The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has held an emergency meeting with Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), Environmental Health Officers and Waste Management Directors from the Greater Accra Region to coordinate preparations for the upcoming Presidential National General Cleaning Exercise. The meeting was convened with regards to the recent flooding […]
An initiative aimed at enhancing Ghana’s road network by decentralising road infrastructure development and addressing challenges facing metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) across the country has been launched. Dubbed; “District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP)”, it is designed to empower MMDAs with the resources and equipment necessary to rehabilitate and maintain roads within their various […]
The Local Government Service (LGS) and Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build capacities of staff to ensure effective decentralisation. Under the pact, the two have agreed to mutually collaborate on developing training modules, seminars, diploma courses, distance learning, staff exchanges […]
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western Region are up in arms against government for failing to fulfill promises of providing them with good roads. Some youth from the area, joined by their chief burned car tyres and chanted war songs to register their displeasure when the Lands and Natural resources Minister including some officials went […]
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has issued a health alert that there will be heaps of uncollected waste in parts of the city as a result of the refusal of Zoomlion drivers to report for duty. A statement issued by the Assembly a while ago and intercepted by BestNewsGH.com said the drivers withdrew their service this […]
