Members of the Asokwa Municipal Assembly have expressed worry over the takeover of the collection of property rates by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), effective 2023 at the expense of the Assembly.
Mr. Elliot Fosu Bannor, Assembly’s Presiding Member at a press conference explained that the situation has crippled the work of the Assembly as the assembly is not getting its rightful share as expected.
He said the Asokwa Assembly is unable to perform its duties as expected and lamented that should their concerns remain unaddressed, the Assembly would be compelled to collect the property rates.
The assembly members have, therefore, resolved that from October 2023, the Assembly will institute a Taskforce to collect property rates because the law still allows them to collect the taxes themselves to prosecute its developmental agenda.
Mr. Fosu Bannor, disclosed that members of the Assembly are going through hard times in their respective electoral areas because sometimes it takes three or four years before they receive their share of the Common fund which comes in tranches.
He mentioned that, this year, almost two or three quarters are still in arrears and for that matter, the Assembly has no access to the Common fund for their developmental projects and is only relying on the Internally Generated Fund (IGF).
