NATIONAL ASSEMBLY : 10th June 2008
 

With the numerous qualified audit reports of the past showing local municipalities under spending or reflecting incorrect financial information, the IFP welcomes the initiative by National Treasury to train senior officials in leadership and municipal finance.

The lack of service delivery, from Provincial to Local Government, has to a certain degree often been blamed on the lack of skills. The IFP hopes that the training of senior officials at local level is just the start of Government interventions to address the problem of much needed skills in financial monitoring and supervision.

A turn-around in service delivery is urgently needed as proved only just recently by the violence directed at foreigners, not to mention the uprising in Khutsong last year. The IFP therefore urges National Treasury to extend and implement this initiative throughout all tiers of Government as quickly as possible, so that the effectiveness of proper supervision and monitoring is felt where it is needed the most - by the public.

Thank you