{"id":460597,"date":"2018-02-02T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/kma-takes-steps-to-block-revenue-leakages\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T00:00:25","slug":"kma-takes-steps-to-block-revenue-leakages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/kma-takes-steps-to-block-revenue-leakages\/","title":{"rendered":"KMA takes steps to block revenue leakages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday,  1 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/60589884.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kma111\" title=\"Kma111\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) logo<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517529625_652_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has taken steps to block revenue leakages resulting from the use of unauthorized general counterfoil receipts.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), said its Revenue Management Team was working on this with the police.<\/p>\n<p>He added that preliminary investigations had uncovered large scale abuse in some sub-metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n<p>He told journalists that general counterfoil receipts meant for tax collection in specific sub-metropolitan councils had found their way to areas, where they should not be.<\/p>\n<p>Monies collected with such unauthorized receipts end up in the pockets of individuals and are never accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>The MCE said \u201cthis is plain criminality by some unscrupulous persons to defraud the unsuspecting public in the name of the assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Assibey-Antwi said the matter had been referred to the police for appropriate action against the offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The KMA has also directed the sub-metropolitan councils not to enter into any \u2018build, operate and transfer (B.O.T.)\u2019 or public-private partnership agreement without complying with proper procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The MCE said a steering committee had been put in place to evaluate all technical and financial proposals received in respect of B.O.T. projects to make sure that there was transparency.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: 50 --><\/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>Business News of Thursday, 1 February 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2018-02-01 Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) logo The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has taken steps to block revenue leakages resulting from the use of unauthorized general counterfoil receipts. 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