2017 was the most difficult year since we started our Mandate Nkambe Council Mayor
By ABANDA Marcel
Decries the wanton killing of civilians and Uniform men
Mayor Paul Ngabir |
The administrative, management
and stores account session extended to the adoption of the Nkambe council Development
Plan (CDP) took place in the Nkambe town hall last Monday 26th March
2018. The session brought together most of the councilors of Nkambe, some
sectorial Ministries, 17 Fons of the council and Village development Presidents
was preceded by the 2nd Assistant Senior Divisional Officer Donga
Mantung
Nkambe council session |
In his opening speech, the Mayor
of Nkambe council, Ngabir Paul Bantar said, the 2017 was characterized by a
gloomy socio-politico economic climate that gripped the Anglophones Region. He continues
that, fear, and intimidation held people hostage and consequently, the council recruited
additional security to take care of the council institutions. He said by this
reaction to the crisis, they have showed that they are peace-loving people. “We
choose progress over stagnation and stability over chaos”. “We do not believe
in the use of force to achieve our goals”. Mayor stated. He also indicated
that, 2017 was the most difficult year since we started our Mandate,
considering that local revenue dropped to an all time low, state revenue also
drastically dropped and came after long delays and most of the partnerships
could not be carried out because of the security situation in the region.
Other challenges the mayor
mentioned includes, the untimely submission of mandatory documents in the
format prescribed from finance to the administration. The consequences of the
Anglophone crisis, the ghost towns and school boycotts were very devastating.
Students unregistered for exams, missed exams, innocent children are victims
and business community is also victims. The Mayor decries the wanton killing of
civilians and the men in Uniform.
The challenges include many dept
the council owns, with Nkambe town credit union and CNPS.
According to the Executive
summary as presented by the Finance committee chairman, Musa Shey Nfor,
Shey Musa Nfor. Chairman Finance Committee |
Total revenue stood at
537.954.494F realized from a budget of over 659.727.700F representing a
realization of 81.4% against 724.662.000 representing 83.63% realization of
2016
Total expenditures of 520.077,923F
at representing 78.83% execution rate
Local Revenue stood at 77.930.133F,
representing 14.3% of the total revenue of 537.954.494F
A dropped brought forward of 17.876.571
to 2018 as compared to over 90 million of 2016 brought forward to 2017.
2nd Assistant SDO Donga Mantung |
The chairman drew the attention
of the council management on some incorrectly or omitted heads advising the
technicians to revisit the budget considering that, they (finance Committee) did
not see clearly the head under which the income relating to the sales from the
forest and park were accounted for, maybe he said, it’s will be handle in 2018
among other issues. And for local
revenue, they proposed that, targets should be fix to collectors and
accompanied by motivational bonuses to meet the targets.
The councilors equally voted the
council development plan.
Closing the session, the 2nd
Assistant SDO, appreciated the credibility and objectivity of the councilors
and the zeal to continue to move the Nkambe council forward.
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