Councillors of the Batibo municipality have voted a budget of
623,031,492 Francs for the 2018 financial year, with 56.1% as
investment. The budget witnesses a drop from the 2017 council budget that
stood at 932,421,767 francs.
Speaking Wednesday, November 22 at the council hall, the mayor of
Batibo Council, Tanjoh Friderick told the councilors that the budget is more realistic
owing to the difficult times that the council area and the region at large
finds itself. The socio-economic and political climate characterised by ghost
towns has greatly slowed business activities in the municipality.
The budget presented will
however empower the various councillors to carryout projects in the
constituencies to the tune of 350,000 francs in a scheme known as "small
project big change". The councillors will also mobilise resources from
common iniative groups, cultural associations and Non-governmental
organisations for the realisation of these projects in Batibo.
The councillors committee
reports largely featured on the reallocation of projects earmarked and not
executed in 2017 to the 2018 financial year. The council will function without
an increase in the taxes currently enforce. This the D.O of Batibo, encourage
the council to cause the Guzang Market to go operational twice a week so as to
increase the revenue of the council. He also promised to lead a task force to
recover taxes from recalcitrant businessmen.
The council session came on the
backdrop of the PNDP rating of councils. the Batibo council emerged 6th out of
the 34 councils in the region, scoring a total of 33 on 50.
The Mayor promised that the
council will continue to grow strong with the effective collaboration of the
councillors.
The council will increase the
sizes of roads within the main town, open farm to market roads, construction
markets and bridges. The council will also celebrate its 40th anniversary in
2018 while organising the Anong Mount Race and a Holiday Championship.
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