Politics of Thursday, 19 April 2018Source: Graphic.com.ghGovernment committed to election of MMDCEs’ – Alima MahamaMinister for Local Government and Rural Dev't, Hajia Alima MahamaThe Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) on partisan basis. Hajia Mahama was speaking at a sensitisation and awareness raising workshop on the election of MMDCEs in Ghana last Tuesday in Cape Coast. She said the election on partisan basis would create a platform for competent persons to stand for election as MMDCEs, adding that it will also reduce the incidents of having unpopular candidates selected as MMDCEs by the assemblies and minimise the alleged corruption associated with the approval of nominees by assemblies. ConsultationsRegional based consultations would be held in all the 10 regions of Ghana between March and November 2018 while special groups would be met separately at the national level. National level consultations would be held for other key national level institutions and ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), which would be climaxed with a final national stakeholder validation meeting in Accra to build a final national consensus pact on the election of MMDCEs on partisan basis.

Source: GhanaWeb April 19, 2018 08:48 UTC