TMA spends ¢6,441,368,892.00 in 2 years

The Techiman Municipal Assembly (TMA) between 2005 and 2006 spent up to ¢6,441,368,892.00 on physical and other social services in the municipality. With this stipulated amount, TMA in 2005 alone released ¢3,843,053,025 as against ¢2,598,315,867 in the year 2006. Truly speaking the moneys were used for the projects in which they were meant for without any diversion.

This was made known by the Municipal Finance Officer (MFO), Bernett Akantoa in an interaction on Classic FM. The interview forms part of the station’s new programme to meet the various departmental heads in the Brong Ahafo region. He said the judicious use of the money saw the municipality experiencing new physical out look, considering it from education, health, roads, security and other viable areas.

According to him the money which forms part of the assembly’s common fund has really contributed positively towards improvement of educational and health facilities in the municipality, not forgetting , sanitation , as well as bursaries for basic, secondary and tertiary students. Talking of sponsorship the MFO mentioned the assistance giving to untrained teachers perusing educational related courses as a means to improve teaching skills.

Mr. Akantoa reiterated that electrification projects at different towns and villages, rehabilitation of street lights in the commercial capital, HIV / AIDS awareness activities, roads rehabilitation and other necessary projects all benefited from the common FUND. He added that drilling of boreholes for the deprived communities in the municipality also had financial assistance through the common FUND, describing it as a laudable step worth commending.

The MFO revealed that though the on going administrative block for TMA was started a couple of years ago by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government led by Flt. LT. Jerry John Rawlings the present administration has put many measures in place to see to the smooth completion of the block which was started in 1998.

It was realized that the TMA in two years (2005 and 2006) pumped into the new building ¢1, 433, 000, 00. Statically the figure in 2005 was ¢433,000,000 with the 2006 one being ¢1b. The MFO expressed optimism that the completion of the block will solve the office accommodation problem currently facing the assembly.