NCCE Holds Stakeholders Meeting on Improving Local Authority Structures

NCCE Holds Stakeholders Meeting on Improving Local Authority Structures

November 20, 2009
He noted that such platforms would compel duty bearers to appreciate the need to give equal impetus to the development of rural Ghana where the majority of the people lived but had no access to simple social necessities such as water, electricity and schools.

He said the meeting, which had as its theme; "The Local Governance System and 2010 District Assembly Elections" was to equip participants with the knowledge to determine the needs of rural people as players in the development goals of the country and how their contribution could fit into the policy framework of the local government authorities in their areas.

Mr Mensah observed that women's participation at the local governance level was very poor and said in spite of the several attempts made by advocacy groups to get them into the mainstream local level politicking, little results had been realized.

The Bolgatanga Municipal Director of the NCCE, Mr Avolim-Wini Sambila, said the NCCE per its mandate had been charged to organize the workshop to sensitize stakeholders on the general local government system and come out with suggestions and clues as to how best the system could be reformed to get better results.

Participants were drawn from the Electoral Commission; Unit Committees; Nongovernmental Organisations; District Assembly Members; Religious Groups, various associations and the Media.

GNA