The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Jomoro district Sylvester Dadieh has advised DCEs not to solely rely on the district assembly common fund (DACF) for the execution of projects.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Sm3UA0KHaK1ue25ma2pdnKUQUPpoSgbe”]He says seeking other avenues to expand the internally generated funds has the greater potential to improve the finance situation of assemblies.
According to Mr. Dadieh, many districts including his own Jomoro district Assembly had waited long for the common fund which has delayed.
He says though the benefit of having the fund released on time cannot be under estimated, the time has come for assemblies to look within and mobilize resources to develop their districts.
“Let me take this opportunity to advice all my fellow DCEs that they shouldn’t rely on the common fund. We have what it takes to mobilize the IGF.
If we educate the people the need for them to pay and what you are going to use the IGF for especially during the medium term development plan and the people see indeed you are delivering, I don’t think the people will fell reluctant to pay,” Dadieh advised.
The Jomoro district since the last four years has been doing well with its internally generated funds. From GH 339, 376 in 2010, it has increased to GH 664,894.90 in 2014.
This improvement Mr. Dadieh attributed to the effectiveness of the assembly to manage revenues sources in the district such as cleaning market centers on time as well as collaborating with security agencies in the district to protect traders.
He therefore pleaded with debtors of the assembly to settle their debts to support the full implementation of the 2014/2017 district Medium Term Development Plan.
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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana