The Asante Akim South District Assembly is to embark on a vigorous revenue mobilisation drive in 2010 to improve on its Internally Generated Funds (IGF).
This is to help address the Assembly's perennial inability to meet its revenue target despite the availability of numerous potential sources of revenue.
To this end, the Assembly has devised various strategies including the formation of revenue task force.
This followed a meeting between the District Chief Executive (DCE) Mr De-graft Forkuo and revenue collectors to identify factors hindering
effective revenue mobilisation.
At the Assembly's Fourth Ordinary Meeting at Juaso on Tuesday, Mr Forkuo announced that the Assembly collected an amount of GH¢ 117,937.88 as
at September 30, representing 47 per cent of its annual target of GH¢ 248,784.74.
The abysmal performance of the Assembly's revenue mobilisation, therefore, took centre stage of the meeting as members took turns to suggest
various solutions to the problem.
They argued that the Assembly's failure to meet its revenue target over the years was a handicap in executing its programmes and called for innovative means of improving the situation.
Among the suggestions made by the Assembly members were the reviewing of rates, valuation of ratable properties in the district and the training of revenue collectors to improve their skills.
Charles Nana Yaw Osei, Presiding Member of the Assembly entreated the members to assist revenue collectors within their localities to boost the Assembly's finances.
Mrs Gifty Ohene-Konadu, Member of Parliament for Asante Akim South, commended the Assembly members for their sense of maturity in their
deliberations and urged them to avoid partisan politics during meetings.
She pledged her commitment to collaborate with the DCE and the Presiding Member to spearhead the development of the district with support from the Assembly members.