The District Chief Executive for Upper Manya Krobo, Joe Sam has called for a concerted effort from all stakeholders in development to come to the aid of the district. According to him, Upper Manya has over the years seen a slow pace of development, and therefore requires all hands on deck to give it a facelift. The DCE made the call at the Third Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly at Asesewa in the Eastern Region.
Mr. Sam said he does not believe in witch hunt and seeking postings and repostings of staff from the district because of their religious, tribal or political affiliation. What is important is to encourage the workers to be dedicated to work, committed, punctual, skillful and useful to bring out the best in them for the betterment of the district.
He however warned those who take interest in sabotaging others for reasons best known to them to desist from it. He therefore reminded all other stakeholders including the traditional authorities of their obligations for the betterment of the people and the district at large. Mr. Sam assured the business community of facilitating the creation and resuscitation of a vibrant business environment towards the economic growth of the district.
On revenue generation, the DCE said the performance of the assembly has not been encouraging. Between the period of January and October this year, it collected only three hundred and seventy seven thousand, two hundred and eighty seven Ghana cedis (GHc 377,287.00).
During the same period, the total expenditure made was four hundred and thirty seven thousand, eight hundred and twenty eight Ghana cedis, thirty nine Pesewas (GHc 437,828.39) representing 41 point 03 percent of the annual internally generated fund expenditure projection of One million and sixty seven thousand, one hundred and forty Ghana Cedis, thirty nine Pesewas ( GHc 1,067,140.39).
Mr. Sam said measures have been put in place to improve the revenue generation to ensure the reversal of the negative trend of the income being outstripped by the expenditure. These include resuscitation of the revenue taskforce, the procurement and installation of revenue software and the engagement of more revenue collectors.
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