Kumba City Council Adopts Over 1.6bn as 2017 budget

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

NgohNkelle Victor

The kumba city council has adopted the sum of 1, 669, 165, 042 Francs CFA as their council budget for the 2017 financial year. The budget was adopted during the budgetary session of the council that took place Tuesday Decembe 20 at the Kumba City Council hall.

                Speaking at the conclave, the government delegate to the Kumba city council NgohNkelle Victor explained the budget is in consideration of the ministerial circular letter No 0004843/LC/MINATD/DCTD of the 20th October 2016 relating to the preparation and execution of council budgets. The over 1.6 billion budget witnessed a 138 992 431 FRS drop in financial terms and 7.7% in relative terms from that of 2016 which stood at 1 808 957 473 billion.

                While presenting his draft budget proposal to the councillors and administrative officials present NgohNkelle Victor explained out of the amount, 87% will be recurrent revenue which is intended to come from internal revenue sources, the common decentralisation fund and other transfers amounts to the sum of 1453550000frs while 13% will constitute investment revenue of 216415042 FRS.                               The government delegate revealed the expenditure is spread to cover overheads and capital and investment expenditure and will cover staff cost, provide material and supplies, cover transportation expenses, settle other services and various financial costs, grant general recurrent allocations to sub divisional councils, take care of other social expenses and develop projects from the master plan through consultancies and other methods, settle kumba city council indebtedness to third parties and other government investment.

                In a bid to continue giving the city of Kumba the beauty and development it needs, the government delegate revealed as part of his development plans the budget shall cater for the dredging of the Mambungise stream through the HIMO project, rehabilitation and resurfacing of roads, building of culvets, the extension and maintenance of the electricity network.

The kumba main market is equally targeted as the government delegate revealed plans to rehabilitate and number stores in the market. Meantime, in the domain of hygiene the government delegate revealed his dreams of getting HYSACAM services to are almost ripe as the necessary documents have already left MINHDU for the finance ministry pending the launching of the Dormer's operation within Kumba.

                All these development projects as well as sundry foreign partnerships are all aimed at providing social housing and other projects especially in the new layout university of Buea campus in Kumba. While responding to questions from the grand councillors on the non tarring of any road in kumba, the competence of the stores account and an account of the 25000frs collected for building permits, the government delegate promised to look into all the worries raised as well as ensure the ban of the amount levied for those constructing houses in kumba. The delegate equally promised the stores in all the markets in kumba will be numbered to ensure the accounts presented by the stores accountant is clean.

                On her part the senior divisional officer for Meme, EpoulewaneVekline called on the grand councillors to all make judicious delibretions as the future of the town is on their hands as the major development partners. The councillors equally resolve and recommended that the kumba city council creates a community radio station belonging to the council in Kumba.