Politics of Saturday, 4 November 2017Source: Graphic.com.ghElection of MMDCEs may lead to blatant disregard of directivesProf. Kwamena AhwoiThe election of Municipal, Metropolitan and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) may result in the blatant disregard of directives from the central government. It may also lead to local governments threatening the central government with legal suits for one thing or another. These are some of the contributions to a major reform policy on decentralisation facing the country currently, that is, the election of MMDCEs. The contributions were made by the doyen of decentralisation in Ghana, Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi, during the launch of his second book, “Decentralisation in Ghana: A collection of Essays,” in Accra last Tuesday. IDEG has been engaging various constituents, including political parties, on multi-party governance reforms, that would include the partisan election of MMDCEs at the district level.

Source: GhanaWeb November 04, 2017 11:03 UTC