The role of the Assembly Member was viewed as key if the local government could deliver results in accordance with its mandate. Since 1992, there has been four development plans namely. All other major decisions taken by the Executive Committee are subject to approval by the General Assembly. CHARLES TSUISHITOE KOTEI DANFA ELECTORAL AREA HALID WAHAB WEST ADANTA ELECTORAL AREA DAVID There are five statutory Sub-Committees but the Assembly is enjoined to constitute any other Committees depending on the local situation. The study recommends all district assemblies (MMDAs) to institutionalize (localize) mechanisms to oblige and resource MMDA members to adopt the concept of administrative responsibility. Initiate programmes for the development of basic infrastructure and provide municipal works and services in the district. The recent controversial confirmations and rejections of the MMDCEs nominated by the president, after the 2016 Elections, are clear indications of the subject matter of this essay. The Co-ordinating Director is also responsible for issuing circulars to the sectors and other relevant agencies for the preparation of annual action plans and Medium Term Development Plans. A sample size of 260 respondents comprising registered and non- registered members were randomly selected. 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The general opinion was that assembly members often disregard their duties, claiming to be busy, but surface during local government elections and campaign for votes. It is an open secret that some of the parliamentary candidates are imposed on the constituents by the political parties, meaning they are not the peoples own choices. Please let us revisit the consultation process so that at least there could be a communiqu produced and presented by each constituency to show that there was indeed a thorough explanation and discussion on governments intentions so that the decision of the state on pertinent national developmental issueswill be broad based. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT UNIT. making sure that premises are available for use by community tribunals, that police logistics are adequate, etc. 12.2 MUNICIPAL SECURITY COUNCIL (MUSEC). +233 (0) 302 665 951 +233 (0) 244 626 622. info@ama.gov.gh. The belief that the Assemblyman should raise funds to develop his own area, on his own initiative is based on the guiding principle of voluntarism and communal ways of self-help development which has no place in modern democratic practice. I was quite amazed when the hue and cry that was associated with the call for its abolition by the government in power then, was conspicuously missing on the performance of the two categories of students who wrote their final WASSCE examinations at the same time! There is also the Public Relations and Complaints Committee chaired by the. According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census, the total population of the Metropolis was 1,665,086 with females constituting 51.9 percent while males formed 48.1 percent. It is interesting to note that the chiefs are members of their respective Traditional Councils which are located outside the Municipality. The Presiding In order to enhance the decentralization programme, provision has been made for the creation of Sub-Structures to support the Assembly in the performance of its functions. These Sub-Committees perform deliberative functions and submit recommendations to the Executive committee for further deliberation and then to the General Assembly for final decisions and implementation. 185.64.219.103 to improve, promote, develop and safeguard the interest of all Assembly Members of the Country as a whole, All Rights Reserved. She said the gutters were choked and the grounds were rugged and unpaved, resulting in overflows during heavy rains. If it were true that the MPs had consulted their constituents before government took her position on this matter, you will have been surprised to discover very intelligent and constructive contributions from the illiterate voters. Whatever has been defined by the constitution is simply not enough and we need a thorough definition of the role of the assemblyman and his duties, including sanctions for action or inaction. The Assembly currently has total permanent staff strength of One hundred and eighty-three (183) and 35 temporary staff. He/she is also responsible for issuing reports that emanate from the Unit. For example, dont you think that reverting the duration of the Senior High School (SHS) from four (4) to three (3) which was just in the first year (of the first cycle) of its implementation stage, should be a matter of concern for the citizenry? The Management Board Executive informs the GA Executive of important and significant occurrences, and the GA Executive may ask questions or provide advice. Because after the elections their next visit is either to attend the funeral of a party functionary or to grace the speech and prize- giving day ceremony of one of the educational institutions in the constituency. It was established in 1898 but has gone through several changes in terms of name, size and number of Sub-Metros. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct. Assessment of Women Participation in Local Governance in the Kassena Nankana Municipality (KNM). The role of the Assembly Member was viewed as key if the local government could deliver results in accordance with its mandate. Ever since I have started voting for our Members of Parliament and District Assembly Members through the Presidential, Parliamentary and District Assembly Elections, from the year 1992 to date, I cannot remember even a single occasion on which the MP of our constituency has ever visited to explain or discuss any political jargon or any national policy being discussed in parliament. 