8 h. ago Local Government Ministry pays allowances to over 9000 assembly members

The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has disbursed GH¢23.6 million out of the GH¢25 million released by the Finance Ministry to settle allowances owed to assembly members.

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8 d. ago Government to spend $1.4bn in 2025 in servicing debt to Eurobond holders

The government has announced plans to spend US$1.4 billion next year in servicing debt to Eurobond holders. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry confirmed that it had finalised the third tranche payment of US$349 million to investors on July 3, 2025. The announcement confirmed an earlier story […]

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1 week ago GoldBod taskforce arrests 10 Chinese in illegal gold trading bust

The GoldBod Taskforce has arrested 10 Chinese nationals in Asankragua in the Western Region, in a major breakthrough against illegal gold trading, just 48 hours after the government announced a nationwide ban on foreign involvement in the local gold trade.

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1 week ago ‘Accra People’ should stop dictating district development priorities

We need a complete reset of local government where citizens and residents fully participate in setting their local development agenda, determine spending priorities, eagerly pay their fair share of local taxes and levies, join in the implementation and monitoring of projects, and hold their MMDCEs, Assembly men and women, and Unit Committee members accountable for results.

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2 w. ago Yaw Nsarkoh says collapse of local governance is final nail in Ghana’s democratic illusion

Former Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, says the collapse of local governance represents the “final nail” in what he calls the illusion of democracy.

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3 w. ago Government urged to extend validation for payment of trainee nurses and midwives’ allowances

The Union of Trainee Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UTNMG) has pleaded with the government through the Ministry of Health to extend the validation exercise for the payments of health trainee allowances. The Union explains that the June 20, 2025 deadline for the exercise was too limited hence trainees would not be able to acquire and […]

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3 w. ago ChaLoG expresses full support for 80% allocation of common fund to MMDAs

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has expressed full support for the government’s decision to allocate 80 per cent of the total approved budget of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) Secretariat to the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs).

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3 w. ago Mahama calls on MMDCEs to restore public trust through stakeholder collaboration

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to actively collaborate with key stakeholders in their respective districts to help restore public trust and strengthen local governance.

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3 w. ago Mahama signals end of appointed MMDCEs, backs popular demand for elections

President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that future Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) may be elected rather than appointed, as part of broader efforts to deepen local democracy and accountability in governance.

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3 w. ago Annual district cleanliness will be measured and celebrated or shamed – Mahama tells MMDCEs

President John Dramani Mahama has issued a firm directive to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), placing environmental sanitation and infrastructural upkeep at the heart of his administration’s local governance agenda.

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3 w. ago Every assembly to receive GH₵25m this year – President Mahama assures

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that every Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assembly (MMDA) in Ghana will receive not less than ₵25 million this year. The funding is aimed at ensuring that local governments are properly resourced to meet the development needs of their respective communities. Addressing MMDCEs at an orientation and training programme held […]

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4 w. ago District assembly elections are already partisan – Sir Dennis Adjei urges reform

Supreme Court nominee, Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei, has called for a bold national conversation on the nature of Ghana’s local governance system, urging the nation to officially adopt a partisan approach to district assembly elections, which he says are already de facto political.

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4 w. ago CLOGSAG directs staff to strike over alleged misconduct by acting Births and Deaths Registrar

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), has ordered all staff of the Births and Deaths Registry nationwide to stay at home beginning Tuesday, 17 June 2025, citing an increasingly hostile work environment under the Acting Registrar, Mr Samuel Adom Botchway. In a letter dated 12 June 2025, addressed to the Minister for […]

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4 w. ago Council of State member urges Ghana to localise global solutions for youth employment

A member of Ghana’s Council of State representing the Volta Region, Mr Kwamigah Tanko, has issued a strategic call for a radical rethinking of job creation in Ghana, urging a bottom-up alliance between local government actors and private sector innovators to tackle the country’s escalating youth unemployment crisis. Speaking to Metro TV’s Eastern Regional Correspondent, […]

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