Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly exceeds 2021 IGF target
The Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) last year generated three million, seventy-nine thousand
two hundred and sixteen Ghana Cedis, ninety-seven Ghana pesewas (GH¢3,079,216.97).
The amount represented 104.87 per cent collection rate of Internally Generated revenue projection of GH¢2.93 million.
Mr Kojo Acquah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), who made this known to the Ghana News Agency,said a total budgeted revenue for the year was more than GH¢ 29.85 million.
Of the amount, he said, GH¢20.08 million was realized as of 31st December, 2021.
He said to meet the projections, a Revenue Management Committee was constituted to ensure that all rated properties were billed and collected.
Mr Acquah said the Revenue Taskforce of the Assembly helped in a mass mobilization of revenue whichaccounted largely for the surplus of the actual collection of IGF.
On expenditure, he said, the total expenditure budgeted for the period was GH¢29.88 million.
He said the Assembly spent a total amount of GH¢21.7 million, representing 72.83%.
Mr Acquah announced that Management had formed a thirteen member Municipal Research andProposal Committee to identify and submit proposals for financial aid from local and international institutions.
He mentioned that work had begun and reports on the efforts and achievements of the Committeewould be communicated to all relevant stakeholders in due course.
On collection of Property Rates, he said, the Assembly was able to lobby GIZ, an InternationalOrganization in Germany, to assist in revenue mobilisation in the areas of property rate and BusinessOperating Permit (BOP) collections.
Mr Acquah said an assessment of the property and business rates collection of the Assembly revealedthat its existing data on property and business owners was not linked to its spatial maps of streetaddresses, which made it difficult for revenue officers to easily identify rate payers.
“By virtue of this, the Assembly with support from GIZ would obtain fresh data on all properties andbusinesses within the Municipality for an update of its street address maps towards effective billdistribution and collection”, the MCE indicated.