Edward Doe Adjaho, Speaker of ParliamentParliament has recommended to the government to consider increasing the allocation to the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) from the current 7.5 per cent of the total national revenue to 10 per cent in order to ensure meaningful growth and development at the local level of governance. With the increase in the members of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies from 170 to 216, and the number of constituencies from 230 to 275, the House said keeping the percentage of allocation at the 7.5 per cent levels would not yield the nation the needed speedy development. The House’s recommendation was contained in a report of the Committee of the Whole on the proposed formula for the sharing of the DACF for 2013...
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