General News of Friday, 20 October 2017Source: 3news.comStop giving Common Funds to metropolitan and municipal assemblies - NamoaleFormer MP for La Dade Kotopon, Nii Amasah NamoaleThe former Member of Parliament for La Dade Kotopon in the Greater Region, Nii Amasah Namoale, has appealed to the government to stop the disbursement of the Common Fund to municipal and metropolitan assemblies. The former MP who assessed the level of poverty at the hinterlands advocated a re-look at how the Common Fund is disbursed. “The metropolitan and municipals must not be given the Common Fund. I went to Sene and the poverty, my God, and I will urge government not [to disburse money from the] common fund to all the metropolitan and municipal assemblies”, he stressed. “There would be creation of regional coordinating councils and people will be employed”, he explained.

Source: GhanaWeb October 20, 2017 09:33 UTC