The
Northern Regional Minister has revealed that the Northern Regional Coordinating
Council will institute a league-table on the performance of Metropolitan, Municipal
and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the region.
The
league-table will however indicate the status of implementation of projects,
programmes and activities in each district and place them in order of merit.
It will also serve as a motivator to
hardworking assemblies and remind non-performing ones to pull their weight or
be blamed and sanctioned appropriately.
Mr.
Bede Ziedem made this revelation during a meeting with, Presiding members,
Coordinating Directors, Heads of departments and MMDCEs in the region.
The minister said assemblies need to
continuously remind themselves about their mandate of mobilizing resources to
make life better for their people.
In
that regard, the minister emphasized the importance for the assemblies to give
utmost attention to the mobilization of their own resources rather than solely
relying on external sources.
Mr.
Ziedem pointed out that in 2012, revenue generation in assemblies in the region
averaged 76.15% which was an increase of 17 percent from the previous year. He
said some districts however generated revenue as low as 17.21 percent of their
target.
Despite the peace the region is currently
enjoying, Mr. Zieden said that cannot
take it granted and made a special appeal to areas disputes especially
chieftaincy to resort to dialogue and negotiation as a means of resolving their
difference .
The
regional minister also urged MMDAs to revitalize their district security
committee and make them more proactive to deal with potential sources of
conflict before they escalate.
Briefing the participants on the spate of
education in the region, the Northern Regional Director of GES, Apanga Paul
bemoaned the state of infrastructure in most Senior High schools in the region.
He has also appealed
to government to complete uncompleted projects in SHS to ease congestion in
most of the schools.
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