Clarify anomaly in local gov’t funding – Group to Parliament

Beyond this, the Centre has also called on government to direct the funding for its 1 million per constituency policy to the DACF, as it noted that there was some lack of clarity in this regard.A research fellow at the Centre, Edem Awusi noted to Citi fm that, “Parliament is mandated to allocate at least 5 percent of revenue” but “we checked from the budget and we matched it against allocations made to the DACF and we realised that it was only 4.48 percent instead of the mandatory minimum of 5 percent.”

On the $1 million per constituency policy, Mr. Awusi said his outfit could not  pinpoint  “where exactly the $1 million will be channeled to because the policy is saying it’s for the constituency but we know the constituencies are not administrative units.”

“The MPs’ share of the common fund goes through the district assemblies so the question we are asking now is, is government channeling that 1 million to the district assemblies because there is no clear  is not clear indication or information as to who that money will be channeled to.”

“We are saying that government should come clear and we are actually advocating that the money be channelled to the district assembly. We believe that it will help development and even help the assemblies to live up to their mandate.”