The sum was adopted by senior councilors during the 2nd ordinary session of the Council.
The City of Limbe, chief town of Fako Division in the South West
Region will witness a transformation in terms of socio-economic
infrastructure aimed at improving the welfare and living conditions of
its population.
The embellishment drive to transform Limbe into a modern city shall
be realized with the FCFA 6 billion budget for 2014 financial year which
was adopted on December 23, 2013 by Senior Councillors of the
municipality in the presence of the Senior Divisional Officer for Fako,
Georges Zang III.
While presenting the draft budget for adoption, the Government
Delegate to the Limbe City Council, Motanga Andrew Monjimba, stated that
the 2014 budget has witnessed an increase of FCFA 500 million in
absolute terms and 9.09 percent in relative terms compared to that of
2013 budget that stood at FCFA 5.5 billion. Mr. Motanga said 43.98
percent of the budget is dedicated to investment embedded in the action
plan.
The Government Delegate listed some of the investment projects the
Council will embark on to embellish the city amongst which are the
maintenance and provision of water supply and electricity, grading and
resurfacing of earth roads, tarring of more roads and construction of
culverts and bridges within the municipality, construction of a historic
Museum, putting up a building to host the fire fighting service,
construction of a restaurant, playground and Green belt.
To realize all the ambitious plan of action, the Government Delegate
stated that the Council will intensify revenue collection and diversify
its revenue base.
The SDO for Fako in his remarks noted that much still needs to be
done to transform Limbe into a veritable sea site city and thus
challenged the Councillors to be realistic in the development drive of
the city which to him should reflect the aspirations of the population.
Zang III admonished the Council executive to avoid waste and unnecessary
expenditure and shun embezzlement of Council funds but rather lay
emphasis on revenue collection in order to meet up with the needs of the
population.
The Senior Councils before addressing a motion of support to the Head
of State also adopted the motion for the Council to take over the
sponsorship of Njalla Quan International Marathon in honour of Henry
Njalla Quan, the pioneer Government Delegate and organize an annual
Limbe Arts and Culture festival.
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