Consequently, it had instituted the ‘Tax Revenue for Economic Enhancement' (TREE) project where the database of the Assembly had been digitised to track revenue payments and tax detect evaders.

The laudable initiative involves blocking of revenue leakages, tracking tax evaders, training and equipping of its revenue collectors with the needed logistics in complement with the ongoing collection and digitisation of revenue database of the Assembly.

To further strengthen the process, three new revenue check points in communities such as Mando, Ochiso and Ofosu would be erected while reviving its Area Councils to support in that regard.

Reverend Ransford Kwesi Nyarko, the District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this at the Second Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly held on Tuesday at Ajumako.  He indicated that the Assembly would continue to explore more alternatives and pragmatic means in raking in more revenue to complement the limited District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to bring development to the doorstep of the people.

Presenting the Assembly’s financial performance and economic policies as at March 2018, the DCE stated that the Assembly had budgeted to generate and receive a total of GH¢7,783,750.82 from varied revenue sources but it received only GH¢1,088,287.65, representing 14 per cent.

However, the Assembly generated GH¢148,875.63 of Internally Generated Fund (IGF) representing 39 per cent of the projected GH¢295,000.00 as at March 2018. On the District Development Facility (DDF), which is funds for investment or capacity building, the DCE announced that the Assembly had not received its share and called for its immediate release to implement the budgeted activities for the year.

He labelled the performance as not encouraging and said that needed to radically improve it by scaling up tax education campaign to encourage the people to pay their rates and fees.

He urged the Assembly Members to do more to ensure that every pesewa due the Assembly was collected by educating their people about the need to honour their tax obligations.

The DCE pointed out that it was important for everybody to recognize that the Assembly’s ability to bring development projects to the communities was dependent on the strength of its finances.