The Western Region’s Wassa Amenfi West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Dr Nana Tandon, reports that the Assembly will investigate every avenue for raising money to enhance its Internally Generated Fund (IGF) for the current year.
In an interview, he informed the media that the Assembly’s revenue mobilisation strategy saw a rise from GHC355,000 in 2021 to GHC642,000 in 2022 as a result of several stakeholder sensitization campaigns.
He claims that by using improved revenue mobilisation techniques, the Assembly also raised over GHC1 million in IGF the previous year and is hoping to build on those achievements to raise its IGF this year.
“We have targeted GHC2 million this year including the 2023 property rate arrears, so to achieve this, we have now operationalized all the Zonal Councils and with the active participation of assembly members will hit our set objective,” he said.
Dr Tandoh noted that the move was geared towards generating enough revenue to support the Assembly to undertake more infrastructural projects in the area.
On security issues in the Municipality, he mentioned robbery cases on the Asankragwa to Kwabeng road due to the nature of the road as a major challenge to the Assembly.
He, however, said such cases had reduced because the Assembly had reshaped that stretch twice within the last year to help make it motorable for commuters who fell victim to robbery incidents.
The MCE said: “I have arranged with the Amenfi Central District Chief Executive, and we will collaborate to ensure spot improvement before the contractor comes back to the site.”
On infrastructural projects, Dr Tandoh mentioned the construction of water projects at Wassa-Dunkwa, Asankragwa, and other communities, and the hospital project at Wassa-Dunkwa among others as some of the completed projects by the government in the municipality.
He also mentioned the construction of market sheds at Mumuni and Asankragwa, a two-kilometre bypass to ease traffic congestion at Asankragwa as some other projects completed by the Assembly.
“Government has improved upon health, education and other sectors of the economy so I am optimistic that Amenfi West will vote for the New Patriotic Party this time,” he added.
