Konye Councilors Adopts FCFA 700 For 2019

-Mayor blames slow execution of projects on the worsening Anglophone crisis

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Konye Mayor donates to physically challenged persons

Councilors of CPDM run Konye council in Meme Division have hailed the developments steps of their Mayor, Dr. Barrister Musima George Lobe and his team for not relenting their efforts in project realization in the municipality despite the trying moments the municipality is witnessing as a result of the worsening socio-political unrest in the two English speaking regions of the country.

                The councilors who form the deliberative arm of the council saluted Mayor Musima’s development efforts and promised to continue working in closed collaboration with him for the realization of projects earmarked for 2019. The councilors’ resolve was during a session devoted for the deliberation and adoption of the 2019 budget of the council, Thursday 13 December, 2018 at the Kumba city council hall.

                The draft budget drawn to balance in revenue and expenditure at the tune of FCFA 700 million according to Mayor respects all the budgetary principles especially that of budgetary equilibrium. Mayor Musima explained that, the Konye council draft budget for 2019 which has witnessed 100 million drop (14.29%) is fundamentally investment oriented with peculiarity toprojectinvestmentexpenditure forecast at 50.1% up from the 40% required by law. 

                While promising to continue with his development drive to make Konye an emerging municipality, Mayor Musima noted that, in 2019, the council will carry outrenovation works at the council building, construction of a modern market at Wone village, maintenance of farm-to-market roads, construction classrooms, culverts, provision of benches and other equipment amongst many others.

                The Mayor regretted the downward trend that ongoing crisis has caused the municipality with execution of close to FCFA 700 million projects slowed down, disastrous revenue collection, destruction of realized projects by those he calls “enemies” of development. 

                The Mayor used the occasion of the council session to donate material comprising white canes, crutches, tricycles to 25 disabled persons from Konye municipality and promised the council will continue assisting them in their difficulty.

                The session was under the watchful eyes of the Second Assistant SDO for Meme, Hermia Njonje, who also regretted the slow execution and poor revenue collection caused by the crisis. She also instructed that as per an order from the Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, the council is not supposed to do any employment of workers in 2019 since it is an electoral year (Municipal and Parliamentary elections are expected to hold in 2019).