The Budget Committee meeting started with an opening prayer and welcome address from the District Coordinating Director Mr. Setsoafia Kpenu, in his address, he stated that every member or representative should make sure he or she contributed to the growth of the District. He then added that the meeting was not for members or representatives to seat down therefore failure to contribute, he would be forced to mentioned names. He concluded by welcoming everyone to the meeting. Continued with the reading and correction of previous minutes asked by the Budget officer of the District Mr. Ebenezer Afriyie-Boadi. After the correction and reading was done, the meeting continued with a presentation of a budget performance for the year 2023 which was done by Mrs. Prisca from the budget unit of the Assembly, after she was done with the presentation, chance was given for questions and answers. The meeting continued with some recommendation on how more revenue will be generated internally in the district for smooth running of the district and in the recommendation, Mrs. Prisca stated that more work needs to be done to help generate more revenue for the district, she also added that on the 17th of April 2024 there is going to be training for all revenue collectors. She continued by adding that the MIS unit should develop an online rate payer portal for the district. She concluded by saying that the assembly can only moved forward when more revenue is mobilized. After her conclusion, chance was given the second time for questions and answers which was led by the budget officer of the district Mr. Ebenezer Afriyie-Boadi. He concluded by saying that all those that are assigned a task should make sure they have done their part, he continued by asking in the absence of any other matters, on behalf of the District Coordinating Director, I want to thank everyone for coming to this meeting.
God bless Ghana and bless South Tongu District Assembly.