Tag: District Assemblies Common Fund
Assemblies must release allocation for malaria activities – P4H
Mr Richard Anane Adortse, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, People for Health (P4H), said there was the need for Municipal and District Assemblies to always...
Assessing the contribution of Member of Parliament’s share of District Assemblies Common Fund on...
The importance of human capital to the growth and development of organizations and societies cannot be overemphasized. It is the core ingredient that stimulates...
DACF Secretariat to deduct 0.5 malaria fund at source
The People for Health project, has called on the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) Secretariat to deduct the 0.5 percent of the malaria fund...
Gomoa Central District Assembly improves revenue collection-DCE
The Gomoa Central District Assembly had at the end of the third quarter, collected a total of GHc 331, 731.45 as its internally...
Thirty-six PWDs in Akatsi North receive support
Thirty-six Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the Akatsi North District have benefited from a distribution of assorted items to empower them to become economically...
Old-Tafo Assembly constructs police station and court to enhance security
The Old-Tafo Municipal Assembly is constructing a police station and a court to improve security and ensure efficient justice delivery for the people in...
Increase in District Assembly Common Fund to 7.5 percent, not enough – expert
A local governance expert, Mr Amon Quartey has said an increase in the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) budgetary allocations from 5 per cent...
Ave Crocodile Resort starts business September
Crocodile Resort at Ave Dakpa in the Akatsi North District will soon commence business to improve on internally generated fund (IGF) for the Assembly.
The...
Asante-Akim South cuts sod for new assembly block, fire station
The Asante-Akim South Municipal Assembly has performed a groundbreaking ceremony for the commencement of work on a new assembly block and a fire station...
Twifo Atti-morkwa District Assembly supports PWDs
The Twifo Atti-morkwa District Assembly (TADA), on Friday, presented cash and various items to 68 of the 1,200 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in...
Assin Central Assembly initiates move to contain spread of COVID-19
The Assin Central Municipal Assembly has instituted stringent measures to prevent and contain the spread of the pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
...
PAC reschedules public hearing of CR District Assemblies
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Monday postponed and re-scheduled the public hearing of the Report of Auditor General on the management and utilisatition...
Government asked to allocate 10 percent of DACF to chiefs
The African Centre for Traditional Governance and Community Development, has proposed allocation of 10 per cent of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF) to...
Two pledge to fix Adagya “death trap” bridge
Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bosomtwe, in Ashanti, together with Mr. Joseph K. Asumaning, the District Chief Executive...
PPP backs elections of MMDCE’s, demands amendment of the constitution.
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has backed the calling for the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) and called on Ghanaians...
Zabzugu District engages citizens on revenue mobilization
Participants at a revenue mobilization workshop in the Zabzugu District have expressed worry about the interference of some political leaders in revenue mobilisation and...
Effutu Assembly Completes more projects
The Effutu Municipal Assembly as part of its measures to avoid the reoccurrence of flooding experienced in the recent years has distilled major drains...
PWDs indicts social welfare officer for extortion
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Wa East have accused the District Social Welfare Officer of using threats to force them to give back to...
GFD bare teeth at MMDAs for failing to disburse funds to Persons with Disabilities
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organization (GFD) has frowned against the slow pace in which the disbursement of the 3% District Assemblies Common Fund...
TMA tops Ghana District League Table
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) took the first position on this year’s Ghana District League Table, with a score of 80, the highest score...
Nation Builders Corps To Increase Gov’t Burden
Dr Eric Osei-Assibey, an Economist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, says government should find more pragmatic approach to solving graduate unemployment,...
MMDAs Cautioned Against Misapplying HIV/AIDS Funds
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to stop misapplying funds meant to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS infection.
Mr. Mukaila Adamu of...
Re-registration Exercise for PWDs Begins
The National Council for People with Disabilities is embarking on a nationwide re-registration programme to collect accurate data on PWDs to see how best...
Monyupelle people appeal to government to release DACF
Residents of Monyupelle Community in the Nandom District have appealed to government to release the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) to enable the various...
Assemblies Entreated To Commit To Welfare Of Physically – Challenged
Mr. Sylvester Barima Antwi, Founder of the Physically Challenged Action Foundation Training and Rehabilitation Centre, has entreated the decentralised assemblies to be committed to...
Assemblies Entreated To Champion Welfare Of Physically-Challenged
Mr. Sylvester Barima Antwi, Founder of the Physically Challenged Action Foundation Training and Rehabilitation Centre, has entreated the decentralized assemblies to be committed to...
MP’s must be punished whenever funds go missing
He observed that such punitive action would boost decentralisation as an effective means to address the challenge of “winner-takes-all” notion, which has taken a...
Dr Thompson Urges Ghanaians To Change Their Attitudes
He said the recent menace of flood witnessed in the country was exacerbated as a result of human activities and poor planning.
Dr Thompson said...
Education Minister calls for Prioritization in education
Education Minister, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, said it was important to make sure that significant proportion of the money was used to improve schools...
Districts of Ho west slams media over misuse of DACF cash
The Ho West District Assembly in the Volta region has responded to publications in section of the media on an alleged misappropriation of the...