The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service has appointed Mr. George Gyapani Ackah as the Director of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Mr. Ackah was the immediate past Regional Economic Planning Officer for the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council from October, 2013 to May, 2020. He started his professional career as a development […]
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MRS. LILIAN BAEKA APPOINTED NEW DIRECTOR OF MTSD
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service has appointed Mrs. Lilian Baeka as the new Director of Management and Technical Services Directorate (MTSD). She takes over from Mrs. Mabel Amoako-Atta. Mrs. Lilian Baeka was the immediate past Municipal Development Planning officer for the Adentan Municipal Assembly, a position she held for 10 […]
STOCKTAKING ON THE IMPACT OF COVID – 19 ON SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY AT 260 MMDAs
As part of support provided to the MMDAs to deliver an integrated decentralized social services to vulnerable population, UNICEF Ghana in collaboration with the Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) is conducting a short online survey to ascertain the impact of COVID -19 on the implementation of social service delivery at […]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE DONATES TO THE COVID-19 TRUST FUND
Accra-Thursday April 30, 2020: The Head of Local Government Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur led a delegation that donated an amount of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵120,000.00) to the COVID-19 Trust Fund on behalf of the staff of the Local Government Service (LGS). Dr. Arthur said the decision was taken in […]
DR NANA ATO ARTHUR DONATES TO CLINICS AND PALACES IN KEEA
Dr Nana Ato Arthur, Head of the Local Government Service has donated some items to Clinics, Chief Palaces and Lorry stations in the Komenda Edina Aguafo Abrem Municipality as part of efforts to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The items consisting of 50 Veronica Buckets, 25 gallons of liquid soap, 10 boxes of Hand Sanitizers, […]
THE OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE GETS A NEW DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has appointed Mr. Peter Essiam Asante as the new Director of Human Resources Management. He takes over from Mr. Robert Odei-Ntow who has retired from the Service. Mr. Asante, the immediate past Acting Coordinating Director of the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly is a Director […]
REGIONAL MINISTERS AND THEIR COORDINATING DIRECTORS SIGN LGS 2020 PERFORMANCE CONTRACT
Accra-Friday February 21, 2020: Regional Ministers of the sixteen (16) Regions have signed the Local Government Service Performance Contracts with their Co-ordinating Directors for the year 2020. The ceremony was witnessed by the Head of the Local Government Service, Ing. Dr Nana Ato Arthur and a Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. […]
ROLE CLARIFICATION WORKSHOP HELD FOR TWO DEPARTMENTS OF THE MMDAs
Ejisu/Elmina/Tamale – February 3-7, 2020: The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has completed three zonal sensitization workshops to clarify the roles of the Physical Planning and Works Departments of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Participation of the workshops by staff was 190, 174 and 164 in Zones 1, 2 […]