Mayor Godfrey Mbaiwa told a council meeting this week that P4.4 million was disbursed to the council after it made a proposal for the programme.
The council had overspent by over P3.2 million for the 2012/2013 financial year because it was spending nearly P400,000 a month on rations alone, Mbaiwa said. At the same time, the council's home-based care programme had yet to receive funding after submitting a request for P901,000 to the Department of Social Services at the Ministry of Local Government. The mayor said SPTC's destitute programme supports 145 beneficiaries and 277 needy students. So far, 568 children had been exempted from paying school fees while 707 orphans and vulnerable children are registered under the programme. Mayor Mbaiwa said people of Selebi-Phikwe have been sensitised on the council's alternative packages programme and that eligible clients had been assisted while emerging ones are also are being assisted as they caome.
