By Charles Tawiah, GNA
Nkawie (Ash) Oct 29, GNA – Ms Shirley Kyei, a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, has called on district, municipal and metropolitan assemblies to work towards reducing the financial infractions captured in the report of the Auditor General.
He said it was important for the assemblies to initiate and implement strategies that would help them to recover the financial infractions and position them well to implement development projects and programmes that would improve the living conditions of their people.
Ms Kyei, who is also the Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya South, made the call at the second ordinary meeting of the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipal assembly at Nkawie.
The management of the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipal Assembly and four other district assemblies, were captured on page 25 of the 2024 Auditor-General’s report for not collecting rent dues totaling GHC 681,122, from 357 tenants of government bungalows and other properties of their respective Assemblies, which was laid before the PAC recently.
The other four districts were Ahafo-Ano North and Ahafo Ano South-West District, Ejura-Sekyedumasi Municipal and Kumasi Metropolitan Assemblies.
Ms Kyei described the development of the area and the welfare of the people as her priority and interest, instead of political affiliation, and called on the members to continue to work together to speed up the growth of the area.
The meeting, which was on the theme: “An Agenda for Improved and Quality Livelihoods,” was attended by all the assembly members and heads of departments, and it was aimed at reading, assessing and adopting the Assembly’s 2026 action plan.
The action plan included revenue mobilization, expenditure management, governance, accountability, environmental protection, infrastructure, human settlements, social protection, health, agriculture, education, among others.
Mr Wisdom Osei Boamah, the Municipal Chief Executive, commended the Member of Parliament for sharing a common goal of development and people’s interests in the area.He appealed for continuous collaboration and cooperation, development driven local governance to help leave a positive legacy for the future generation of people in the area.
GNA
Edited by Kwabia Owusu-Mensah/Lydia Kukua Asamoah