Atwima improves on revenue collection

Nkawie (Ashanti Region) - The Atwima District Assembly has improved upon its revenue generation this year, collecting ?877.2m out of its projected revenue of ?1.05bn as at the end of November.

Charles Yeboah, the District Chief Executive, attributed the improved performance in the collection of stool lands revenue and property rates. Addressing the third meeting of the Assembly at Nkawie, Yeboah said the assembly projected ?250m from stool lands but collected ?294m.

He said out of the ?2.7bn projected property rates, the assembly collected ?1.6bn. The DCE announced that the district will benefit from the sinking of 50 boreholes under the Rural Water Supply Project and said the drilling and laying of pipes and the erection of an overhead tank for the Nyinahin water project had been completed.

Yeboah said the assembly had spent ?500m out of its share of the HIPC fund on the construction of 13-seater vault chamber toilets and classroom blocks at Nagoole, Pasro, Mpasatia, Barekese and Adankwame.

The DCE expressed dissatisfaction with the poor patronage of the national health insurance scheme in the district and called on the people to shirk their apathetic attitude towards the scheme since it was introduced in their own interest.