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MIHOSO International Holds Second Phase Of Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Training in Sunyani

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MIHOSO International a reputable
organization committed to providing Public Health, Social Advocacy, Capacity building Training, Sharing of Resources, and Provision of Livelihood Empowerment
programmes to target women, Youth and Children in Ghana has organized its second phase of Public
Expenditure Tracking Survey in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region.

The program which targets all artisans and associations within the municipality
is funded by World Bank and The Government of Ghana with partnership MIHOSO
International and SNV Ghana under 3years duration.

Program Coordinator, Mr. Thomas Benarkuu said it’s organized once a quarter to
train SPEFIA Members on developmental issues and how citizens can contribute as
well as engage the assembly in developmental issues.

“Social Public Expenditure and Financial
Accountability is a project that we’ve been doing for the past one year. The
first phase ended and we have not achieved what we are expecting but we have
gone far. There have been some improvement; one of them is citizen
participation in decision making at the district assembly level has improve.
Those days the planning officer and others will tell us that anytime they call
on the citizens, they don’t come but this time, the participation is increasing
because of the awareness that we are creating as SPEFA Members. There have also
been improvements in the revenue mobilization by the Municipal Assembly and a
lot of people have been participated in decision making process of the assembly—and
they’ve increase the revenue mobilization as well,” Mr. Thomas Bernakuu told
the News Hunter Magazine on Tuesday after the training.

He indicated that they’ve encountered a lot of challenges since the
commencement of the project.
“There are a lot of challenges
anyway, because you can’t undergo such a project without any challenge, some of
them are just administrative procedures and some are also the resistance from
citizens. Citizens do not have time for such programs. Sometimes, they prefer
to do their work than learning.
“Some people also like money than
knowledge. These are things that we all need to look at and see how we can
fight against. Because when you have knowledge and you have wisdom, you will
get money. But if you don’t have knowledge and you have money, you cannot
manage the money you have. So it’s good we all note it—and we need to know how
we can work on it,” he averred.

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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