THE Lawra District Assembly in the Upper West Region has collected GH¢88,983.75 out of an estimated GH¢69,045.90 budgeted as the assembly’s internally generated funds for this year.
This represents 129 per cent of the 2010 target collected as of July 31, 2010.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Samson Abu, announced this at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the assembly at Lawra.
He said the performance was as a result of some pragmatic measures put in place by the assembly which included allocation of a specific vehicle for revenue mobilisation, a well-resourced and active revenue task-force.
Mr Abu said it was the hope of the assembly that the target would be doubled by December, this year.
According to him, even though the assembly was expected to receive a total of GH¢1,283,986.80 as its share of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund for 2010, only the first quarter share of GH¢109,313.35 had been received as of July 31, 2010.
Mr Abu said the delay in releasing the funds would impact negatively on the performance of the assembly.
He said additional funds received from the district development fund would be used for the construction of various development projects in the district while more funds were expected from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for the implementation of more programmes.
“Apart from our Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) projects at the Nandom Senior High School, all the 2009 projects have been completed and handed over to the appropriate departments for use. They include classroom blocks, clinics, CHPS compounds and sanitary facilities,” he added.
On education, the DCE announced that the district had taken delivery of 2,000 pieces of school uniforms which would soon be distributed while 232,389 exercise books had been earmarked for the district.
Touching on the forthcoming national population census, Mr Abu appealed to the assembly members to help sensitise their people to participate in the exercise.
The Presiding Member of the assembly, Mr N. Godwin commended the assembly members for their support and dedication to duty.
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