LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE

4TH LGS Professionals Conference
4TH LGS Professionals Conference
Orientation Program for newly recruited staff
Stakeholders forum on Inter - Service Collaboration
Stakeholders forum on Inter - Service Collaboration
2018 UN/African Union Public Service Day
HoS @ Local Revenue Mobilisation Workshop
LGS signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Care International/Northern Ghana Governance Activity (NGGA)
Local Government Service participates in ‘2018 Meet The Press Series’
Head of Service Tours Selected MMDAs in the Greater Accra Region
HoS donates bus to EGASS
HoS and Management in a group photograph with the Governance Unit of the German Development Co-operation (GIZ).
Head of Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur at the inaugural ceremony of the Ga South Municipal Assembly
Orientation of Regional Ministers and Regional Coord. Directors on the LGS 2018 Performance Contract
Management in a group photograph with 2017/2018 NSPs & INTERNS
OHLGS Presents Draft LGS 2018 Budget Estimates to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government & Rural Development
Swearing In of the Local Government Service Council
Head of the Local Government Service Appointed to the Advisory Board of MGLRD
Dr. Nana Ato Arthur - Head of Local Government Service

Latest News

The Local Government Service is a public Service institution established by the Local Government Service Act, 2003 (Act 656) which has been repealed and replaced with the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936). The Service exists ‘’to secure effective administration and management of the decentralised local government system in the country’’.

VISION : 'A World Class Decentralised and Client Oriented Service'.

MISSION : 'To Support Local Government to deliver value for money services through the mobilization, harmonization and utilization of quality human capacity and material resources to promote local and national development'.

MOTTO : Decentralisation, Democracy, Development

CONVERSION/UPGRADING OF STAFF
February 14, 2019
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) is in the process of Upgrading/Converting officers who have acquired higher and …Read More »
CALL FOR PROMOTION INTERVIEWS
October 25, 2018
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service is in the process of compiling the list of all Deputy Directors and officers …Read More »
SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR INTERVIEW FOR APPOINTMENT AS HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS OF WORKS, URBAN ROADS, TRANSPORT, LEGAL AND AGRIC
October 22, 2018
The attached shortlisted candidates should contact their respective Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) for the scheduled date of their interview for the appointment as …Read More »
CONVERSION/UPGRADING OF AGRICULTURAL STAFF (NORTHERN SECTOR)
October 16, 2018
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) is in the process of Upgrading/Converting Officers who have acquired higher and relevant …Read More »

SCRAP 30 PER CENT GOVT APPOINTEES TO MMDAS
January 18, 2019
The Head of the Local Government Service (LGS), Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has called for the 30 per cent appointment of members to metropolitan, municipal and …Read More »
OHLGS HOLDS END OF YEAR STAFF DURBAR
December 21, 2018
OHLGS – Friday December 21, 2018: The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) organized a staff durbar to review events and performance …Read More »
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE SIGNS PACT WITH IHS OF ERASMUS UNIVERSITY
December 5, 2018
The Local Government Service (LGS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, …Read More »