The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Nandom, Anthony Ziniel, has outlined a series of reforms aimed at strengthening the Assembly’s internal revenue generation as part of efforts to accelerate development in the municipality.
Speaking in an interview with KumasiMail ahead of his one year in office on May 3, 2026, Mr. Ziniel described low internally generated funds (IGF) as the Assembly’s biggest challenge, noting that over-reliance on market tolls has limited growth in a municipality striving to expand its development base.
To address this, the Assembly is working toward establishing a comprehensive property database to enable effective property rate collection across Nandom. According to him, the move, though capital intensive and requiring consultants, will provide a sustainable revenue base in the long term.
“We need to invest in a proper system to identify and classify properties before we can charge realistic rates. It is not something we can rush, but it is necessary,” he said.
The Assembly is also exploring new revenue streams, including plans to develop an 18-acre car park to serve long-distance vehicles, particularly those operating along the Burkina Faso corridor, given Nandom’s strategic border location. The project is expected to be executed through a public-private partnership model.
Mr. Ziniel added that efforts are underway to improve compliance among market traders, revealing that he personally spent about a month engaging traders in the Nandom market, sometimes unannounced, to understand resistance to toll payments and encourage compliance.
Plans are also in place to reorganise sections of the market to create designated parking for motorbikes and bicycles to improve order and generate additional revenue.
The reforms align with government’s broader agenda of strengthening local governance and economic resilience under President John Dramani Mahama’s reset vision.
Source: www.kumasimail.com
