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By Laudia Sawer
Old-Ningo, March 15
GNA – The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and Ningo-Prampram
The District Assembly (NIPDA) organized a social auditing day for the social audit
residents of Old-Ningo in the Greater Accra region.
The commitment, which
supported by the European Union (EU), was part of the activities planned by the CNCE
activities under the program on accountability, the rule of law and the fight against corruption
(PFRA), which is a joint anti-corruption initiative launched by the Government of
Ghana and the EU.
The program, on
theme: "Citizens for Transparency and Accountability", was followed by
Assembly leaders, department heads, religious groups, women and men,
youth groups, and residents among others.
Miss Gifty Agyeiwaa
Badu, NCCE Director of Ningo-Prampram District, said the program was intended to promote
community ownership of development projects and policies, as well as
awareness of the activities of the Assembly.
Miss Badu urged
citizens to hold their leaders, especially local authorities.
responsible managers by asking for answers about the annual planning,
the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and
programs in their area.
She regretted that
In most cases, the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) were
to face challenges to promote active participation and to make information
accessible to citizens due to low resource mobilization and excessive dependence on citizens.
Common Fund of the District Assembly.
She also observed
citizens on the other hand did not have a sufficient understanding of the
operational mechanism of the local governance system which limited their
effective participation in governance.
Mr. Ali Amidu,
Director of District Coordination Ningo-Prampram, for his part, encouraged
residents to see the Assembly projects as theirs in order to monitor them while
under construction to ensure that contractors have done the right thing knowing that
residents would not accept poor quality work.
Mr. Amidu said "if you
see entrepreneurs doing the wrong things on the site to our blind and you pretend
you do not care, do not forget that it's your money that you pay in taxes
to be wasted. "
Mr Jonathan Teye
Doku, the district director of Ningo-Pranmpram, reminded residents
the need to pay their tolls, tariffs and charges, which would allow the
The badembly generates the revenue needed to embark on development projects.
Presentations were
by Mr. Francis Essandoh, District Planning Officer, on ongoing projects
launched by the Assembly in 2018, as well as plans for 2019, while Ms. Rita
Maame Esi Boafo, a head of the NIPDA Budget Unit, also took the residents
through his finances.
Ms. Boafo said
that the revenues of the Assembly came mainly from three main sources, namely internal resources.
generated funds, donor funds and central government communiqués, including the
Joint Fund of the Assembly.
The Assembly
She noted that the expenditures covered compensations which included staff salaries,
goods and services (financing of activities and programs) and badets and
investments in physical development.
Residents asked
officials on where the money went went, and who was responsible for
maintenance of public property in addition to other social issues.
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