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Service is a public Service institution established by the Local Government Service Act, 2003 (Act 656) which has been repealed and replaced with the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936).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
Felicia Dapaah Agyeman-Boakye (Mrs)
Chief Director
LATEST DOCUMENTS
LATEST EVENTS
2023 ANNUAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT OF RCCs AND MMDAs
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) after a successful monitoring and verification exercise of the 2023 Local Government …Read More »INTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
OFFICERS WHO ARE DUE FOR PROMOTION FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ANALOGOUS GRADES TO THE GRADE OF DIRECTOR AND ITS ANALOGOUS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT …Read More »SIGNING OF 2025 PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS FOR THE REGIONAL CO-ORDINATING COUNCILS (RCCs) AND METROPOLITAN, MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES (MMDAs)
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) as part of the processes leading to the implementation of the Performance …Read More »INTERVIEW FOR THE POSITION OF HEAD OF WORKS DEPARTMENT
Please, refer to the above-mentioned subject. You are informed that the Local Government Service Council has granted approval to organize interviews for the …Read More »
LATEST NEWS
LGS LAUNCHES HUMAN RESOURCE ASSOCIATION
Accra- Thursday, November 28, 2024: The Local Government Service has launched the Association of Human Resource (HR) Directors and Managers at the Cedi Conference Centre, University …Read More »THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL WORK: COORDINATION IS KEY-HEAD OF SERVICE TO SOCIAL WORKERS
Accra-Wednesday, November 6, 2024: The Head of the Local Government Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur has urged social workers in Ghana to prioritize effective institutional …Read More »GHANA TAKES A HISTORIC STEP TOWARDS A STREAMLINED DEVELOPMENT PERMITTING SYSTEM
Accra- Tuesday, October 29, 2024: Members of the Steering Committee of the Heads of Development Permitting Institutions have met at the Office of the Head of …Read More »
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