Tuesday 28th January, 2020
By
Isaac Newton Tetteh, GNA
Kpone (GAR), Jan.
28, GNA – Mrs. Gloria Akuffo, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has charged
members of the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) in the Greater
Accra Region to assist in revenue
mobilization.
Mrs. Akuffo made the
call when she inaugurated the Third Kpone –Katamanso Assembly on behalf of
President Akufo-Addo.
The Attorney General
said it was the responsibility of the
Assembly members to help the Municipal Assembly bring development to the door
steps of the residents, according to section 12 (3) of the Local Government
Act.
She called on the
Members to deal with unplanned and haphazard developments in their electoral
areas adding that slums and buildings sited on water ways must be removed to
protect lives and properties.
According to her,
the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) must work
with the land valuation divisions of the Lands Commission to accurately value all properties to enhance
transparency in the payment of property rates.
She also charged the
Assemblies to take advantage of
automation and other innovative systems developed by the local
government ministry to improve their internally Generated Funds (IGF).
GNA