JOMORO DISTRICT MAKES GAINS IN REVENUE MOBILIZATION

Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Half Assini
Jomoro District Assembly in the Western Region has registered positive gains in its revenue mobilization drive.
It said last year, the assembly had collected GHc190,546 from the January to October 2009 representing 83 per cent of its set target for the year under review.
The assembly said the amount collected met about 81 per cent of its expenditure and called on all to ensure that they worked hard to ensure that more was generated to meet the future needs of the communities.
In future the assembly said it would ensure that enough was generated to meet the needs of the communities within its jurisdiction.
At the last general assembly meeting of the assembly, the District Chief Executive, Mr Victor Nyanyi Kablan announced that they had made strides in its income and expenditure.
He said the massive deduction placed on the common funds makes it impossible for them to depend solely on it, therefore, in more transparent and accountable manner the assembly had to ensure that more was generated internally to ensure that expenditure targets were met.
“As at now the assembly had not receive its 3rd and 4th quarter allocation of the district assembly’s common fund (DACF). The late release of the fund coupled with massive deductions from the central government makes it difficult for the assembly to meet its intended expenditure,” he said.
Mr Kablan said that should not deter or suppress development as the potential were there to ensure that more was generated locally to meet the expenditure to satisfy the needs of the people.
He said in spite the challenges and the problems in revenue generation, “Our revenue collectors continue to blaze all odds to make gains to ensure that we had generated enough to meet our expectations.”
The DCE said one of the important things to the realization of revenue target was date and that the assembly had generated a comprehensive revenue data to help in that direction.
He said the data would not only help in the preparation of realistic budget but also boost actual revenue collection by helping to plug some of the loopholes in the system.
The DCE said while the focus was to ensure that more was entered into the tax net, “we have to have a complete data to tell us that where to go while go after the new ones.”