The Ho West District Assembly has attributed its low Internal Generated Fund (IGF) compared to other municipalities to a lack of commercial infrastructure rather than staff negligence or local disputes. Officials explained that Ho West does not have the same concentration of hotels, filling stations, banks, and corporate offices found in Ho Municipal.
According to the Hon. Francis Profer Dusey the District Chief Executive for Ho West in an interview on Friday May 15, 2026, he noted that Ho Municipal has hundreds of guest houses and multiple corporate headquarters while Ho West has only about 20 guest houses, two hotels, six filling stations, and one rural bank. The limited number of high-value properties and businesses directly affects the amount of property rate revenue the district can generate.
To address the data gap, the Assembly is finalizing a contract with a firm known as Omni Strategies. The firm will use technology methods to collect comprehensive data on all households and advertisements in the district before revenue collection begins. Officials said the move is part of a shift away from scanty manual records toward a data-first approach aimed at making collection more efficient.
The DCE revealed that the Assembly is also conducting community engagement and sensitization across the district to prepare residents for the new measures with the goal to explain the importance of paying property rates and to ensure the process is cordial and free from harassment. Officials emphasized that the strategy is intended to encourage willingness among community members.
It was also noted that the basic rate remains in effect and is already deducted from the payslips of Government of Ghana employees. The Assembly is currently gathering data to coordinate with the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to ensure these deductions are properly captured and accounted for.
The contrast between Ho West and Ho Municipal was described as stark, with the former remaining largely rural and limited in revenue lines. Hon. Dusey said the new approach marks a departure from past inefficient collection methods and is designed to foster transparency, trust, and sustainable revenue mobilization.
During the First Ordinary Meeting of the Third Session of the Fourth Assembly of the Ho West District Assembly on Thursday May 14, 2026, Omni Strategies Limited, a wholly Ghanaian-owned technology firm, presented its digital revenue mobilization platform to the Ho West District Assembly following the submission of their draft proposals to the assembly.
The firm said the system is designed to help MMDAs maximize revenue and digitize other assembly services.
Officials from the Omni Strategies led by Mr. Garvi Amaavi the Executive Director and Rashid Baah disclosed that Omni Strategies operates as a technology and security services provider with partnerships and operations beyond Ghana.
The firm emphasized that it holds certifications from the Data Protection Commission, the Cyber Security Authority, and ISO 27001, and is registered with relevant authorities in the US. It noted that operating in a heavily regulated sector requires such credentials, as their absence would raise questions about a firm’s capacity to deliver.
On data collection, the firm explained that it gathers only information already required for property rate assessment. This includes the property owner’s name, phone number, location, use of the property, number of bedrooms, and other parameters agreed with the Assembly. Omni Strategies said it works with the Assembly’s valuation team to ensure the parameters meet local needs and reduce the cost of separate data collection and valuation exercises.
The firm clarified that data processing will be carried out by local collectors engaged in partnership with the Assembly. These collectors, who already have knowledge of the district, will use the firm’s system to collect data on behalf of the Assembly. Where staff numbers are inadequate, the firm said it will recruit locally to augment the team.
On data control and revenue management, officials said the Assembly retains full authority over the platform and can access reports, reconciliations, and dashboards directly. The system is cloud-based with a full disaster recovery plan verified by the Audit Service. Revenue collected will be disbursed at a ratio of 70% to the Assembly and 30% to the firm, with all hired staff expenses covered from the firm’s share. Payments will go directly onto the platform, where the Assembly has full access.
The presentation also included a live demonstration of the software. Omni Strategies said the platform addresses challenges such as difficulty identifying revenue entities, poor property valuation, bill distribution problems, payment inconveniences, cash leakages, and weak analytics that persist where assemblies still rely on notebooks or Excel. The firm said the system is already deployed in Ga West, Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, and Ellembelle District Assembly
