Stormy Accounts Session:

K’ba City Council Bans Pulling of Iron Rods on the Roads

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Ngoh Nkelle Victor, Govt delegate, Kumba city council

Grand councilors who make up the Kumba city council board have unanimously placed a ban on the transportation of iron rods on the few tarred roads in the town of Kumba. The agreement was arrived at on Wednesday 18 April 2018 at the city hall during deliberations to examine the 2017 administrative, management and stores account of the city council.

The grand councilors noted with dismay the arbitrary destruction of the roads in the town as a result of the pulling of iron rods tied behind motorbikes, trucks and other vehicles that end up scrubbing the tar and destroying it.

            In a calm session as opposed the fireworks that use to be registered between the government delegate and the grand councilors, the administrative, management and stores account of the city council was satisfactorily adopted at a realization rate of 59.73%.

            While presenting the balance sheet of the city council, the government delegate, Victor NgohNkelleunveiled that the 2017 budget was drawn to balance in revenue and expenditure at the sum FCFA one billion, six hundred and sixty nine million, nine hundred and sixty five thousands and forty two francs (1 669. 965 042).

            Ngoh Nkelle added that out of that amount the sum of FCFA 1.079.997.303 billion was collected giving a 64.67% while FCFA 997.473.322 million was spent giving an expenditure execution rate of 59.73% leading to a surplus in budget of FCFA 102.523.981.

As a means of improving internal revenue, the government delegate revealed studies were made to collect revenue on aspects of games of chance and entertainment and sundry library activities adding that reforms on the advertisement taxes were already yielding enormous fruits.

            He noted the achievements on revenue collections are as a result of the appointment of a chief of service for the municipal police and town planning sector that has caused a revival of revenue collections on building permits.  He however decried the non-cancellation of the ban on the collection of parking taxes from bike riders as a result of the socio-political tension in the two Anglophone regions of the country.

            On areas of achievement, the government delegate noted the city council has excelled in terms of development in areas like purchase of land along the Kumba-Mamfe road at the tune of 13.5 million for waste disposal, arrival of the long awaited tractors of the African Development Bank along other accessories pending its distributions to the various localities, execution of the second phase of the project for the Mambungise stream, stabilization of the banks of the  stream by planting trees, and sundry projects to tar street in Kumbain the days ahead and the supply of electricity at Mambanda park, grading of roads, construction of culverts amongst others.

            The session was under the watchful eyes of Meme SDO, Chamberlin Ntou’ouNdong who called on the grand councilors to continue with their spirit of collaboration with the city council and give the much needed developments to the city of Kumba.