General News of Monday, 15 October 2018Source: classfmonline.comAssemblies looting state through fuel coupons - GroupHajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural DevelopmentA pressure group, Coalition of Progressive Assembly Members (COPAM), has called on local assembly heads across the country to stop looting the state through fuel coupons. The group, in a press release, pointed to how its investigations into audit reports of most Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country, unearthed a growing strategy by some MMDCEs to loot funds from the MMDAs through fuel coupons. Below is the full statement:COALITION OF PROGRESSIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS (COPAM)STOP LOOTING ASSEMBLY FUNDS THROUGH FUEL COUPONS, COPAM TO MMDCEsCOPAMs investigation carried out on the Audit Report of most MMDAs across the country reveals a growing strategy by some MMDCEs to loot funds from the MMDAs through fuel coupons. This act of corruption is having a great toll on Assemblies Internally Generated Funds (IGF) at the expense of developmental projects in the various Districts across the country. The abuse of the directive by some MMDCEs has created the avenue for many MMDCEs to syphon monies from the Assemblies under the guise of purchasing fuel coupons for the Assemblies fleet of cars.

Source: GhanaWeb October 15, 2018 15:22 UTC