The Ga West Municipal Assembly has held its 2026 Mid-Year Review Meeting with stakeholders to assess progress in the implementation of the 2026 Annual Action Plan (AAP), review budget and revenue performance, and identify measures to improve the Assembly’s performance in the remaining months of the year.

The meeting, held on Thursday, 10^th September 2026, provided a platform for the Assembly and key stakeholders to assess achievements, identify implementation gaps and deliberate on practical measures to enhance service delivery and municipal development.

Presenting an overview of the 2026 Annual Action Plan, the Municipal Development Planning Officer, Madam Cynthia Bonsah, noted that 2026 marks the first year of the implementation of the Assembly’s four-year Medium-Term Development Plan, which comprises a total of 985 programmes and activities.

She disclosed that, as of the end of the second quarter, the Assembly had implemented 144 out of the 255 projects and activities planned for 2026, representing progress at various levels of implementation.

According to her, the programmes and activities cut across key development areas, including social and economic development, education, health, disaster management, environmental management, infrastructure and human settlements.

Madam Bonsah also highlighted some of the challenges affecting the implementation of the Annual Action Plan and called on stakeholders and residents to support the Assembly by paying their taxes promptly to enable it to mobilise the needed resources for effective municipal governance and development.

On the Assembly’s financial and revenue performance, the Municipal Budget Officer, Madam Mary Aquah, presented an overview of the Assembly’s budget implementation, including its sources of revenue, revenue mobilisation, expenditure and the balance available to support its remaining activities.

She explained that the Assembly’s Internally Generated Fund (IGF) comes from various sources, including rates, rents, licences, land-related revenue such as permits, and penalties.

Madam Aquah disclosed that the Assembly had set an IGF target of GH¢10 million for 2026 and had generated approximately GH¢7.5 million by the mid-year, representing about 75.2 percent of the annual target.

She, however, stressed the need for increased revenue mobilisation to enable the Assembly to meet its development and service delivery obligations. She also mentioned grants from the Government of Ghana and development partners, including UNICEF, GARID and the District Assemblies Common Fund, as other sources of funding for the Assembly.

As part of efforts to improve property rate mobilisation, the Assembly has commenced a property valuation and billing exercise in the Amasaman Zonal Council in collaboration with the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) and People’s Dialogue.

A presentation on the exercise indicated that the project seeks to value approximately 44,000 properties within the Amasaman Zonal Council over a two-month period.

The exercise is aimed at addressing the high cost associated with property data collection while improving accountability and transparency in the collection and management of property information. It will involve community engagements, property identification with the support of Community Valuation Assistants, property valuation and billing, as well as educating citizens on how property rates are determined, collected and utilised.

The initiative is expected to improve taxpayers understanding and compliance, increase revenue mobilisation and ultimately contribute to improved service delivery within the Municipality.

The meeting also featured an open discussion session, during which participants raised concerns, made observations and offered suggestions on ways to improve the Assembly’s operations, revenue mobilisation and service delivery.

The meeting concluded with discussions on the way forward and the adoption of resolutions, followed by closing remarks from Dr. Farouk Braimah of People’s Dialogue on Human Settlement.

Present at the meeting were the Presiding Member of the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Hon. Emmanuel M.K. Amuzu, Dr. Farouk Braimah of People’s Dialogue on Human Settlement, Dr. Daniel Appiah, Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Assembly Members, officials of the Ga West Municipal Assembly, representatives of the Landlords Association, church leaders, and other stakeholders from the Amasaman Zonal Council.

The mid-year review is expected to strengthen collaboration between the Assembly and its stakeholders, provide a clear assessment of progress made during the first half of 2026, and facilitate the adoption of practical measures to address identified gaps and ensure the effective implementation of the remaining activities under the 2026 Annual Action Plan.

Source: Rachel Sarpong, ISD – GWMA