Ms Ekua Sena Dansua, Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, on Saturday said the government plans to raise 20 women in every district to sharpen their interest for parliamentary contest and other political appointments. “No one is born a politician, all politicians go through, training sometimes insults, trials and many hard times to be at [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development on Saturday tasked regional coordinating councils to adopt effective measures that would enhance development and transparency within decentralised Assemblies. He said they must ensure effective coordination, free information flow, strengthening of sub-district structures and grassroots participation within the local levels. Addressing a two-day workshop [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr. Samuel Yaw Adusei, Secretary of the Ashanti Regional branch of the Umbrella Unit for the Action and Loyalty (UUFAL) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that the Party would improve the living conditions of Ghanaians. He therefore appealed to the people to have confidence and support the government towards the attainment of [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr. Alexis Adugdaa Ayamdor, Assembly member for Zorku Kanga Electoral Area, in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, has commended government for constituting child panels nationwide, to promote the rights of children under the Children’s Act. Mr. Ayamdor, said although the Constitution made it mandatory for all Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies (MMDAs) [...]
Read the rest of this story »Participants at a workshop, on Capacity Building on Budget and Mineral Royalties for the District Assemblies, have criticized some district chief executives (DCEs) for not being transparent in the disbursement and utilization of the resources. The participants, mostly assembly members from the Obuasi and Bekwai municipalities in the Ashanti Region, said some of the DCEs [...]
Read the rest of this story »Miss Anima Wilson, the Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, has appealed to assembly members to do away with partisan politics and unite to develop the district. She said this when she addressed a meeting of the Atwima Nwabiagya District Assembly at Nkawie at which sub-committees of the assembly were formed. Miss Wilson said with the [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr. Mohammed Boakye Agyemang, Municipal Chief Executive for Ejisu-Juabeng, has appealed to heads of decentralized departments in the country to support the government to enable it push its development agenda forward. Mr. Agyemang made the appeal at the First Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Assembly at Ejisu. He said no government could implement its [...]
Read the rest of this story »The West Akyem Municipal Assembly on Thursday elected Mr Kenneth Francis Teye, a 43-year-old farmer, as its new Presiding Member. Mr Teye was challenged by the out- going presiding member, Mr Daniel Safori Owusu, but three rounds of voting failed to produce an outright winner. In the first round, Mr Teye polled 40 as against [...]
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