VARIOUS – April to May, 2023: The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has honoured three (3) Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) and ten (10) Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) with citations and plaques for their outstanding performance in the 2021 LGS Performance Contract assessment. These RCCs and MMDAs were outstanding […]
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MAKE USE OF INFORMATION OFFICERS – HEAD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE ADVISES
The Head of Local Government Service, Ing Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has admonished Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives to make use of Information Officers assigned to their assemblies. The Head of Service made the admonition when the Minister of Information Hon Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah paid an official visit to him at his office on […]
PARTNER LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN USING DIGITALISATION FOR REVENUE MOBILISATION – HEAD OF SERVICE TO JICA
Accra – Thursday, May 11, 2023: The Head of the Local Government Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur has implored the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to provide intensive capacity building on digitalisation for staff of the Local Government Service (LGS). Dr. Arthur made the appeal when some officials from JICA paid a courtesy call […]
GSCSP LED PHASE II TRAINING ENDS IN HO.
HO – Monday May 08 – Tuesday May 09, 2023: The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) in collaboration with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and Ghana Enterprises Agency( GEA) has built the capacity of thirty five(35) selected Municipal Assemblies(MAs) and sixteen(16) Regional Coordinating Councils (RCC) on the Local Economic Development (LED) […]
HEAD OF SERVICE CAUTIONS STAFF OF OFFINSO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ON INDISCIPLINE TOWARDS WORK
Wednesday– May 3, : The Head of the Local Government Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur has cautioned staff of the Offinso Municipal Assembly on the rampant indiscipline towards work. The admonishing was madeduring one of his unannounced working visits to the Assembly. The Head of Service with a Public Affairs Officer of the Office […]
FORMER CHIEF DIRECTOR ENSTOOLED AS “SOMPAHENE” OF MANSO-NKWANTA TRADITIONAL AREA
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Manso-Nkawanta- Thursday May 4, 2023: The former Chief Director of the Local Government Service Mr. James Oppong Mensah, has been enstooled as the “Sompahene” by the Omanhene and the people of Manso-Nkwanta Traditional Counil in the Amansie West District Assembly. This was in honour of the former Chief Director for his many contributions towards […]
LED PHASE II CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP CONTINUES IN TAMALE
Tamale – Wednesday April 26 – Thursday 27, 2023: The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) in collaboration with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has ended the third of the four zonal workshops on the Local Economic Development (LED) Phase II programme for selected Regional […]
HEAD OF SERVICE PAID UNANNOUNCED WORKING VISITS TO TWO (2) ASSEMBLIES IN THE NORTHERN REGION
Northern Region- Wednesday 26th April, 2023: The Head of Local Government Service paid unannounced working visits to two (2) Assemblies in the Northern Region namely: Savelugu Municipal Assembly and Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. The purpose of the unannounced visit was to among other things ensure staff are at post and working to ensure improved service delivery. […]







