Krachi W. District Assembly Revenue Generation On Course

THE Krachi West District Assembly performed creditably in revenue mobilisation at the end of the first quarter of the year.

Out of a target of GH¢66,498, it collected GH¢20,208 as its internal generated fund representing 30 per cent of the assembly’s annual revenue target.

Its recurrent expenditure within the same period recorded GH¢24,209 out of a target of GH¢149,590, representing 16 per cent of the total revenue.

Douglas Koran-teng, the District Chief Executive, made these disclosures at a two-day ordinary session here at the weekend.

He attributed the modest performance to the engagement of innovations, strategies and disciplinary measures in revenue generation and the collection by hard working and strict revenue mobilisation and monitoring taskforce.

He urged the assembly members to sustain the revenue mobilisation drive and also expand the revenue net since there is more room for improving revenue generation.

'What we have generated so far is not encouraging even though we have made modest gains as a newly created district since we cannot depend on the common fund alone to accelerate our development agenda,' he said.

He said, the first quarter allocation of the common fund for this year stood at GH¢1,087 million which is yet to be received and cautioned assembly members not to be complacent but step up the innovations, strategies and disciplinary measures to enable the assembly to complete projects on schedule to improve living standards.

Mr Koranteng mentioned health, education, water, sanitation and accommodation for teachers and nurses as projects under construction at different stages and assured of their completion when the fund is made available and urged the communities to exercise restraint.

He appealed to communities that have had their projects completed and were operational to make judicious use of them to improve living standards and attract other projects.