13.0 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES UNDER THE ASSEMBLY. These substructures are the Town/Area and Zonal Councils and the Unit Committees. This was the consensus at a roundtable of women at Agotime-Kpetoe in the Agotime-Ziope GNA was part of a comprehensive communication policy that sought to harness the information arm of the state to build a viable, united and cohesive nation-state. Section 86 of the Public Financial Management Act 921 enjoins every Assembly to establish Audit Committee (ARIC) responsible for the implementation of the recommendations of the Audit Reports. It is the duty of public corporation, statutory body or organisation to co- operates with a District Assembly. Simon Agbetsiafa, a CHRI Volta Intern, who moderated, stressed the need for community members to seek information from those who governed them both directly and indirectly. Whether capital projects are developing according to plan and in due time. These are issues which confront us on daily basis. The responsibility of the council which is chaired by the Hon. The same misconduct applies to our assembly members too. Accra has a daily influx of more than 2 million people who commute to the City for various socio-economic activities. public agencies and local communities to perform their roles in the execution of approved development plans; and assess and evaluate their impact on the peoples development, the local, district and national economy. Initiate and encourage joint participation with other persons or bodies to execute approved development plans; Promote or encourage other persons or bodies to undertake projects, Monitor the execution of projects under approved development plans, The Municipal Assembly co-ordinates, integrates and harmonises the, Without prejudice to subsection (5), the Municipal Assembly in the discharge of its functions-. Perform such other functions as may be provided under any other enactment. Typically the Vice Chair is the previous GA Chair, although according to the Articles of Association he or she need not be. The Justice and security sub-committee is set up to resolve intra-district and inter-districts conflicts and to consider issues that pertain to the enforcement of bye-laws of the assembly; to achieve these purposes, examines these and other related conflict areas; recommends to the Executive Committee ways and means to resolve disputes; ensures ready access to the courts and tribunals for the promotion of justice in the district e.g. Promote and Results:The study revealed that, the Nadowli District health insurance scheme has prospects given the availability of technical support, the various measures introduced to check insurance markets risks, quality of care for drugs and supplies (65.0%), generous benefit package (95.0%) disease conditions covered, solidarity that exists in communities (75.1%), Development partners and government commitment to the scheme as well as increasing community recognition that the scheme is a convenient means to increasing access to health care. shall be a Non-Partisan, Non-Profit making(NPNP), Unity and Development Focused Association (UDFA). There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Learn more in our Cookie Policy. The Municipal Co-ordinating Director is the Secretary to the Executive Committee. Traditional Authorities constitute an important component of Local Government Administration. 11.4 JUSTICE AND SECURITY SUB-COMMITTEE. The issue of effective integration of the Sub-Structures in the decentralized Local Government set-up has been a national problem over the years. 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According to him, the decentralization system was to transfer or delegate some executive and legislative powers to the people at the local level for development and other administrative duties. Lest I forget, did we hear the other time that quite a significant number of these parliamentarians are not regular at parliamentary sittings? Between the Ordinary General Assemblies in April and October, the GA Executive Committee and the Management Board Executive Committee hold periodic teleconferences. The study found out that TMA has not institutionalized appropriate mechanisms to ensure regular interaction with its constituents and has not also resourced assembly members to regularly interact with their respective electoral areas. Presiding Member. You have entered an incorrect email address! The fundamental areas of the Works Sub-Committee include roads, electricity, sanitation, water, etc. This was the consensus at a roundtable of women at Agotime-Kpetoe in the Agotime-Ziope District, on Tuesday. MD 20619, Accra-Ghana, GAAM is an association of Assembly Members of Ghana. You can update your choices at any time in your settings. (a) Responsible for the overall development of the Municipality and ensures the preparation and submission through the Regional Co-ordinating Council-, (i) Development plans of the Municipality to the Commission for approval; and. A Fair and Resilient City with Equal Soci-economic Opportunities for all. They have never convened any community meeting to report to their electorates on the challenges discussed at the assembly meetings. 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(a) Is subject to the general guidance and direction of the President on matters of national policy; and. Politicians should not ever lose sight of the fact that they need the illiterate votes to come into power so they equally need the consent of these same illiterate voters when it comes to taking decisions that affect their livelihood, their very existence. want to commit suicide.. 0546371209, please someone should tell me a quick way to die. Our objective is to fight for unity and development in our responsive To address comments or complaints, please Contact us. For I know that 80% of people engaged in Agriculture in Ghana are illiterates. 