By Olive Ejang Tebug
Councilors of the Kumba Council, November 14 and 15 voted a draft budget of FCFA 774 million as recurrent and investment revenue for the 2007 financial year.
This amount is about seven percent higher than that of FCFA 670,2006.In presenting the draft budget for adoption, the Government Delegate to the Kumba Council, Caven Nnoko Mbele, told councillors that the increase is necessary considering that additional council taxes will be slightly increased.
He stated that with the intention to launch the collection of loading and off-loading charges for foodstuff, library fees, lease of the amusement park facilities, access fee to the Lake, envisaged support of community based organisations and foreign partners.
The Delegate told councillors that the Council would rely on the increased manpower and competence of their Treasury Department, which has recently received a treasurer and deputy.
He was confident that with their varied experiences in treasury management and their intention to recruit some revenue recovery staff, revenue would be boosted.
Nnoko pleaded with competent technical services to enforce procedures leading to the legalisation of commercial motorcycles (benskin) and cable network distribution activities.
The executive told the people that recurrent revenue shall carter for the settlement of National Social Insurance Fund, employers and employees contributions, transportation expenses, settlement of other taxes and duties, contribution to operating expenses of various services and staff cost.
For capital investment, he said it shall be used to complete their Banquet Hall, construct a finance building mechanism that will also host the chairman's cabinet, tar all municipal motor parks, build the Mukonje-Malende Bridge, complete fencing works on the Municipal Stadium in Fiango, extend and maintain road networks, extend water to Barombi Kang, Kake and Kosala.
According to him, the finance building mechanism will dredge rivers within the municipality, extend planting of ornamental trees, attempt the use of streetlights with solar energy and participate in the build operate and transfer of the Kumba Main market.
The Chairman of the Kumba Council, Ferdinand Asapngu urged the councilors to work collectively for the realization of the voted budget.
True Democracy
Daniel Panjouono, Meme SDO who chaired the two day session lauded the CPDM executive arm and the SDF deliberative arm for their sense of maturity exhibited in the session. He observed that other CPDM councils with government delegates, lack understanding and peace compared to Kumba.
He qualifies Kumba council as a replica of true democracy and urged the delegate to continuously understand the deliberative arm.
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