Do Not Create More Districts, Local Government Expert warns Political Parties – Radio Univers 105.7 | Voice of Legon

Dean of the Graduate Studies and Research at Ghana’s Institute of Local Government Studies Dr Eric Oduro Osae has warned of problems, if, political parties go ahead with the promise of creating more districts in Ghana.

Ahead of the December polls some political parties notably the NPP and NDC have been making promises of a possible creation of new regions which would translate into more districts. However the former Head of Finance and Accounts says this could prove problematic adding that the focus should be on creating appropriate framework for the development of existing districts.

Speaking at the 7th Annual Accountability lectures organized by the Ghana Audit Service at the College of Physicians and Surgeons on the 27th of September 2016, Dr Osae explained that local government and district assemblies are supposed to operate as corporate entities but that is not what we are seeing.  This according to him is even going to be worse. ‘’We started with a 110 District Assemblies but as it stands now we have doubled so if we have 216 and we have not adopted appropriate mechanisms for true accountability at the local government level to ensure there’s good governance we stand the risk of creating problems if we increase them, it’s about time we marshal forces and develop appropriate framework to support the system’’, he stated.

Dr Osae further decried the failure of government to effectively apply criminal and administrative sanctions to people who have been found culpable. He advised that the interference in the administrative set up by people of power sets wrong examples and emboldens acts that otherwise ought to be condemned.

Dr Eric Oduro Osae is a Local Government and Decentralization Expert and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana.

By: Ibrahim Abdul Karim/Radio Univers 105.7MHz

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