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COVID-19: Health Coalition calls on MMDAs to stem community-spread

Ghana News Agency - May 15, 2020 0

The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) on Thursday called on the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to scale up precautionary measures...

Ambulances should be manned only by NAS – Minister cautions MMDAs

Ghana News Agency - Jan 29, 2020 0

Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Minister of Health on Tuesday cautioned Ministers, Members of Parliament and the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies not...

Stakeholders in Ashanti discuss ways to sustain immunization funding

Ghana News Agency - Jan 26, 2020 0

A roundtable discussion has been held in Kumasi by key stakeholders and civil society organizations (CSOs) in health...

District Assemblies asked to invest in Education and sanitation – Duncan

Ghana News Agency - Jan 26, 2020 0

Mr Kwamena Duncan, Central Regional Minister has called on District Assemblies to channel chunk of the funds received from Central government and donors...

Local Government Ministry to inaugurate district assemblies on Thursday

Ghana News Agency - Jan 22, 2020 0

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will on Thursday, January 23, inaugurate the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies in the capital cities...

ABANTU whip up interest to increase women in governance.

Ike Dzokpo - Aug 1, 2019 0

Ghana as a country over the years have been exploring measures to increase women’s participation in governance, both at the local and the national...

GSA Starts Handing District Assemblies Building Code

Ghana News Agency - Apr 11, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has kick-started distribution of the first comprehensive Ghana Building Code to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) across the...

Initiate self-help projects to attract support from District Assemblies

Ghana News Agency - Mar 31, 2019 0

Mr Haruna Abdulai, the Sunyani Municipal Planning Officer at the weekend, advised local communities to initiate self-help development projects to attract support from Municipal...

Special Needs Mum demands consistency in procedures at district assemblies

Ghana News Agency - Mar 31, 2019 0

Mrs Gifty Addo Sunu, mother of a four-year old girl with Cerebral Palsy has appealed to the government to ensure uniformity in the district...

District Assemblies equipped to boost revenue mobilisation

Ghana News Agency - Jan 16, 2019 0

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) with the GIZ, is rolling out a number of programmes to assist district assemblies to...

District Assemblies Receive Education on MAG

Ghana News Agency - May 25, 2018 0

Selected district assemblies benefiting from the Modernising Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) Programme have been sensitised on the scope for the use of the funds,...

Coordinating Directors advised to work genuinely with DCEs

Ghana News Agency - May 11, 2018 0

The Coordinating Directors of the various District Assemblies have been advised to work in harmony with their political heads to ensure development of the...

Tema Metropolitan Assembly Headquarter engulf with filth

ABK - Dec 1, 2017 0

An octogenarian resident of Tema has bemoaned the choked and stench emitting gutters behind the Tema Metropolitan Assembly Headquarters’ building and charged its management...

MDAs directed to celebrate World AIDS Day alongside Farmers’ Day

ABK - Nov 30, 2017 0

The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Kwakye-Darfuor, has directed all the Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Region to celebrate the World AIDS...

Audit Committee asked to discharge duties with professionalism

ABK - Nov 30, 2017 0

The Upper West Regional Audit Committee has been inaugurated with a call on members to discharge their duties with professionalism to ensure the implementation...

Founder of B-Bovid Adjudged Chamber Businessman of the Year

ABK - Nov 26, 2017 0

The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has adjudged Mr Issa Quedraogo, the Founder of B-Bovid Company Limited, an agro-business company, as the...

Fire cases in Brong-Ahafo reduced by 20%

ABK - Nov 25, 2017 0

Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) James Owusu-Adjei, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service, has said the region from January to...

MMDA’s directed to capture gov’ts poverty intervention

ABK - Nov 24, 2017 0

Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to capture implementation of government’s...

BECE results create tension between traditional rulers and teachers

ABK - Nov 24, 2017 0

The poor performance of students in the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Asutifi North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region has generated...

Ghanaians encouraged to join movement Against Child Abuse

ABK - Nov 24, 2017 1

The ministries of Gender, Children and Social Protection and Local Government and Rural Development, in collaboration with UNICEF, have launched a national campaign to...

Local Government asked to resolve MMDAs boundary disputes

ABK - Nov 24, 2017 0

The Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) has called on the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) to resolve boundary disputes among the...

GRA Commence month long tax education

ABK - Nov 24, 2017 0

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun a month-long tax education campaign in Tamale to create awareness on the need for all to honour...

Finance officers urged to be gate keepers of state finance

ABK - Nov 24, 2017 0

Finance officers at the Metropolitan, Municipal, District Assemblies and Agencies have been urged to adopt the Public Financial Management Act (921) as their guide...

Internal Auditors overlooking corruption

ABK - Nov 23, 2017 0

Dr Nana Ato Arthur, the head of the Local Government Services (LGS) has advised Internal Auditors to work hard to safeguard the national purse...

Experts want 2 year term of Presiding Members extended

ABK - Nov 23, 2017 0

A Local Government Expert has called for the extension of the current two years renewable duration of office of Presiding Members (PM) in the...

Agona West Assembly involves stakeholders in planning process

ABK - Nov 23, 2017 0

The Agona West Municipal Assembly has organized a stakeholders meeting on the preparation of the four-year Medium -Term Development Plan from 2018 to 2021. It...

Northern Region Benefit From pour flush toilets

ABK - Nov 23, 2017 0

Eight Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAS) in Northern Region (NR) are benefiting from Sama Sama pour flush toilets to end opened defecation in...

MAVC connect citizens and District Assembly functionaries

ABK - Nov 21, 2017 0

Dr Fletcher Tembo, Programme Director, Making All Voices Count (MAVC), an International Initiative Programme, has called grantees to develop effective relationships with their various...

Local Government Service Re-affirm Support To DLT

ABK - Nov 20, 2017 0

The Local Government Service (LGS) has re-affirmed its unwavering interest and support to the District League Table (DLT) and therefore charged all Metropolitan, Municipal...

Ministry Draw Attention To Challenges of Open Defecation

ABK - Nov 20, 2017 0

Mr Kofi Adda, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has asked Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to submit their roadmap for...

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