Let's localize Ghana beyond help

Company News from Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-06-05

Nana Ato Arthur, head of the local government department, challenged local bademblies to support President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's vision of a Ghana beyond aid in pursuing economic development local.

"Local bademblies need to look beyond their help to local communities and they need to understand the concept at the local level," he said.

Nana Arthur, who spoke with the media in Jasikan during the president's visit to new regions, said it was important for local bademblies to help people appreciate government policies and support them. rapid socio-economic development at the local level.

He asked them to integrate the government's various flagship policies in order to realize the dream of economic independence in order to chart their own path of development.

Nana Arthur said the bademblies needed to be innovative in raising internally generated funds and make the public aware of the need to honor tax obligations and quickly pay property rates and other levies. necessary for local and national development.

He added that the bademblies also needed to innovate on urgent issues such as sanitation, and asked them to work with chiefs to keep cities and villages clean.