Assembly hits 73 per cent revenue target

The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) Assembly has collected a total of 124,330.15 Ghana cedis as at July 31 representing 73.63 percent out of its targeted Internal Generation Fund (IGF) of 168,852.46 Ghana cedis for the year ending 2014.

Mr. Samuel Adom Botchway, the District Chief Executive, said this at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the sixth assembly held at Breman Asikuma and commended the revenue collectors.

He said as they worked hard to boost their revenue generation, some revenue items like property rate shall be privatized of which requests for proposals had been sent out for prospective private companies to bid.

Mr Botchway urged the Assembly Members to be deeply involved in the revenue generation drive of the Assembly, especially at the Town and Area Council Levels and added that there was the need for the Town and Area Council Executives to be revamped in the collection of revenue especially in the night.

“Let us all be part and parcel in the revenue generation crusade as our combined efforts shall surely yield tremendous results,” he said.

Mr. Botchway informed the house that the assembly passed the 2013 Functional Organization Assessment Tool (FOAT) obtaining 94% the highest marks scored since the inception of the assessment about six years ago.

He said as part of the government’s resolve to ensure a Better Ghana Agenda which is on course, a total of 8,671 bags of fertilizers made up of 3,538 bags of Asasewura, 3,633 bags of Cocofeed and 1,500 bags of Cocoa Master have been received to support cocoa farmers in the district and have subsequently been distributed free of charge to deserving cocoa farmers.