The Krachi West District Assembly performed creditably in  revenue mobilisation at the end of  the first quarter of  the year.
   
Out of a target of  GH¢ 66,498, it collected GH¢ 20,208 as  its internal generated  fund representing 30  percent of the  assembly’s
annual  revenue target.
  
Its recurrent expenditure within the same period recorded GH¢
24,209 out of a target of GH¢ 149,590. representing 16 percent of the total revenue.
  
The District Chief Executive, Mr Douglas Koranteng,  made these
disclosures at a two-day ordinary session at kete-Krachi.
   
He attributed the  modest performance  to the engagement of 
innovations, strategies  and disciplinary measures in revenue
generation and the collection by hard working and strict revenue 
mobilisation  and  monitoring task-force.
   
He urged the assembly members to  sustain the revenue mobilisation drive and  also expand the revenue net "since there is
more room for improving revenue generation".
  
"What we have generated so far is not encouraging even though we
have made modest gains as a newly created district since we cannot depend on the common fund alone to accelerate our development agenda," he said.
  
He said, the first quarter allocation of the common fund for this year
stood at GH¢ 1,087 which is yet to be received and cautioned
assembly members not to be complacent but step up the
innovations, strategies  and disciplinary measures to enable the
assembly to complete  projects on schedule to  improve living
standards.
   
Mr Koranteng mentioned health, education, water, sanitation  and
accommodation for  teachers and nurses as  projects under
construction at different  stages and assured of  their completion
when the fund is made available and urged the communities to
exercise restraint.
   
He appealed to communities that had their projects completed and
were operational to make judicious use of them to improve living
standards and attract other projects.