Stifling assemblies funds extremely worrying – Dean of ILGS

The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) has urged the government to address the long-standing challenge of delay in the release of funds to the District Assemblies Common Fund.

The Minority Caucus on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government disclosed that the Fund for the year 2021 is yet to be credited.

They have thus threatened court action against the Finance Ministry if it continues to delay the release of funds due the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).

In an interview with Citi News, the Dean of the Institute of Local Government Studies, Fred Agyarko Oduro said tackling this challenge will bring the needed development at the local level.

“There have always been issues with the release of the DACF. There remains a challenge whether the right amount are given to the assemblies. There are also challenges of people withholding aspects of it, and that has been a long-standing problem which spans from when the Fund was established.”

“In the last year, there have been reports of some assemblies not receiving funds and if it is so, then it means that there is a concern. If this remains a challenge, the assemblies will feel the impact of not receiving the funds”, he emphasized.