[ 2014-09-22 ]

Volta Region completes street naming project
Ho, Sept. 21, GNA - Barely two weeks from now, the
September deadline given by President John Dramani
Mahama to all Metropolitan Municipal and District
Assemblies (MMDA’s) to name streets and number
properties would expire.

A visit to some MMDA’s in the Volta Region by
Ghana News Agency indicates a smooth, progressive
and time bound activities going on to meet the
deadline.

The exercise is intended to help improve and
increase revenue generation of the assemblies to
limit their dependency on government subventions
for developmental projects.

It would also shape infrastructural planning to
help prevent unnecessary flooding and protect
lives and property.

Mrs Fafa Afua Adinyira, Ho Municipal Chief
Executive told GNA that the major challenge faced
by the assembly was the names that are coming up
for the exercise.

She said there are many objections by the Asogli
Traditional Council to the names suggested by many
of the communities.

Mrs Adinyira said the exercise is not just putting
in place signages for directions but the
collection and management of data as well.

Mr Felix Selorame, Municipal Planning Officer said
though the assembly has not finish the exercise
the amount of work done so far has increased the
revenue of the assembly.

He said the increment is from the digitisation
done by the assembly to fish out properties which
were engaged in property tax fraud.

Mr Selorame said the exercise has also helped the
assembly in producing an infrastructural
development map that reveals what the municipality
is lacking.

He said the municipality has been zone into 17 and
“so far the assembly has increased revenue
generation in all the zones”.

At Denu and Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality,
Mr Pascal Lamptey, Municipal Chief Executive, said
the exercise is appreciated by the people.

He said it has become an eye opening exercise,
directing people to places.

Source - GNA

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