Local government bodies in Ghana responsible for development funding and project oversight, criticized for underspending development allocations and subject to presidential directives on collaboration with traditional leaders.
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Joy Online
… On District Assemblies, the Prempeh Committee proposed restructuring the 30 per cent appointed membership by introducing quotas for traditional authorities, women, businesses, persons with disabilities, young people and non-governmental organisations. …
IEA describes gov’t proposals on women, marginalised groups in Parliament ‘grossly insufficient’Joy Online
… On District Assemblies, the Institute supported restructuring the appointed membership through quotas for women, traditional authorities, businesses, persons with disabilities, young people and non-governmental organisations. …
Check out IEA’s 18-point position on key Constitutional review proposalsJoy Online
… While irregularities within public boards and statutory institutions rose steeply, the report noted a different trend among Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and District Assemblies. …
Audit irregularities surged in 2024 as GACC flags weak financial controlsThe Chronicle
… Government has also operationalised the Sinking Fund to improve debt management and restored fiscal decentralisation by ensuring that at least 80% of the District Assemblies Common Fund is transferred directly to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies. …
Mid-Year Budget : Fiscal, monetary reforms power Ghana’s economic recovery — Ato ForsonJoy Online
… Paragraph 139 of the Ministry of Finance’s Budget Preparation Guidelines and Section 30 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921) leave no room for interpretation: Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) must commit at least 20 per cent of their Inter …
GH¢18.8 million in development money, vanishedJoy Online
… It appealed to District Assemblies, Metropolitan Authorities and community groups to speed up the desilting and maintenance of drainage systems in flood-prone communities. …
GAPHTO warns of cholera, malaria and other disease risks after floodsBusiness & Financial Times
… District Assemblies should account for jobs created, industrial land prepared, business permits issued, and local investment facilitated. …
President Mahama must demand quarterly KPI reports from all institutions to drive the 24-Hour Economy AgendaJoy Online
… District Assemblies, the Lands Commission, and the Ministry of Works and Housing must treat planning violations as the life-and-death matters they are. …
Annual disaster: Resolving accra’s flooding crisisJoy Online
… By working in close collaboration with District Assemblies, the Forestry Commission, and local stakeholders, the project aims to institutionalise community-led restoration, ensuring that the gains achieved extend beyond the project’s lifespan. …
TreeAid Ghana in partnership with Nviron Hive launch land restoration and livelihood projectJoy Online
President John Mahama has backed proposals for traditional leaders to play a formal role in monitoring development projects, directing the creation of a structured framework to strengthen collaboration between chiefs and district assemblies. …
Mahama backs chiefs’ role in project monitoring, directs coordination with assembliesThe Institute of Economic Affairs has called government and constitutional review proposals to improve women and marginalised groups' representation in Parliament "grossly insufficient", advocating instead for a broader proportional representation system and mandatory quotas across public institutions.
2 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Institute of Economic Affairs has called government and constitutional review proposals to improve women and marginalised groups' representation in Parliament "grossly insufficient", advocating instead for a broader proportional representation system and mandatory quotas across public institutions.
2 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Institute of Economic Affairs has outlined 18 positions on Ghana's Constitutional review, proposing changes to reduce presidential powers, strengthen Parliament and the Judiciary, and improve accountability. The IEA supports several Prempeh Committee recommendations but rejects proposals to extend presidential and parliamentary terms to five years, allow presidential nomination of MMDCE candidates, and establish a state-funded Democracy Fund.
2 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's public boards, corporations and statutory institutions recorded a 109.3 per cent surge in financial irregularities in 2024, climbing from GH¢8.8 billion to GH¢18.4 billion, according to the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition's State of Corruption Report, which attributes the spike to weak expenditure controls. Meanwhile, irregularities within Ministries, Departments and Agencies and District Assemblies declined, though certain categories of irregularities within MDAs—cash, debtor, loan, payroll, procurement and rent-related—surged sharply.
22 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson attributed Ghana's improving macroeconomic performance to fiscal, tax and monetary reforms, including tighter expenditure controls, modernised tax administration, and policies supporting inflation targeting and exchange-rate stability. He said the reforms have produced stronger revenue mobilisation, improved foreign exchange reserves, and the fastest economic growth since 2019, while blaming state-owned enterprises for historically adding about 3% of GDP annually to public debt.
23 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
According to the 2025 Auditor-General's Report, ten District Assemblies across ten regions collected GH¢106,358,608.73 in Internally Generated Funds but spent only GH¢2,431,064.85 on capital projects, falling GH¢18,840,656.45 short of the legally required 20 per cent allocation to roads, water, healthcare, and schools.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Association of Public Health Technical Officers has warned that recent flooding across the country could trigger outbreaks of cholera, malaria, typhoid and other communicable diseases if preventive measures are not taken, citing stagnant water and contaminated environments as conditions that allow disease to spread.
6 July 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's economic stabilization efforts must now be followed by a focus on productivity and growth, requiring institutional accountability through quarterly KPI reports to ensure the 24-Hour Economy agenda becomes genuine transformation rather than a national slogan.
8 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Since 1935, floods in Ghana have killed over 3,000 people and displaced more than 700,000, with the 2015 Accra petrol station fire that killed at least 150 illustrating how poor land-use planning and drainage maintenance turn rainy seasons into preventable catastrophes. The article argues repeated flooding reflects institutional failure and inaction rather than inevitable natural disaster.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
TreeAid Ghana and Nviron Hive have launched a three-year Integrated Forest Governance, Restoration, and Livelihoods project in Yendi, Northern Region, targeting the planting of 100,000 trees, regeneration of another 100,000 trees, and restoration of 1,000 hectares of degraded lands to address climate change and rural poverty.
29 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Mahama has backed proposals for traditional leaders to play a formal role in monitoring development projects, directing the creation of a structured framework to strengthen collaboration between chiefs and district assemblies to improve transparency and accountability.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →