Jasikan District Made Strides in Revenue Generation

Jasikan, May 15 (Awumah) GNA-The inability of the Jasikan District Assembly to maximize its revenue targets in 2005, has compelled it to devise a more prudent strategy to boost its revenue position. The strategies have began to yield results as over 405 million cedis was collected internally generated fund (IGF) against a projected annual amount of 900 million cedis, constituting 45 percent revenue, at the end of March, this year.

It could however generate only 730 million cedis from a target of 824 million cedis, which constituted 88 percent of revenue collected in 2005.

Mr Solomon Kwame Donkor, Jasikan District Chief Executive who made these dispositions at its Ordinary General Assembly meeting to approve its supplementary budget recently said some of the strategy was to privatize all major markets to create jobs for the teeming youth and increase revenue mobilization.

Additionally, he said property rate collection among others would also be privatized, which the Executive Committee (EXECO) had already given approval.

Mr Donkor said the capitation grant of 616 million cedis has brought in its wake increases in school enrolment and affected attrition into the public schools from the private ones according to a survey carried out recently.

He indicated that enrolment figures soared to 6,883 in the 2005/6 academic years from the previous 6,252 figures for 2004/5 academic seasons, which constituted 10 percent increment at the kindergarten level.

The Primary and the Junior Secondary School levels recorded 19,900 and 6,323 representing 11.8 percent and 5.3 percent respectively against the enrolment figures of 17,801 and 6,007 in the same period. Mr Donkor said a total of 22 trainee nurses were being sponsored by the Assembly totaling 78 million cedis that after completion of training would come to assist in the district.

On road projects, he said some are billed for surfacing and re-shaping including the Bodada-Kute-Dzolu road network and Okadjakrom-Kwamekrom roads. 15 May 06.