{"id":446615,"date":"2017-12-13T11:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T11:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/2018-budget-wont-cater-for-new-districts-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T11:21:31","slug":"2018-budget-wont-cater-for-new-districts-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/2018-budget-wont-cater-for-new-districts-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 budget won\u2019t cater for new districts \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/90645295.295.jpg\" alt=\"Minister For Local Government And Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama 620x330\" title=\"Minister For Local Government And Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama 620x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minister for Local Government and Rural development, Hajia Alima Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513164090_515_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The proposed 38 new districts will not have dedicated allocations from the Local Government Ministry\u2019s 2018 budget.<\/p>\n<p>The Legislative Instruments seeing to their creation are yet to mature, thus the proposed districts are not yet to be recognized on government books to receive budgetary allocations by way of seed money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is that, you can\u2019t even say anything for the new districts. The same parliament will ask: where are the districts? We have not approved any districts. So until the LIs mature, you cannot ask for any money for any district,\u201d  the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama noted to Citi News.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHowever, Hajia Mahama explained to Citi News that the new districts, when formally recognized, will draw funding from the District Assemblies Common Fund to start their activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will stake seed money from the District Assembly Fund to start the districts. So we explained to the committee that we cannot budget for districts because they are not yet there. The LI is not yet in place. The formula [for the allocation] will come before Parliament, so we will meet with the economic management committee, and put it in the formula, and the formula will come to parliament for approval.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Akufo-Addo government presented the LI for the creation of 38 new districts and municipal assemblies to Parliament in November.<\/p>\n<p>The LI is to mature in 21 sitting days from Thursday, November 16, 2017, when it was laid.<\/p>\n<p>The government is hopeful that the creation of these new districts will deepen Ghana\u2019s democratic processes and boost the decentralization system.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists after presenting the LI, Hajia Alima Mahama, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve decided that we need to deepen our democratic process and decentralization system. There are some districts that have grown. <\/p>\n<p>We started district assemblies in 1988, the population of some of the district assemblies have even doubled. And the essence of our local government system is to ensure that all persons in the district participate in the governance system and feel part of it. So we\u2019ve decided to increase the number of districts, the districts that are big, divide them into other districts,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/89657258.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 44 updated by: 44 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-13 Minister for Local Government and Rural development, Hajia Alima Mahama The proposed 38 new districts will not have dedicated allocations from the Local Government Ministry\u2019s 2018 budget. 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