Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District has collected almost half of its budgeted total revenue for this year within five months, the District Chief Executive, Madam Georgina Nkrumah Aboah, has said.
Speaking at an assembly meeting at Breman Asikuma on Thursday she said as at 31st May, 58,524.66 Ghana cedis, representing 45.46 percent, had been collected as against the 2009 total estimated budget of 128,750.00 Ghana cedis.
She said the assembly hopes to exceed its revenue target this year, if the collectors continue to work harder, adding that it exceeded it revenue target last year by collecting 92,718.55.00 of the total estimated budget of 84.725.00 Ghana cedis.
Madam Aboah appealed to the assembly members, especially the Finance and Administration sub-committee members, to assist the revenue collectors to increase revenue collection in order to get more funds for implementation of recurrent programmes.
She said the assembly has 28 on-going projects which include 11 Common Fund projects and 17 Donor Fund Projects.