Gov’t Allocates 49bn to Local Councils
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| Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute |
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute has allocated a whopping
FCFA 49 billion to local councils as part of the General Grant of
Decentralization (DGD).
According
to sources at the Prime Minister’s office, the funds will help local
authorities to pay salaries, build vital infrastructure for local communities,
and also to train local authorities to better handle the government’s strive to
decentralize power from Yaounde.
The
news comes after National Times reported that some local council workers in
Fako Division in the South West region of Cameroon, have gone without salaries
for up to nine months.
According
to Cameroon’s national broadcaster, CRTV, the funds were allocated to 360
municipalities and 14 urban communities, or 374 decentralized territorial
communities (CTD) of Cameroon. This new budget represents an increase of 39
billion CFA francs compared to last year when the allocation to Cameroonian
communities amounted to 10 billion CFA francs.
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