A governance expert has urged the government to introduce a double tracking employment system in the public sector. Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of Studies and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies explained that, the nights of the public sector in Ghana is invariably wasted as workers close from work by 5 pm … Read more
A governance expert has urged the government to introduce a double tracking employment system in the public sector. Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of Studies and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies explained that, the nights of the public sector in Ghana is invariably wasted as workers close from work by 5 pm … Read more
The Dean of Studies and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has questioned the credibility of a research conducted by Prof. Raymond Atuguba which suggests that Supreme Court rulings on political cases over the past 25 years have had partisan political leanings. The governance research expert and lawyer … Read more
The Dean of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Local Government Studies, Dr Eric Oduro-Osae, says every government appointee must be able to make known their health status to the people of Ghana. According to him, such people are serving the people of Ghana so it is prudent for the people to know their health … Read more
The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), is implementing two pilot programmes in 20 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country, to ensure that the rights of Ghanaians especially children, women and the vulnerable in society, are well protected in all communities. The two policies dubbed “Child and Family and Justice for Children … Read more
About 199 metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) recently approved by their respective assemblies have up till Monday, July 24 to declare their assets. Their names are expected to be submitted to the Attorney General on Monday, July 10 after which they will have a fortnight to file their assets declaration forms. “That exercise will … Read more
A clear situation of governmental wastage is depicted at the Institute of Local Government Studies in Accra, where Citi News’ Duke Mensah Opoku, reports of 86 unused state vehicles which have been abandoned for nearly twenty years. Mensah Opoku went to the Institute to see the 86 vehicles purchased by the Rawlings administration that have become … Read more
The creation of new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the country is now the sole mandate of the Electoral Commission (EC). Initially, the creation of a new assembly was the sole prerogative of the President, a situation, critics say were done to score political points. Mr Johnathan Azasoo, a Deputy Director at the … Read more
A joint cooperation programme by Germany and the United States (US) to support the development and efficient management of the district assemblies has been launched in Accra. The programme, which will focus on increasing awareness and opportunities in the decentralisation process, will also build the expertise of the assemblies in financial management, service delivery and … Read more
A governance expert has called for an independent recruitment committee including the media to be set up in order to ensure transparency from the onset in the recruitment of the proposed creation of a special prosecutor (SP). The Dean of Students and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, said … Read more
As far as opposition party members are concerned, the theme of Akufo-Addo’s first 100 days is ‘lawlessness’. But let’s have a look at the facts… The first 100 days of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo being in office as the President of the Republic of Ghana has just elapsed. Sworn into office on Saturday, 7th of January, Monday, 17th … Read more
Dean of Graduate Studies of the Institute of Local Government Studies, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has said he will give President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 70 per cent for his performance in his first 90 days in office. According to him, after his investiture on January 7, Mr Akufo-Addo has achieved a lot of firsts, … Read more
Discussants at a public forum on the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) have advocated an amendment to Article 88 (4) of the 1992 Constitution to make way for the establishment of the office, rather than the use of an Act of Parliament. They said any attempt to establish that office through … Read more
A local Governance Expert has taken a swipe at the Government for the appointment of deputy regional ministers describing it as irrelevant. He said the size of the current government would definitely have some implications on the public purse and, therefore, repeated the call for the enactment of a law to put a cap on … Read more
A lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, has called on the government to ensure that only Ghanaians and Ghanaian-owned companies buy shares to control the Volta River Authority (VRA) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) when they are listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Mr. Kwabena Ntiamoah who also lectures at … Read more
Claims by some critics of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that he only sought to complain about the state of the country he inherited from the previous administration in his maiden edition of the State of the Nation address on Tuesday February 21, are wrong, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of Graduate Studies of the … Read more
A five-member committee set up on Tuesday to spearhead an internal inquiry into bribery allegations against Parliament’s Appointments Committee begins Wednesday amid criticism it will not do a thorough job. Joy News sources say Joe Ghartey-chaired Committee will take evidence from the three principal witnesses who first made the damning allegation – Mahama Ayariga, Alhassan … Read more
It would be too early for the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to take charge of investigations into the alleged bribery scandal involving the leadership of the Appointments Committee of Parliament and Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of Graduate Studies, Institute of Local Government Studies, has said. … Read more
Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Local Government Studies, has said the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) must intervene to resolve the seeming crack among Minority MPs on the Appointments Committee with regards to a recent bribery allegation. The allegation by Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga that Energy … Read more
There is absolutely no duplication of functions between the newly created ministry established by President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to cater to the especial needs of our inner-city and zongo communities around the country, contrary to what Dr. Eric Oduro-Osae, the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies, would have … Read more