General News of Wednesday, 27 March 2019Source: citinewsroom.comScrap MP Common Fund to allow MMDCEs carry out dev’t projects – William QuaitooWilliam QuaitooThe Member of Parliament for Akim Oda and Chairman of the Local Government Committee is advocating for the scrapping of the MP’s share of the District Assembly Common Fund to give more power and resources to MMDCEs to execute their mandate. “Common fund honestly if you ask I would say it should be scrapped. They should allow me to do my work as a lawmaker, go sit in parliament and look at issues. Last year, May IMANI Africa asked the government to discontinue the disbursement of MPs share of the District Assembly Common Fund. The presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) also descended on Parliamentarians for an allegedly misapplying District Assembly Common Fund for election campaigns instead of on development projects in 2018.

Source: GhanaWeb March 27, 2019 11:48 UTC