The Nkwanta-South District Assembly at its ordinary meeting has tasked the Finance and Administration Sub-Committee to evolve innovative ways of generating revenue instead of solely relying on markets.

The District Chief Executive (DCE),  Mr Joseph Booker Yaw Denteh,  who disclosed this in an address, said this was essential as it was becoming increasingly difficult to generate enough revenue, knowing that all viable markets as sources of revenue have been ceded to the newly created Nkwanta-North District.
    
He said it was unfortunate that bicycle and motorbike stickers printed to generate revenue to complement government and other donor-funded projects were facing stiff opposition from users of such facilities.
    
Mr Denteh therefore appealed to inhabitants to support the scheme
that would assist the Assembly raise enough finances towards tackling the myriads of development projects in the area.
    
On revenue mobilization, he said it collected GH¢ 38,313 as Internally Generated Fund (IGF) out of estimated target of GHc 56,215 constituting 68.2 percent, as of June this year.

He said GHc 230,000 was allocated to the District as its share of the first quarter District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and it received GHc 93,000 after all statutory deductions.

Under development programmes and projects, Mr Denteh said 10 projects were completed last year, under the European Union (EU) Micro Projects Programme encompassing water/sanitation, classroom and residential education facilities and culverts.

Others are a teacher’s quarters at Kromase, a 16-seater vault toilet at Nkwanta, and Keri would be executed this year under the EU project with a fourth being considered for approval.
   
On Feeder roads, he said the construction of three steel bridges on
the Nkwanta-Dabiase and Portripor-Agou-Kunji roads, was progressing steadily with the second phase surfacing of Nkwanta town roads receiving attention.
 
Mr Denteh said the Assembly and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency sank a total of 77 boreholes in the District, since 2007 to date, amounting to GHc 577,500.
    
He said the Assembly in collaboration with Zoomlion was tackling the solid and liquid waste nuisance in the District, with awareness being created on the need for inhabitants to construct toilets in each household.
   
The DCE said the Assembly in collaboration with the District Directorate of Education sponsored the Best Teacher/Non Teaching awards for 2005-2007 as incentive packages to motivate teachers to give of their best.
  
Mr Denteh appealed to traditional authorities and parents to embrace government’s interventions to quality education enterprise, by enrolling their children into school.

GNA