WASSA EAST TO USE MEDIA TO INCREASE IGF.

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The Wassa East District Assembly has expressed its determination to increase its internally generated funds in 2018 through rigorous media advertisement to expand its markets to other districts with in the region.

Owing to the district’s inability to generate much funds internally, the assembly’s common funds has been on a nosedive. This in effect has delayed numerous developmental projects which the assembly intends doing.

Mr Wilson Arthur the District Chief Executive for the district stated the assembly intend leveraging on it market places and the food stuffs which are in abundance in the district to rake in more revenues for the assembly.

According to him the assembly is rolling out plans to expand existing market places and build new markets at Edukrom,  Atieku, and Atobiase, besides, the district will reconstruct  all poor roads  and advertise the market place in the media as a move to show case the district.

“ Wassa East on Tuesdays is vibrant with trading activities and you will be shocked by the quality of food crops being sold at very affordable prices, fortunately Sekondi – Takoradi is just twenty five minute drive to Daboase.… so what we are going to do is that has we expand our market structures we use the media to open up our market by advertising aggressively in the media and reconstruct dilapidated roads to the district to make the market attractive for people to come here to trade’

This he believe will boost trading activities at the market which will translate into the assembly generating much funds internally for development.

Mr Wilsion Arthur decry how reluctant some section of the public are in paying  their basic rates.

Hence, the assembly intend constituting committees at every community to collaborate with the revenue department to collect basic rates.

“Wassa East has a population around 100,000 but what the assembly collect has a basic rate is woefully low… so we are setting up a committee and we will decentralize these committees to collaborate with the district revenue department to collect basic rates and property rates and that will help increase our common fund for developments”

By Stephen Cudjoe

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