KMA ENGAGES STAKEHOLDERS IN 2024 FISCAL YEAR FEE FIXING RESOLUTION
Pursuant to section 40 and 41 of the Local Governance Act, 2016 Act 936, Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) should invite residents and other stakeholders in the district to participate effectively in the activities of the Assembly and make representations and suggestions on the draft or proposed Fee Fixing Resolution for the coming year.
To this end, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly on Wednesday 13thSeptember, 2023 organized a Fee Fixing Consultation Meeting at the Clogsag Hall in Kumasi to engage stakeholders for their input for the proposal of the 2024Fee-Fixing Resolution.
Stakeholders who attended the consultation meeting included Transport Unions, Printing Houses, Pharmacists, Civil Society Organizations, GUTA, Credit Unions, artisans, financial institutions among others. In attendance were also the Mayor Hon. Sam Pyne, Mr. Francis Dwira Darko, MCD; Hon. Patrick Frimpong, PM; F&A and Revenue Sub-Committee Conveners, and some heads of department at KMA.
In his opening remarks, the Mayor, Hon. Sam Pyne said the purpose of the engagement was to give the stakeholders the platform to partake in the fee fixing resolution for the coming year.
He mentioned that it was the Assembly’s policy to involve the people in its decisions concerning tolls, rates, levies, fees, transport reorganization, environmental and sanitation issues among others.
Hon. Sam Pyne noted that the KMA recently commissioned a 3-Unit Classroom Block for the Abrepo M/A School, while the construction of a 6-Unit Ground floor Classroom Block is ongoing at Adumanu and African Faith School at Santasi-Kegyase respectively.