16-10-2011
The Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region is determined to exceed its Internal Generated Fund (IGF) by the end of this year, though it was able to chalked tremendous success in its revenue generation for the year 2009/2010. Out of the projected revenue target of GH¢280,597.00 for the year 2011, it has been able to bagged GH¢131,356.57 as at January to June, representing 46.81 percent. The District Chief Executive for the Area, David Adakudugu who made the disclosure during a presentation of the district’s 2012 composite budget statement at Garu said the district through revenue inflows from other sources, is poised to meet its revenue target by the end of 2011. He said 80 percent of the major projects undertaken in the district have been completed whilst the few are at its completion stage. The projects he said include the rehabilitation of dams, provision of educational and health infrastructure, and the extension of water supply and boreholes to deprived communities among others. Mr Adakudugu mentioned the completion of a 1No Police Station at Woriyanga, construction of Health Insurance Office at Garu which is near completion, and the rehabilitation of dams at Basyonde, Karateshie, Woriyanga, Songo, Gbanterago and Tempane as some of the projects executed under the District Development Fund (DDF) and the Government of Ghana (GOG). Other projects he added are being funded through the District Assembly Common Fund, the District Wide Assistance Project, Small Town Water System Project and HIPC with support from other development partners including Ibis. Though Mr Adakudugu lamented on the numerous implementation challenges confronting the district, he was hopeful that the district with the support of the government, will ensure a remarkable improvement in its revenue generation which he said will pave way for more developmental projects and called on the people to cooperate with the assembly by fulfilling their tax obligations. The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo and a Principal Economic Planning Officer from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) , Mr. Joseph Antwi commended the assembly for their sterling performance and urged them to initiate new strategies to improve their revenue generation. They also entreated the assembly to team up with the MOF to identify and wipe out all ghost names from governments pay roll since it was taking a toll on of governments expenditure because government spends so much money on the payment of workers salary especially at the time that efforts are being made to hook all public sector workers onto the Single Spine Salary Structure. This they indicated has become necessary because monies saved by the government could be used to finance other developmental projects. Mr Woyongo later charged the assembly to prioritize the collection of property rates and other levies to enhance their revenue mobilization base.
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