Tag: MMDAs
Ministry directs MMDAs to demolish illegal structures at waterways
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs)have been directed to identify and demolish all illegal structures situated on waterways in their respective areas.
“The Ministry of...
Government should use AfCFTA to explore new avenues of domestic resources
The Government has been urged to use the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to explore new avenues of raising domestic resources to offset...
Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council to enforce COVID-19 protocols
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council says it will enforce COVID-19 safety protocols during the Easter festivities.
A statement issued...
MMDAs must scale-up fight against plastic pollution in Ghana
Dr Eric Oduro Osae, a Public Financial Management and Local Government Expert, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to scale-up fight against...
MMDAs urged to mainstream nutrition issues into Development Plans
Stakeholders at a forum in Bolgatanga have called on the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to prioritize and mainstream issues of nutrition into...
The saga of our city litter bins
One of the stands that was supposed to hold the bin stood by the road side, fixed to the concrete plate that was meant...
Osae urges MPs to take interest in MMDAs’ Composite Budgets
Dr Eric Oduro Osae, a Public Financial Management and Local Government Expert, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to take interest in the...
SEND GHANA submitts its proposals to the ministry of finance for consideration into the...
SEND GHANA, as has been the practice, went round the country to collate citizens' inputs and submitted them to the Ministry of Finance for...
MMDAs exist to accelerate local development-Planning Officer
The Municipal, Metropolitan, and District Assemblies exist to accelerate local development; Mrs Sibawehi Khadijah Assistant Development Planning Officer, Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly has stated.
Mrs. Khadijah...
Stakeholders say WASH key to achieving SDGs
Stakeholders at a forum in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region have agreed that Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is key to achieving Universal...
RCC to enhance relations with MMDAs – Henry Quartey
Mr Henry Quartey, Minister Designate for the Greater Accra Region has promised to enhance the cordial relations between the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and...
Ghana Police Service prone to acts of corruption – Survey
The Ghana Police Service is the most proned state institution with the tendency to engage in acts of corruption, a survey conducted by the...
MMDAs will collaborate to anchor government’s flagship initiatives – Botwe
The Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) will work collaboratively with agencies facilitating the implementation of government's flagship initiatives to actualise the policy objectives.
Mr...
WRCC outlines measures to contain the surge in COVID-19 Cases
The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) has directed MMDAs to adopt and enforce alternate-days-for-alternative products at market centres to ensure social distancing.
The directive, under...
Five MMDAs launch COVID-19 Recovery Plans
COVID-19 Recovery Plans and Integrated Assembly Financing Frameworks (IAFF) have been launched for five Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to help them build...
Budgetary failures at MMDAs affront to fight against malaria
The failure of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to prioritise malaria control programmes in the district's financial plans and budgets is an...
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...
Constitute District Fire Service Communities to tackle fire-related disasters-MMDAs urged
Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Kwasi Baafour Awuah, the Savannah Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District...
Minister launches Digitial Solutions for Revenue Mobilisation for MMDAs
Madam Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has launched the automated digital revenue management solutions for Metropolitan, Municipal and District...
Incorporate LED activities in guidelines for assessing MMDAs – MCE
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive has called for the incorporation of Local Economic Development (LED) in the guidelines used in...
MMDAs tasked to promote safe foods with new guidelines
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, on Wednesday, launched “Food Safety Guidelines” and directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to ensure...
FOSDA entreats MMDAs to scale-up Revenue Mobilization
The Foundation for Security Development in Africa (FOSDA) has entreated Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to scale-up Revenue Mobilization efforts to support community...
MMDAs urged to mainstream WASH activities into development plans
Stakeholders at a forum organized in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region have called on the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to prioritize...
MDAs, MMDAs urged to collaborate with NITA to enhance data management
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) has advised heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs)...
Communities advised to desist from divisive politics
Madam Rita Nyorka, the Planning Officer for the Nadowli-Kaleo District, has advised community members to desist from divisive politics at the local level, as...
NITA Holds virtual ICT Stakeholder Conference
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA), is calling its stakeholders within the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector, thus, heads and ICT heads of MDAs...
Western Region gets 14 Social Auditing Committees
The Western Regional Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), in collaboration with the various MMDAs in the Region, have formed Social...
CoST Sekondi/Takoradi brings on board new Assemblies
The Sekondi/Takoradi chapter of the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) has introduced new MMDAs to CoST project which seeks to improve openness in the award...
Government spends over GHc76 million on markets, lorry parks disinfection
Government says it spent over GHc76 million towards the disinfection, fumigation and cleaning-up of markets, lorry parks and public toilet facilities across the country.
The...
MMDAs receive GHc4.5 billion for infrastructural development
As part of government's ambition of decentralising and enhancing infrastructural development at the local level, a total of GHc4.5 billion was transferred to the...