Taka Babila Cletus abandoned his job since March 2016, leaving the Council with a huge deficit.
Abongwa Che Fru was
appointed Municipal Treasurer of Bafut Council in Mezam Division of the
North West Region by Order No. 00000086/A/MINATD/MINFI of April 28,
2016. He replaced Taka Babila Cletus who allegedly fled since March
2016, leaving the Council with a deficit of 15.5 million FCFA for the
period January 8, 2015 to March 4, 2016.
The missing amount
was revealed during the mid-term evaluation of the Council. Mayor Langsi
Abel revealed that the absence of a Municipal Treasurer caused great
losses in revenue collection. The situation also hampered the collection
of market fees, park access fee, council stamp duties and proceeds from
quarry products. The consequence was the poor rate of the execution of
projects.
It emerged from the
session that out of the 572,576,803 FCFA budgeted, barely 170,324,547
FCFA was collected, giving 29.7 per cent. Local revenue collection was
29,645,380 FCFA. Expenditure execution from January 1-June 30, 2016, was
131,911,752 FCFA, with recurrent expenditure amounting to 78,234,203
FCFA, giving 59.3 per cent. Investment expenditure stood at 53,677,547
FCFA or 40.70 per cent of total expenditure. Bafut Council overstretched
to execute projects, amongst which was the acquisition of a standby
generator, construction of culverts, grading of the Agyati-Ntahkukife,
Mbehbali Mankaha road, etc.
The council also
started work on phase three of the municipal stadium, offered holiday
jobs to 270 students, equipped the Mforya Integrated Health Centre and
rehabilitated the Akofunguba Health Centre. Meanwhile, Phase Three of
PNDP projects in the North West Region provides about 77 million FCFA
for updating the development plan of Bafut municipality, carrying out
feasibility studies and executing micro-projects.
Credit: Choves Loh - Cameroon Tribune
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