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The Presiding Member is not a member of the Executive Committee. The Committee is responsible for the approval and issuance of building permits in the Municipality. At their electoral areas the law further spells out the duties of assembly members as follows: A member of District Assembly shall as appropriate a) Maintain close contact For the purpose of subsection (1), the Municipal Assembly exercises deliberative, legislative and executive functions. Accra Metropolitan Conclusion: The problems identified are not necessarily inherent but are related to design and management weaknesses, for which adequate and feasible solutions exist, though their application may require the active role of government and other development partners so as to enable the scheme to realize their true potential. However, for almost 26 years of its practice, the concept has not effectively achieved these objectives. In the same vein, I am also tempted to uphold the conviction of my late illiterate uncle who used to say that Ghana has been brought to her knees as a result of the manipulations of the educated class, who he refers to as thieves. Other concerns raised at the forum were the misuse of a centralized public address system for playing loud music at Agotime-Kpetoe, jarring noise from drinking bars at odd times, and the dangers posed to community members by the operation of largely unregistered commercial motorbikes (okada). AND IN SOLEMN declaration and affirmation of our commitment to the rule of law; SEEKING to promote the I am not referring to contracting of Loans, issuing of Bonds or signing agreements on Energy (including Oil and Gas), Road & Transport, Privatization or policies on Aviation, Industrialization, Trade and Taxation. The Nsawam Adoagyiri has 2 Zonal Councils and 29 Unit Committees as presented below: It is however unfortunate that the Sub-structures are not functioning as expected. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview, You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page , Already a subscriber? But when it comes to campaigning for votes, they can visit several communities including the numerous hamlets in one single day. rights and interest of all assembly members elected and the Association No person or body other than Parliament has the power to pass any measure with the force of law except by or under the authority conferred by an Act of Parliament. The Assembly is the highest political, Administrative, Planning, and Rating Authority in the Municipality performing deliberative, Legislative and Executive functions. The General Assembly meetings are presided over by the Presiding Member (PM). 11.1 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SUB-COMMITTEE. It must be modified to rectify the flaws in it. Indeed we have had enough of the deceit of our politicians. This is simply because when it comes to taking decisions on these matters, politicians become suddenlyaware that the electorate(s) are illiterates. welfare of Members of this Association as well as securing unbreakable ties of fraternal solidarity and Subject to Act 462, 1993 of the Local Government, the Municipal Assembly exercises political and administrative authority in the Municipality, provides guidance, gives direction to, and supervises all other administrative authorities in the Municipality. Janet Sewordor, Agotime-market queen, said assembly members and bureaucrats at the Assembly were being evasive about the huge structural and sanitation issues facing the Agotime-Kpetoe market. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. It is therefore my humble appeal that we take a second look at the Peoples Representative Bill or Act. While assembly members were generally found to be doing quite well especially in the area of representation, the study could not identify any significant development results for the communities that might be attributable to the activities of members. You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. The following Sub-Committees are currently constituted. Vote on Award for Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Award winners; Vote to approve the location of October General Assembly meetings, which are combined with the SNOMED CT Expo; Coordinate with their Member Forum counterpart(s) to most effectively represent the Members' priorities and challenges, particularly during the IHTSDO work plan and budget development process and prior to Ordinary General Assembly meetings; Get individuals from their Member countries involved in IHTSDO voluntary groups, for example by nominating appropriate people to join IHTSDO Advisory Groups or encouraging such individuals to participate in Special Interest Groups; Respond by the deadline to IHTSDO electronic votes or requests for input; Encourage individuals from their Member countries to take IHTSDO educational offerings; Coordinate with other Nominated Representatives on Electronic Health Records policies, interoperability, IHTSDO business, etc. Box NW 4 Assembly Members. The Social services sub-committee also performs the following functions; take a comprehensive and long term look at areas of social development in the district, in particular education; health, social welfare, sports, culture; develop the information base on these areas of social development; identify the strengths and weaknesses in the social services areas; prepare a social development plan (long, medium and short term), for the district; examine the implications of the social development plan on other sub-sectors of the district economy; and Submit the plans to the Executive Committee for harmonization. This will have resulted in a better and more relevant decision by the government on the matter! OUR CONSTITUTION KNOW GAAM CONSTITUTION. What is the role of the district assembly? He said it was one?s right to know about what the Assemblies were doing to tackle their welfare concerns, so the citizenry should not leave public officers unaccountable. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. He said as examinations approached students would rather be glued to their phones, expecting hints about questions from their friends, rather than to their books. Assemblyman makes a case for all Assembly Members in Ghana According him, the government must allocate funds for the developmental projects in the various electoral areas Politics By Jeorge Wilson Kingson On Sep 2, 2021 0 Prince Atta Edward In addition to the various Sub-Committees listed above, the Assembly is serviced by departments and Agencies. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. To browse Academia.edu and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a few seconds toupgrade your browser. Rethinking The Role of Indigenous Governance Practices in Contemporary Governance in Africa: The Case of Ghana. 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