THE Jomoro District Assembly has registered positive gains in its revenue mobilisation drive.
Last year, the assembly collected GH¢190,546 from January to October 2009, representing 83 per cent of its set target for the year.
The assembly said the amount collected was able to finance about 81 per cent of its expenditure and called on all to ensure that they worked hard to ensure that more revenue was generated to meet future development needs.
The Jomoro District Chief Executive, Mr Victor Nyanyi Kablan, announced this at the last general meeting of the assembly and said the assembly had made strides in its income generation and expenditure.
He said in future the assembly would ensure the generation of enough revenue to meet the needs of the communities within its jurisdiction.
He said the massive deduction made from the assembly’s share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) made it impossible for it to depend solely on the DACF and so required strenuous efforts to generate more revenue internally to meet its expenditure targets.
“As of now, the assembly has not received its third and fourth quarter allocations of the DACF. The late release of the funds affects our development plans,” he said.
Mr Kablan stressed ,however, that the situation would not prevent the assembly from meeting the needs of people.
The DCE said the assembly had generated a comprehensive revenue data to help in revenue mobilisation.
He said the data would not only help in setting realistic targets but also boost actual revenue collection and help to plug some of the loopholes in the system.
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