The Wa Municipal Assembly has been Captured in an Audit Report over Failure to Account for GPRTU Tolls and Property Rate.

Report of the Auditor-General on the accounts of District Assemblies for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 has revealed how the Wa Municipal Assembly was unable to properly mobilize Revenue to the Tune of GH¢9,770.00 through the collection of Property Rates and GPRTU Tolls.

Uncollected Revenue – GH¢9,770.00

Regulation 46 of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019 (L.I.
2378) requires that, a Principal Spending Officer shall ensure that non-tax revenue is efficiently collected.

The Auditor General noted that, management of Wa Municipal Assembly could not collect revenue amounting to GH¢9,770.00. Details provided below:

This According to the Auditor General could deprive the Assembly of funds for its developmental programmes.

The Auditor General recommended to management of the assembly to take effective measures to recover all outstanding revenue without further delay.

The Auditor Also Spotted Some Irregularities concerning GIFMIS in the Wa Assembly.

Failure to process payment vouchers through GIFMIS.

Contrary to Regulation 78 of the PFMR, 2019 (L.I. 2378), our(Auditor-General’s) review disclosed that, 24 payment vouchers of Wa Municipal Assembly amounting to GH¢193,974.13 were not processed through the GIFMIS platform. Management attributed this to network challenges.

The Auditor General Advised Management to Continue to Engage with GIFMIS secretariat to resolve their challenges and ensure that all their future payments are process through the GIFMIS platform.

Source: Upper West Media App