Old settlements in Accra to be upgraded, Sunday, November 5, 2011, pg 18
THE Accra Metropolitan Assembly(AMA) is to commit two million Ghana Cedis to feasibility studies to upgrade some old settlements in the metropolis.
The project, which forms part of the city authority's rural housing project, will take off next year in communities which include Nima, Korle Gonno and Ga Mashie.
Similarly sports facilities in Chorkor, Dansoman, Agbogbloshie , La and Mamprobi will either be reconstrcuted or will all be given facelifts.
The Mayor of Accra, Mr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuye , announced the packages at the hearing and launch of the maiden Greater Accra Composite Budget in Accra.
The AMa has budgeted to spend some GHC 202, 509, 249 in 2012 for projects including roads, the reconstrcution of some selected markets, and the construction of educational and health infastructures, waste management and agriculture among others.
The Composite Budget is an integrated metropolitan, municipal or district budget, that incorporates all budgets of the decentralised departments under the MMDAs, to avoid the overlapping of financial resource allocations.
The adoption of the system which takes off next year will help to decentralise departments from their mother departments under the various ministries, departments and agencies.
The hearing provided the platform for all ten districts in the region for the first time to present their budgets to stakeholders.
The presentation covered programmes and projects undertaken since 2009 and proposed programmes and projects for the medium -term based on the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda 2010 to 2013 policy priorities.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Armah Ashietey, who launched the budget said the composite budget would also ensure that information on the total resource envelop of each Metropolitan Municipaland District Assemblies was made available and the resources of the various funding sources and sectors were properly integrated and coordinated so as to reduce duplication in the use of resources and efforts in service delivery.
“A comprehensive budget is the bed rock on which other reforms in reporting, accounting and auditing can be achieved to ensure that resources are utilized in an efficient, effective, transparent and accountable manner which will lead to efficient service delivery at the local level”, he added.
Nii Ashietey while urging private investors to put money into the local economy since there were more profitable opportunities in the system also expressed his appreciation to development partners who had been supportive and especially those that had contributed to the development of the local economy.
Nana Oduro Kwarteng, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, for his part said no country could attain a sustainable development without a vibrant local government system hence the need to ensure that the composite budget system was strenghtened to meet the needs of all Ghanaians.
The project, which forms part of the city authority's rural housing project, will take off next year in communities which include Nima, Korle Gonno and Ga Mashie.
Similarly sports facilities in Chorkor, Dansoman, Agbogbloshie , La and Mamprobi will either be reconstrcuted or will all be given facelifts.
The Mayor of Accra, Mr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuye , announced the packages at the hearing and launch of the maiden Greater Accra Composite Budget in Accra.
The AMa has budgeted to spend some GHC 202, 509, 249 in 2012 for projects including roads, the reconstrcution of some selected markets, and the construction of educational and health infastructures, waste management and agriculture among others.
The Composite Budget is an integrated metropolitan, municipal or district budget, that incorporates all budgets of the decentralised departments under the MMDAs, to avoid the overlapping of financial resource allocations.
The adoption of the system which takes off next year will help to decentralise departments from their mother departments under the various ministries, departments and agencies.
The hearing provided the platform for all ten districts in the region for the first time to present their budgets to stakeholders.
The presentation covered programmes and projects undertaken since 2009 and proposed programmes and projects for the medium -term based on the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda 2010 to 2013 policy priorities.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Armah Ashietey, who launched the budget said the composite budget would also ensure that information on the total resource envelop of each Metropolitan Municipaland District Assemblies was made available and the resources of the various funding sources and sectors were properly integrated and coordinated so as to reduce duplication in the use of resources and efforts in service delivery.
“A comprehensive budget is the bed rock on which other reforms in reporting, accounting and auditing can be achieved to ensure that resources are utilized in an efficient, effective, transparent and accountable manner which will lead to efficient service delivery at the local level”, he added.
Nii Ashietey while urging private investors to put money into the local economy since there were more profitable opportunities in the system also expressed his appreciation to development partners who had been supportive and especially those that had contributed to the development of the local economy.
Nana Oduro Kwarteng, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, for his part said no country could attain a sustainable development without a vibrant local government system hence the need to ensure that the composite budget system was strenghtened to meet the needs of all Ghanaians.
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