This is to facilitate appropriate and judicious utilisation of the Assembly's funds to help move the development of the Municipality to the next level.

The five-member committee comprises representatives from civil society organisations, the municipal assembly, organised groups and the media.

Madam Owusu-Banahene urged the Committee to support the Assembly to look for investors to help develop the city, saying the Assembly requires the collaborative and active support from the private sector to develop the Municipality.

She said the assembly is determined to deepen its relationship and provide platforms to enable citizen to contribute to the decision-making process.

Mr Thomas Benarkuu, the Director of Programmes of MIHOSO International, a non-governmental organisation and Focal Person, said the formation of the Committee is in line with a project that seeks to enhance citizens' knowledge in social auditing and deepen their relationship with the district assemblies.

MIHOSO international, a health-centered and social accountability actor, is facilitating the implementation of the project in the Sunyani Municipality.

Titled : "Enhancing Citizen Participation and Social Accountability at the District Level", selected CSOs in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development are implementing the nine-month project being funded by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ).

Being implemented in 60 Municipal and District Assemblies in the country; the project among other interventions seeks to empower citizens to effectively monitor the implementation of the Assembly's Action Plan.

This would greatly improve citizens' continuous participation in the plan process – selection of projects implementation and evaluation as well.

Mr Benarkuu said the Committee was not created to witch-hunt the Assembly but  instead to collaborate with it effectively to help block leakages in the Assembly's expenditure and promote quality infrastructural development.