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Table 7: Personal computers per 100 population of Ghana
Year Value
1992 0.03
1993 0.06
1994 0.09
1995 0.11
1996 0.14
1997 0.16
1998 0.21
1999 0.26
2000 0.3
2001 0.34
2002 0.4
2003 0.45
2004 0.52
2005 0.58
Source: United Nations Statistics Division.
3.7 The Ho Municipality
The Ho Municipality covers an area of 2.660 sq km. The total population of Ho Municipality
is about 200,000 according to the year 2000 population and housing census
43 .
The Ho Municipal Assembly established by Legislative Instrument 1796 of 2004,
is the highest political and administrative authority in the Ho municipality. The structure
of the assembly is made up of the municipal co-ordinating directorate and eleven
(11) decentralized departments. A very important component of the structure is the
Municipal Planning Co-ordinating Unit (MPCU) which is responsible for co-ordinating
the development planning activities of the Assembly 43 . The Municipal Assembly is
headed by the Municipal Chief Executive as the direct representative of the president
in the municipality. However, the co-ordinating directorate is headed by the Municipal
Co-ordinating Director as the head of the administration. The legislative and deliberative
organ of the assembly is made up of 41 elected members and 13 government appointees.
It is headed by the presiding member who presides over meetings of the Assembly.
The Assembly works through its Executive Committee and its sub committees,
fi ve of which are Finance and Administration, Development Planning, Works, Social
Services, and Justice and Security Sub-committees, and are statutory. The non-statutory
ones are Women Affairs, Tourism Sub-Committee, Water and Sanitation Sub-Committee,
Public complaints and Disaster Management Sub-Committee 43 . Owing to lack
of offi ce space, most of the decentralized departments are scattered from the co-ordinating
directorate and this makes co-ordination diffi cult. The staffi ng position of the
co-ordinating directorate and the decentralized departments is not strong, especially
where professional and technical staffs are concerned. This, coupled with inadequate
logistical support, adversely affect the operations of the Assembly. 43
3.8 E-Readiness Analysis for Ho
43 http://ho.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/
E-Readiness analysis for Ho based on questionnaire (see appendix). The electricity
supply within the local government area is good. Most households have access to a
radio. A large number of homes have access to a TV and the mobile phone access is
high. The availability of computers to households was very low with the cost of internet
access being extremely high for most households. Prices are just too prohibitive for