Mahama Swears in New DACF Administrator, Michael Harry Yamson
Accra, Ghana - 26 March, 2025 - President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Michael Harry Yamson as the new Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), following a unanimous endorsement by the Appointments Committee.
Before taking office, Michael Harry Yamson faced Parliament's Appointments Committee on March 20, 2025, to address questions from its members. His swearing-in ceremony subsequently took place at the Jubilee House on March 25, officially launching his tenure as Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimism about Yamson's potential to enhance efficiency and transparency within the DACF, a crucial factor in supporting local development initiatives nationwide.
Furthermore, President Mahama has entrusted Yamson with ensuring the prompt and full disbursement of funds to facilitate local development projects.
In his remarks, Mr. Michael Harry Yamson, the newly appointed Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund, expressed his gratitude to the President for the honor of his appointment.
He emphasized that his mission, along with his team, is to ensure that over the next four years, they work diligently to address disparities in development.
Their goal is to support communities—whether in municipalities, metropolitan areas, or districts—that face various forms of deprivation and need assistance.
Below is the full speech delivered by Mr. Michael Harry Yamson:
Madam Vice President, permit me to start on established protocols.
I’m indeed very grateful for the honour done me by this appointment to be the Administrator of the District Assembly’s Common Fund. The call actually arrived at 41 minutes past midnight. I don’t think I’ll forget it.
And the Honourable Minister for Finance said, where you are going is very important. Are you ready? And I said I was.
And since then, I’ve thought long and hard about the charge. In simple terms, it is to reduce the inequalities in development and to help those communities, whether they are found in municipalities or metropolitan areas or districts, that suffer deprivation of many kinds in health, in access to water, in education, and in simple things like tarred roads.
My task, and that of my team, is to ensure that over the next four years, we do justice to these areas and these people.
It is not a task that the Administrator can do by himself or herself. It requires close collaboration with the Minister for Local Government, and I’m glad to see how enthusiastically he has received all the comments of the President.
It also, as the President said, demands that the central government, through the Finance Ministry, regularly, timeously, and in full, deliver to the DACF the funds required to support these activities.
And Mr. President, I can confirm to you that we are almost done with the formula for 2025, and we have just crossed the 80 percent mark. I’m not quite touching 81 yet, but we’ve crossed the 80 percent, and the districts will have the money as it is received. So, once again, I’m grateful.
On behalf of my team at the DACF, I say thank you for the confidence placed in us to continue to exercise the mandate of the Fund, and we assure you that we will diligently do so throughout your tenure in office. Thank you very much, Sir.
Source: Lead News Online
