The Office of ffe Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS), in fulfilment of its mandate to ensure the efficient day-to-day administration of the Service in accordance with the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936), is undertaking an exercise to strengthen the Transport Department of the Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) across the Country. It […]
Monthly Archives: July 2026
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: Fraudulent Recruitment Advertisement on Social Media
The attention of the Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has been drawn to a false and fraudulent recruitment publication circulating on Facebook. The post, made by a Facebook page called “All Teacher Unions updates” and attributed to one “Isaac Joe Mensah, a purported Protocol Officer of the Head of Local […]
OHLGS EQUIPS MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLIES WITH DLREV SOFTWARE TO BOOST IGF UNDER GSCSP
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has completed a 2-day training workshops each in two zones to equip officers from Regional Co-ordinating Councils (RCC and participating Municipal Assemblies on the effective use of the dLRev software for revenue management. The training workshops which were held in two zones were under […]
MAKE CLEANLINESS A DAILY CULTURE, NOT A “NINE-DAY WONDER” – PROF. LORD MENSAH
The Head of the Local Government Service, Prof. Lord Mensah, has called on staff of the Local Government Service and Ghanaians at large to embrace good sanitation practices as a way of life and as a personal responsibility rather than treat the on-going National Flood Aftermath Clean-Up Exercise as a one-off event. Prof. Mensah made […]
Conversion Into The Birth And Death Registry Class
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service, in fulfilment of its mandate to ensure efficient administration of the Service and in accordance with the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936), is undertaking an exercise to strengthen the Birth and Death Registry within the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District […]
DEMANDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE GREATER THAN EVER- PROF. LORD MENSAH WARNS
The Head of the Local Government Service, Prof. Lord Mensah, has warned that rising citizen expectations and growing demands for accountability mean that continuous capacity development for governance bodies is no longer optional but a necessity. The warning came at the opening of a two-day retreat for the Local Government Service Council on June 26, […]
Internal Vacancy Announcement
The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) is seeking successful and result-oriented officers within the Local Government Service (LGS) to fill the vacant positions indicated below. This is in fulfilment of the mandate to “Secure the effective administration and management of the decentralized Local Government Service” as shown in Section 51 […]