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Gomoa East Assembly collects 73 percent 2017 estimated revenue

Mr Benjamin Kojo Otoo, District Chief Executive of Gomoa East District Assembly has announced that as at September 30, 2017, the Assembly had mobilised GHÂ¢ 528,316,86 representing 73.47 percent of the target set for the year.

Date Created : 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Ghanadistricts.com

The Gomoa East Assembly had targeted to mobilise GHÂ¢ 700,000 as an internal generated fund (IGF) in its 2017.

Addressing the Ordinary session of the Assembly’s meeting at Afransi, Mr Otoo said strategies had been put in place to intensify mobilisation of the revenue in the last quarter 2017, to enable the assembly exceed its target.

He said employing the services of revenue and building taskforce teams at Gomoa Buduburam, Nyanyano Kakakraba, and Gomoa Afransi, organising stakeholder’s meetings, durbars andforums to sensitise citizenry on the need to meet their tax obligations without compulsion were some the measures they were adopting.

The DCE said the logistics support would also be made available to the revenue collectors as well as the taskforce and intensification of supervision and monitoring by the management staffs, led by District Coordinating Director (DCD) to realise the goal.

The DCE hinted thatthe Finance and AdministrationSub-committee of the assembly had recommended that Revenue Action plan should be strictly implemented by the management to help in achieving target of the 2018 internal generated fund (IGF).

Mr Otoo said the Gomoa East District Assembly received a total of GHs 440.211.58 as its share of the District Assembly Common fund of the first quarter’s allocation for 2017.