Electing MMDCEs could strengthen local accountability and tackle flooding – Dr Offei-Aboagye

[ad_1] An Engagement Committee Member of the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), Dr Esther Ofei-Aboagye, has expressed concern over Ghana’s recurring floods, blaming years of weak citizen responsibility, poor planning, and limited accountability in local governance for the country’s worsening environmental challenges. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the ACRC Cross-Project Learning Workshop…

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Akufo-Addo packing courts with NPP loyalists to escape accountability

[ad_1] The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of appointing loyalists of the New Patriotic Party to the country’s courts to have control of the judiciary and escape post-regime accountability. This follows Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo’s recommendation of five judges to be appointed as Supreme Court Judges. Fifi Fiavi Kwetey,…

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Demand accountability from public servants

[ad_1] The Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development, Dan Botwe has urged  Ghanaians to demand accountability from technocrats and other public servants at various Metropolitan, Municipal, and District assemblies. According to him, $50,000 each has been used to build capacities of staff of beneficial municipal assemblies under the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme…

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