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On behalf of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) I would like to officially congratulate all Assembly Members for successfully getting inaugurated into office for the next four active years of service pursuant to Section (3) of the Local Government Act 2016 (Act 936). The election is now over, the chants and

All newly elected members of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies throughout the country will be inaugurated on today, Thursday, January 23, 2020, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) as announced. A statement signed by the Minister of the MLGRD, Hajia Alima Mahama said the inaugurations, which are in pursuant to

The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) is honoured by this statement to extend a good will message to the over 54,000 candidates of this years’ District Level and Unit Committee Elections which is taking place on 17th December, 2019. It is highly prudent that we commend the former Assembly Members (most of

Some Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Upper East Region have pledged to support efforts at whipping up public interest to vote “YES” in the December 17 referendum to amend Article 55 (3) of the 1992 Constitution. According to them, an amendment to the entrenched provision had many benefits and was also the

As part of increasing awareness and participation of women in local politics especially in the upcoming District Level Elections in December 2019, the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) in collaboration with the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) are embarking on a nationwide sensitization and training workshop for current and aspiring female

The District Chief Executive Officer for Nandom Thaddeus Arkum Aasoglenang has underscored that citizen’s participation in National Development is very critical in contemporary times. He said it is imperative to engage regularly with the beneficiaries of developmental agenda, for them to appreciate the direction and pace at which development is moving in their local areas.

The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) has described as a national indictment, the continuous historical low levels of women’s representation in governance. The blot also represents the failure of the state to take the required decisive initiatives to address the multiple structural, functional and other factors that make it difficult for women