Former President John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, has committed to increasing the district assembly common fund from the current 5% to 7% if he wins the 2024 elections.
Mahama made this promise after casting his vote in the district assembly elections, emphasizing the importance of decentralization and empowering local governance.
Mahama stated, “If God smiles on us, and we win the 2024 elections, we are going to take decentralization seriously, the rest of the ministries seriously, and the rest of the MMDAs that are still centralized. We are going to complete the decentralization so that we truly hand over power to the people at the local government level. Until we get our decentralization right, Ghana is not going to go anywhere, and so we are going to take it seriously.”
He further added, “We are going to make sure that District Common Fund disbursement increases from 5% to 7%, as enforced in 2016, and that the District Assemblies Common Fund is going to be regular so that districts can take advantage of it to increase the pace of their development. So, for those who haven’t voted, please go to the polling stations and select your assembly members.”
Source:GNA