district assemblies

Local government bodies in Ghana responsible for development spending and capital projects, which faced audit findings on fund allocation shortfalls in 2025.

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May 2026
15 MayJoy 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 assemblies

Society

WASH gaps threaten maternal healthcare in Upper East Region

The News

The Ghana Health Service says inadequate and unreliable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services remain a major challenge to quality maternal and newborn care in the Upper East Region, with erratic water supply in some facilities undermining infection prevention and control during childbirth. The region recorded a skilled delivery rate of 78.86 per cent in 2025, while its institutional maternal mortality ratio increased from 97.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024 to 132.43 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2025, with sepsis accounting for 10 per cent of maternal deaths.

5 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 5 October

WASH gaps threaten maternal healthcare in Upper East Region
The Ghana Health Service says inadequate and unreliable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services remain a major challenge to quality maternal and newborn care in the Upper East Region, with erratic water supply in some facilities undermining infection prevention and control during childbirth. The region recorded a skilled delivery rate of 78.86 per cent in 2025, while its institutional maternal mortality ratio increased from 97.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024 to 132.43 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2025, with sepsis accounting for 10 per cent of maternal deaths.
5 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 2 September

IEA criticises government proposals on Parliament representation
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 →
IEA proposes 18-point position on Constitutional review
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 →

Saturday 22 August

Public sector audit irregularities nearly doubled in 2024 to GH¢18.4 billion
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 →

Thursday 23 July

Finance Minister credits reforms for Ghana's economic recovery gains
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 →

Thursday 9 July

District Assemblies failed to spend required development funds
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 →

Monday 6 July

Public health officers warn of disease risks after recent floods
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 →

Monday 8 June

President should demand quarterly KPI reports for 24-Hour Economy
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 →

Monday 1 June

Ghana's recurring flooding crisis reflects systemic neglect, not natural disaster
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 →

Friday 29 May

TreeAid Ghana, Nviron Hive launch forest restoration in Northern Region
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 →

Friday 15 May

Mahama directs structured collaboration between chiefs and assemblies
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 →