By Johnson Batuo
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| Mayor chief Daniel Mata Mokambe |
The Mbonge council in Meme division of the
Southwest region has voted the sum of over one billion CFA as budget for the
year 2017. This sum balanced in revenue
and expenditure was examined and adopted by the councilors on the occasion of
the second ordinary session of the council for 2016 that took place at the
council chambers on Friday 2 December 2016.
Addressing
the session, the Mayor, Chief Daniel Mata Mokambe said the session was aimed to
discuss issues that would affect the municipality in the year 2017, adding that
these issues touch on the social, economic and the political wellbeing of the
people.
Chief
Mokambe said the world is a place of interdependence, where everyone brings to
the altar a different sacrifice “Each Contribution counts as we are looking at
the bigger picture,” he said.
The
mayor recalled some of his achievements in the ending year including provision
of drinkable water, electricity, farm to market roads, the building of
culverts, the donation of didactic materials to schools, the granting of
scholarships, the building and equipping of health centres, the donation of
farm inputs to farmers, the construction of markets, the construction of
slaughter houses, parks etc. In the year
2017 and beyond he promised “we shall improve on the above, invest more and do
even more”.
The
second Assistant senior Divisional Officer for Meme, Yongkuma Nelson Gamsi,
saluted the mayor and his councilors for organizing the session, noting that
the council plays a pivotal role in the
lives of the people.
He
praised the 40% reduction in the budget vis à vis same period last year, adding
that the reduction was realistic. The
SASDO advised the mayor and his councilors, to ensure that projects envisaged
would impact the entire municipality.
Before
voting and adopting the budget, the Development, Infrastructure and Finance
Committees presented the report of deliberations held on the eve of the
session.
The
session was also attended by the southwest Regional Heads of the council
support Fund FEICOM ad councils in the southwest Governor Office Buea.
The
2017 budgetary session of the Mbonge council was held in the new council
edifice constructed by FEICOM
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