CHAPTER ONE
REVENUE MOBILIZATION IN DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES
CASE STUDY: AKUAPEM NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The study is on the revenue mobilization of District Assemblies in Ghana, with a case study of Akuapem North District Assembly. This study seeks to know the effectiveness and challenges being faced in the mobilization of these revenues and its impact on the development of the entire districts.
District Assemblies were established in the PNDC era in 1988 as local governing institutions that would offer opportunity to the ordinary person to be involved in the political process. The district assemblies are to ensure that the development of the districts is in line with national policies.
PNDC Law 201, 1988 gave birth to
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These include primary data collection which will take into consideration interviews, questionnaires and the use of observations of some revenue staffs of the Assembly.
In addition, secondary data collection will also be employed by the use of various information from the internet (www.ghanadistricts.com) and other related literature.
1.7 SAMPLE SIZE
A sample size of 10 was considered which include the District Coordinating Director, District Finance Officer, District Planning & Budget Officer, District Revenue Officer, four (4) Revenue Collectors and two (2) Internal Audit Staffs.
The total number of sampled size was taken due to the fact that, it cuts across the entire management of the District Assembly. With respect to the sample size, respondent were able to give adequate information that were relevant to the study.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2. INTRODUCTION
This chapter deals with the pertinent literature on the topic in order to research effectively into the topic under study. The areas under which the literature covers are the system of the Local Government in Ghana, Legal Framework, Institutional Arrangement and the role of institutions in respect of revenue generation and management of these revenues, and their sources. Bearing in mind that the whole concept of Local Government was imported for implementation in the country, it is very essential that the job of authorities in this sector be cited as a
4. The key methods of collecting primary data (1.1). Justify the choice and application of data collection methods and research instruments to explore an area under investigation (2.3). Evaluate their relative strengths and weaknesses (2.4)
The researchers used purposive sample but did not give any explanation as to why this choice sampling was made. It is essential to describe the sampling process in a research where this facilitates the reader to distinguish any bias in the whole sampling process. In studies using participants, the process of how to select, access, inform and retain research participants requires considerable thought. Sampling is a key issue, because it is
Key research methods of collecting primary data and an evaluation of their relative strengths and weaknesses
Instead of focusing on diversifying, the leaders of the country focus on gaining power and standing in the government. Nigerias most daunting challenge lies in overcoming the severe divisions among its competing religious and ethnic groups . Moreover, once they gain it, their problems do not end, since they must look over their back, never knowing how long they will hold on to the little power they have. Meanwhile, the common person suffers, as he is neglected by his government and must survive on his own. The standard of living declined even further than before and external debts increased. This neglect of the common man bodes ill for the government, as it is the common man who votes in the polls. However, the vote does very little, since corruption is rampant in Nigeria.
Evidence of this first presented itself after Aguiyi-Ironsi dissolved the regional governments of Nigeria after the initial military coup of 1966 (Falola 1999, 118). His Unification Decree incited outrage among Nigerians, whose lives were based upon opportunities granted to them by their provincial governments (Falola 1999). The federal government rewarded members of the provinces’ ethno-political elite with
The secondary data comes from report, journals, online database. The main secondary data sources in our project including but not limited to:
There are a number of methods of collecting data, some of them are – questionnaire, surveys, checklists, interviews, observations, focus group etc (Cordray, 1986; Einhorn and Hogarth, 1986).
As noted in the table above, principal surveys will be conducted and used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. A sample of the teacher exit slip interview can be found in Appendix A. A sample of the Principal survey can be found in Appendix B. A sample of the Administrator interview questions can be found in Appendix C. In the next section, the method of collecting these data is described in detail.
Ghana finds it very difficult to implement its fiscal policy as it does not have an appropriate infrastructure for income tax analysis and collection. Most of the population work in an unofficial industry which means they are paid in cash, this in turn means the government cannot keep accurate records of the citizens and therefore cannot ‘extract’ the right amount of income tax from the people when implementing fiscal policy. This means the policy will be less effective. 6.
*For accurate inference, researchers need to analyze data drawn from representative samples. Discuss some of the practical limitations to doing so for qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Secondary data will be collected from news papers, other related researches, internet, journals and text books.
In conclusion, there are many different data collection methods that are used for research. Many arguments in
Growing up in Ghana in the early to mid-nineties was very challenging for me and most people I came into contact with; yet provided the acumen to make sound personal and professional decisions. Ghana was recovering from an economic recession mainly attributed to series coup d’états that destabilized the economy and crippled most state institutions. As a result of this, the country experienced a protracted period of serious economic decline characterized by lax financial management, inflation rates well over 40%, extensive government involvement in the economy and an extremely high budget deficit. These weak macroeconomic fundamentals influenced the government’s decision to implement a series of strenuous public policies; with the goal to place Ghana back on sound economic and social footing.
Corruption can be defined as the use of entrusted power to accumulate public wealthy for personal benefit. Corruption is not peculiar to any country, continent or state; it is sure a global issue which is an endemic to all government all over the world. However, corruption is prevalent in the Niger delta region of Nigeria; public officers in this oil producing state of Nigeria are corrupt. Consequently, it has defied the Niger delta from developing politically and economically which has left the states reputation in a mess. Radicalization of youths, abject poverty and -political instability are the three leading effects of corruption in the Niger delta region of Nigeria.
The aim of this chapter is focus on how data required for the research is to be obtained. Section 3.2 outlines the sampling techniques that can be used to choose representative respondents to the population under study. It will give a brief explanation on sampling and also explanation on various sampling techniques. Section 3.3 focuses on the data collection methods. It will give a brief explanation of various data collection methods. Section 3.4 describes data analysis. It explains how data collected will be analysed. Section 3.5 will give an outlook on data analysing and section 3.6 describe on data presentation.