Prince Yaw Donyina, Techiman Municipal Chief Executive, has urged the people of the area to collaborate with the Assembly to initiate development programmes that would bring improvement in their living standards.

He was addressing a meeting of stakeholders and tax payers in the municipality on the need to pay taxes, to boost revenue generation and the way forward to improving the socio-economic development of the area.

Mr Donyina commended the participants for playing their respective roles as stakeholders and honouring their tax obligations to generate revenue for development projects.

He also commended the government for supporting the Assembly in its development programmes, adding that, Techiman had seen a lot of improvement since the NPP government came to power.

Mr Cosmos Yanoore, Municipal Finance Officer said out of the estimated revenue target of ¢5 billion, set by the Assembly for this year, a total of ¢4.6 billion have been realized as at the end of November.

He expressed the hope that the target would be achieved by the close of the year and thanked the Assembly as well as those who helped in the effective mobilization of the revenue.

Mr Yanoore said much of the Assembly's resources was spent on managing waste in the municipality to reduce the sanitation problem.

Mr Kofi Asamoah Abanaba, Presiding Member, expressed his gratitude to the people and urged them to co-operate and share ideas towards the total development of the municipality.



Source: GNA