The Ayensuano District Assembly in the Eastern Region is stepping up efforts to improve revenue mobilization by expanding its levy to include undertakers and other artisanal groups.
The District Chief Executive for Ayensuano, Joshua Party explained that many undertakers travel from Accra, Kumasi, and other areas to operate within the district but do not pay any levies to the assembly.
He said the new measure will ensure they contribute their quota to local development.
He said the move forms part of broader measures to strengthen revenue collection for development projects across the district.
The population of Ayensuano District, according to the 2021 Population and Housing Census, is 94,594 representing 2.9 percent of the region’s total population.
Males constitute 49.8 percent and females represent 50.2 percent. More than ninety percent (93. %) of the population is rural.
The Ayensuano District is one of the Districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana which was carved out of the then Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District by Legislative Instrument Number 2052 and inaugurated on 28th June 2012.
The district has its capital at Coaltar.
The district shares boundaries with Suhum Municipality to the North; Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality to the South; Akwapem South District to the East and Upper West Akim District and West Akim Municipality to the West. With a total land area of 499km2, Ayensuano District occupies 2.3 percent of the total land area of the Eastern Region (19, 323sq km) and constitutes 0.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana (239, 460km2).
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
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