News:
May 27, 2021
Member of Parliament for Banda Constituency, Ahmed Ibrahim has expressed worry over delay in the presentation to parliament the formular for approval for the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIL).
According to him the second quarter is almost ending and as a member of the Local Government and Rural Development Committee, when they went round all the sixteen regions during the recess, they witness how the Assemblies are suffering,
He added that the Majority Leader in presenting the Business Statement for this week noted that those statutory payments are contingent on the formular being presented to the House for approval, and stated that the law also indicates that the formulas should be presented on time.
And further expressed worry over a circular that had asked MMDCEs to step aside for vetting until they are either re-appointed or otherwise. “So is like the decentralization process has totally collapsed, we must put pressure for the funds to be sent to the Assemblies for them to work”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com