Tag: Rural Development
China energizes rural development with digital technologies
By He Linping
Wei Xianhui, a flower farmer in Huadu District of Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, picked up the pace toward the local bureau...
Tourism is crucial to rural development – Ghana Tourism Authority
Mr Charles Buabin, Tema Regional Director, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), says tourism plays a crucial role in promoting and fostering sustainable rural development.
He...
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...
A Deputy Local Government Minister losses father
Mr Godfried John Adjei, father of Mr Kwasi Boateng Adjei, a Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development and Member of Parliament for...
ILGS, partners launch Local Governance Practitioners’ Forum
The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) and its partners have officially launched the Local Governance Practitioners’ Forum (LGPF) in Accra.
ILGS, with the support...
Local Government Ministry disinfects 96 markets in Western North Region
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has disinfected a total of 96 markets and other public places in the Western North region...
Dormaa Central Assembly disinfects Municipality
The Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly in the Bono Region has disinfected Dormaa-Ahenkro, its capital and other parts of the Municipality to prevent any outbreak...
Weija-Gbawe residents complying with COVID-19 protocols – MCE
Mr Patrick K. B. Kumor, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Weija-Gbawe said, residents in the Municipality are cooperative and complying with the Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Commuters stranded as transport, business activities halt in Kumasi
Many commuters found it difficult getting to their destinations as transport activities came to a virtual halt in the Kumasi metropolis on Friday, March...
Fumigate our markets– Bolgatanga traders
Women traders in the Bolgatanga markets, in the Upper East Region have called on the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD)...
Government supports MMDAs to fight COVID-19
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, through the Common Fund Secretariat, has supplied Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly (MMDAs) with materials...
Ministry of Local Government fumigates Dansoman market
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) in collaboration with the Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly on Monday, commenced a disinfection exercise...
43 MMDAs presented with sanitary kits
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has presented a variety of sanitary items to 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies...
Local Government Minister wants women empowered in governance and leadership
Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, has called on stakeholders to strengthen policies to empower more women to take up...
Fast track the implementation of Clean Cooking Project – Ministry
Mr Charles Kwame Dondieu, Chief Director of the Local Government and Rural Development Ministry, has charged stakeholders to fast track the implementation of...
Referendum aborted for lack of broad national consensus
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called off the holding of the Referendum of 17th December, 2019, citing the lack...
IFAD President: Agricultural Investment Can Change The Lives of Women & Girls
Investment in agriculture and rural development may be among the best ways for Canada to realize the goals of its new Feminist International Assistance...
GARDJA backs creation of National Development Bank
The Ghana Agriculture and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has said it supports Government’s intention to set up a National Development Bank to purposely...
Hajia Alima Mahama appointed as Clean Cookstoves member
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has been appointment as a member of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves...
MMDA’s plan for the coming year
The Local Government Service (LGS) has organised a two-day conference for Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Coordinating Directors in Sunyani, in the Brong Ahafo...
District assemblies urged to setup development agenda
Mr. Thaddeus Arkum Aasoglenang, Nandom District Chief Executive has said there was the need for district assemblies to setup development agenda in the context...
Bankers urged to win trust of clients
Mr Stephen Kwesi Bedu, the General Manager of the Akyempim Rural Bank, has urged workers in the banking sector, especially those in the rural...
Minister worried over poor performance of assemblies
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister, has expressed worry over the poor performance of municipal and district assemblies in the Region on...
MMDA’s directed to capture gov’ts poverty intervention
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...
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...
Ghanaians encouraged to join movement Against Child Abuse
The ministries of Gender, Children and Social Protection and Local Government and Rural Development, in collaboration with UNICEF, have launched a national campaign to...
Hajia Alima Mahama Refurbish Accra Psychiatric Infirmary
Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development has refurbished the Female Infirmary Ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
The gesture, which...
Local Government Service Re-affirm Support To DLT
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...
GEPA Plans To Rake $10b With One Product Per District Initiative
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) will boost the export of Non-Traditional Exports (NTE) through its initiative, "One District, One Export Product" to rake...
South-South and Triangular Cooperation Provides Solution to Fighting Hunger and Poverty
More than 300 participants representing governments, international organizations, academia, research organizations, the private sector, NGOs and civil society are expected to descend upon Brazil’s...