The Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has criticised the government for delaying the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), which he says is stifling local development.
He notes that funds for the year’s second quarter have not been released to Parliament, and disbursements to the National Health Insurance Authority and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) are also delayed.
Addressing journalists, Annoh-Dompreh urged the Finance Minister to make the required statutory payments urgently.
“You have introduced taxes, you have collected these taxes, and yet you are flouting the statutory payment that the law mandates that you must pay.
“They are doing all the evil things in their first year, and because they think that they have the goodwill of the people, this is the time for them to do all these things.
“If common funds are not released, the assemblies are denied the oxygen to do local governance, health insurance is not being paid, GETFund is not being paid, and everybody is quiet. I want to ask questions. Where are the taxes the administration has collected?” he said.
