utilized.

The DCE appealed to the assembly members to conduct themselves with decorum and also advised all the residents to desist from acts that could breach peace before, during and after the December Elections.

Alhaji Kpan-Naa M. B. Bawah, a member of the Council of State representing the Nothern Region, briefed the assembly members on the activities of the Council of State.

He said the Council per Article 89 (2) of the 1992 Constitution was made up of 25 eminent persons charged with the responsibility to counsel the President in the performance of his functions.

He said the Council was, however, faced with difficulties in the exercise of its mandate due to a number of limitations including lack of power of enforcement, absence of a research department, as well as inadequacies in terms of budgetary, infrastructure, logistical and administrative support.