2018 MMDAs performance report:Wassa East, Nzema East tail the list of 216 assemblies
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service has release its 2018 report of the performances of Chief Executives and Coordinating Directors of the various Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies in Ghana, based on an extensive assessment and evaluation of their performance contracts.
MMDCEs and Coordinating Directors were scored on seven key deliverables in their performance contracts in the year under review. The indicators included; general administration, human resource management, financial management and reporting and infrastructure, social services, economic development, and environment and sanitation.
The Asokore Mampong Municipal top the list with a 100 percent score, with Western Region’s Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwa Municipal taking the second rank with a 96.75 percentage score. The Wassa East District and Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region, scored 64.56 and 46.38 percent, ranking 190th and 215th respectively on the list.
Head of the Local Government Service, Dr. Ing. Nana Ato Arthur in an exclusive interview with Skyy News stressed the need for the under-performing districts to learn and share best practices from higher performing ones, so they could improve their performance in the coming years.
He mentioned that the service as a matter of need will consider some capacity building and networking with sister-cities to improve upon areas they fell short, in terms of the performance indicators used.
He however added that, the necessary sanctions and motivations would be applied to get MMDAs up their game to support the development in their areas.
