Assemblies in the Volta Region to benefit from development fund

Hohoe, June 25, GNA - Eighteen Municipal and District assemblies in the Volta Region have been allocated 7.794 million Ghana Cedis under the District Development Facility (DDF).

The allocation is the second performance assessment of the MMDAs in 2009 based on the activities of the 2008 fiscal year. DDF is performance-based grant system collaboration between the government of Ghana and development partners where additional development fund is linked to performance.

Hohoe Municipal Assembly received the highest allocation of GHc 645,791 and placed second clocking 76 percent on the assessment chart with Jasikan District picking GHc 616,987, returning the highest score of 91 percent. Ho Municipal, Krachi West, Nkwanta South, Keta Municipal, Kpando, North Tongu, Krachi East, Nkwanta North and Kadjebi District Assembly received between GHc 594,432 and GHc 502,052. South Tongu District, Ketu North and Akatsi District Assembly would receive GHc 494,405, GHc 479,032 and GHc 475,974 respectively. According to the report South Dayi, Ketu South, Biakoye and Adaklu-Anyigbe who failed the minimum conditions however received 33, 441 Ghana Cedis each.

Some $56.4 million would be disbursed nationally while assessment results revealed that 132 out of 169 MMDAs fulfilled the minimum conditions with Biakoye District Assembly being excluded from the evaluation due to the problem of inauguration.

Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, told the This entails best practices in procurement and tendering procedures, good governance and operational sub-district structures. He said others include mandatory organisation of general assembly meetings, good records-keeping and auditing, functioning committees and sub-committees and disability friendly regimes. Fifty out of 138 MMDAs fulfilled the minimum criteria in the maiden FOAT, which was conducted in 2008 based on 2006 fiscal year assessment. 25 June 10