The Local Government Service has organized a series of two-day workshop on Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) for District Assemblies outside the scope of the Local Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP). Training beneficiaries included Heads of the Internal Audit Unit, Agriculture and Social Welfare and Community Development Departments. Participants were taken through the concept, principles and […]
Category Archives: News
Head of Service Attends the 2016 Annual Review Conference of Development Planning Officers in the Eastern Region as Special Guest of Honour
The Head of Local Government Service Dr. Callistus Mahama joined the Eastern Regional Planning Officers Association at their annual retreat at MODAK Hotel in Kwahu – Pepease on Thursday 26th January, 2017 as the Special Guest of Honour. The conference is organized yearly to review performance and plan for the ensuing year. The Head of […]
OHLGS Mourns With a Bereaved Staff
On Saturday 21st January, 2017 the Head of Local Government Service, Dr. Callistus Mahama, Directors and staff of the Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) were at Koforidua in the Eastern Region to mourn with a staff whose spouse passed on in December, 2016. Staff of the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council, District […]
LGS Bids Farewell to the late Paul Kantunye Abdul-Korah
The Head of Local Government Service, Dr. Callistus Mahama, Chief Directors, Directors and staff of the Local Government Service (LGS) joined mourners at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Kaleo on Saturday 14th January, 2017 to bid farewell to the Late Paul Kantunye Abdul-Korah aka Paul Kant, former Chief Director of the Upper East Regional Coordinating […]
Training on Programme Based Budgeting for Selected Officers of MMDAs Ends
The Local Government Service has organized a series of two-day workshop on Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) for District Assemblies outside the scope of the Local Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP). Training beneficiaries included Heads of the Internal Audit Unit, Agriculture and Social Welfare and Community Development Departments. Participants were taken through the concept, principles and […]
Staff Welfare Association of OHLGS organises 2017 1st Ordinary Meeting
The 1st Ordinary Meeting of the Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) Staff Welfare Association was held on Thursday 19th January, 2017 in accordance with the provisions of the Association’s constitution. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on the state of affairs of the association and to introduce […]
Staff of the Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) interact with Officers from MLGRD on Waste Management
Directors and Staff of OHLGS on Thursday 19th January, 2017 had a brief interaction with officers from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) on Waste Management. The session was to introduce staff of OHLGS to the practicality of waste segregation to ease collection and revenue generation. The MLGRD representatives said, the ministry […]
Head of Service and Directors of OHLGS Interacts With Officers of the Public Affairs Unit
The Head of Service and Directors of the Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) on Monday 9th January, 2017 met staff of the Public Affairs Unit for clarification on the role and functions of the Unit. The meeting afforded Directors and officers of PAU the platform to appreciate the need for collaboration […]







