The Head of Local Government Service, Ing Dr Nana Ato Arthur has challenged Chief Directors/ Regional Coordinating Directors (RCDs) of the Service to make conscious efforts to hugely reduce audit infractions in their respective Regions. He believes this can be achieved by adhering to audit recommendations and responding to breaches raised through auditing within the […]
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RCCs & MMDAs ASSESSED FOR PERFORMANCE IN THE YEAR 2022
VARIOUS – April to May, 2023: The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) as part of its mandate assessed sixteen (16) RCCs and Two Hundred and Sixty-One (261) MMDAs across the country. The overarching aim of the exercise was to ascertain the overall performance of RCCs and MMDAs based on their […]
OHLGS HONOURS SELECTED RCCs & MMDAs FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN 2021
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 […]
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 […]