Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Gov’t is determined to mobilize much resources for dev’t


22-10-13     
Narration: The Upper East Regional Minister, Alhaji Limuna-Mohammed Muniru says government through prudent managerial strategies was determined to mobilize adequate resources to ensure a sustainable growth and development of the country.   Government, he moreover echoed was in its action phase of development and the Better Ghana Agenda which is on course would soon make life comfortable for Ghanaians. He noted that government had faced a few fiscal challenges, some of which emanate from the credit crunch experience by the developed countries who are its developmental partners. Alhaji Mohammed-Muniru gave the assurance during the submission of the executive committee report of the Bawku Municipal Assembly at Bawku. Here is a report by correspondent Isaac Asare.

Report
 In his address, Alhaji Mohammed-Muniru urged the existing and newly created districts not to fold their arms and wait for handouts from developmental partners and transfer from central government but rather double their effort in mobilizing revenue internally. For him, Internal Generated Funds (IGF) when prioritized could address some internal problems facing the assembly. He stressed that assemblies need to sit up and mobilize their IGF for sustained development as it was the only way that could help keep the assembly on its toes. Alhaji Mohammed-Muniru hinted that the intended street naming and property addressing system could enhance property identification and facilitate property rate collection among others. Presenting the committee report, the Regional Minister mentioned that six sub-committee’s recommendation including finance and administration, environmental health and sanitation, works, development planning, medium and small scale and justice and security were presented for approval and implementation. On security and justice, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru disclosed that the four year old motor riding ban on men would soon be considered for review. He said although the committee was satisfied with the work of security agencies in the municipality, there were more to be done to enhance the situation to bring absolute peace to the area.
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