International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-8 Issue-2S December, 2018 129 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: BS2688128218/19©BEIESP Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the stakeholder in revenue mobilization at the MMDAs in Ghana as a roadmap to further identifying ways of achieving revenue improvements and poverty reduction by adopting e-governance mechanisms. This study also identifies three main roles of the stakeholders in the MMMDs to be: Compliance, Motivation to comply, Enforcement; and a moderating role to be monitoring and supervisory. It was conducted in selected MMDAs in Ghana and the findings may not apply to all other MMDAs. There is also literature limitation. The practical implication should help understand the importance of adopting e-governance in Ghana’s revenue generation system which will help avoid problems like evasion and improve revenue as a dimension to poverty reduction. The paper identified role of the stakeholder at the local level. Previous studies focused on stakeholder management and regulations that help prevent evasion and other problems, thus this study delves into e-governance integration into Ghana’s revenue system which is an area that has not received much attention in several literature. Key Words: Stakeholder, MMDAs, Metropolitan, Municipal or District Assemblies, Revenue mobilization, Revenue improvements, Poverty alleviation, E-governance. I. INTRODUCTION The stakeholders are the ultimate beneficiaries of development that arises when the nation achieves financial independence and their role will be examined to determine what improvements can be made by adopting modern and innovative mechanism of e-governance to reduce poverty. The local government system is made up of the Regional Co-ordinating Council, a four-tier Metropolitan and a three- tier Municipal/District Assemblies Structure. The District assemblies are either Metropolitan (population over 250,000), Municipal (population over 95,000) or District (population 75,000 and over). This system in Ghana is established on the assumption that government must develop the nation as a direct solution to the problems faced by the people which results from a shared responsibility of stakeholders; central government, local governments, parastatals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the people(Adu-Gyamfi, 2014). This study intends to facilitate that taxation and revenue mobilization powers be given to the MMDAs to authorize local assemblies to generate more revenue through e- governance adoption in order to reduce the necessity for the Revised Manuscript Received on December 28, 2018. Jennifer Ellah Adaletey, PhD Aspirant, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya,Selangor, Malaysia Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valliappan Raju, Sr. Lecturer, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya,Selangor, Malaysia Siew Poh Phung, Sr. Lecturer, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya,Selangor, Malaysia transfer of funds from development partners and central government. This study will also examine the current mechanisms in place and come out with the loopholes or challenges faced with the ultimate objective of suggesting innovative and current practice in countries with successful revenue mobilization to complement existing practice in Ghana. The existing context in which e-governance is used in Ghana is limited to the use of Computers and other technology aided equipment in the public system. The context of full integration and the linkage of electronic governance mechanisms between systems are extremely limited. It is hoped that the findings of this study will help MMDAs in Ghana identify innovative and effective ways of mobilizing and improving revenue to achieve financial independence and reduce poverty. The Problem The problem is that developing countries just like Ghana have history of unstable political and legal systems which influences the formulation of laws(Geremek, 1997; Kessey, 2006; Alupungu, et al., 2014). The net public debt for 2015 was above the threshold after the recovery from being the top most indebted countries in the middle group in Sub Saharan Africa (Gaspar, et al., 2015).Government of Ghana like other developing countries formulates fiscal policies in terms of taxation and spending with the objective of achieving economic growth (Terkper, 2015). The main duty of the district is stipulated in the Articles 245 and 252 of the 1992 Constitution and the Local Government Act (vii – x) which requires responsibility for the development and good government practices for their respective jurisdictions. This necessitates availability of adequate funding. The fiscal decentralization concept was to facilitate that the district assemblies are able to mobilize their own funds to finance their own projects (Terkper, 2015). This indicates the availability of regulation and yet the systems fails in delivering the roles prescribed in the regulation. Most initiatives have failed due to the failure of the MMDA to mobilize revenue, in addition to the misappropriation of funds by the local authorities which ultimately results in over dependence on the statutory grant and other financial assistance from the central government (Appiah-Agyekum, et al., 2013). These challenges also result from lack of explicit roles of the various stakeholders in revenue mobilization and non-compliance of the existing rules by the stakeholders. Role of Stakeholder in Revenue Mobilization to Alleviate Poverty in Ghana using E-Governance Mechanisms Jennifer Ellah Adaletey, Valliappan Raju, Siew Poh Phung