The Ministry of Local Government stressed that NDC councillors and representatives from the regions must cooperate with each other, the community and the ministry in order to achieve set goals, when they presented their 2012 budgets for scrutiny at a recent meeting.
In his address, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker set the tone of the forum by encouraging participants to share their challenges and concerns and brainstorm recommendations. In keeping with the forum’s theme ‘Enhance Service to promote human and infrastructural development across all Neighbour-hood Democratic Councils, he said the ministry is cognisant that there will be challenges that hinder the functioning of the NDCs and as such councillors should capitalise on the opportunities for interaction with the local officials. Representatives of regions two, three, four, five, six and seven attended the meeting, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said.
Regarding the budgets presented, Whittaker said they must be prepared with inputs from the community level, not
