Local government must revolve around chieftaincy

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eugene 11 years ago

NEVER APPOINTED WETHER MAYOR,CHIEF,SCHOOL BOARD BOSS..ALL MUST BE ELECTED SO THEY CAN BE SACKED 4 YEARS LATER IF THEY DON'T PERFORM OR THEY STEAL

NEVER APPOINTED WETHER MAYOR,CHIEF,SCHOOL BOARD BOSS..ALL MUST BE ELECTED SO THEY CAN BE SACKED 4 YEARS LATER IF THEY DON'T PERFORM OR THEY STEAL
Rastafara"I" 11 years ago

Any officials whose decisions affect other lives in Ghana must be elected......no one should have the power to affect other lives in Ghana because he was born into some primitive royal family....

Any officials whose decisions affect other lives in Ghana must be elected......no one should have the power to affect other lives in Ghana because he was born into some primitive royal family....
gretchy 11 years ago

I concur Rastafara "1"U have elections their for a governing Party.This stupid primitive royal family shit is way out of order.Even those silly pastor's sticking their nose in.Let Mahama finish off this term then elect a part ...
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I concur Rastafara "1"U have elections their for a governing Party.This stupid primitive royal family shit is way out of order.Even those silly pastor's sticking their nose in.Let Mahama finish off this term then elect a party that will benefit all concerned
Agyaaku Amoah 11 years ago

Isn't the local government corrupt enough by itself? Why then will any sensible person want to revolve it around chieftaincy. The chiefs like the police are recognized in the society as very very corrupt. After exhausting sel ...
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Isn't the local government corrupt enough by itself? Why then will any sensible person want to revolve it around chieftaincy. The chiefs like the police are recognized in the society as very very corrupt. After exhausting selling the lands now they want to dig their hands into the local govt. Are we that stupid??
Keep then where they are and please don't invite them to come and sell the local govt to the Chinese as they have done with our lands.
Ghana we have a problem!!!!
moyo 11 years ago

Traditional institution is part of local govt but local govt should not revolve around traditional institution. We should be careful not to drag the traditional institution into politics.

Traditional institution is part of local govt but local govt should not revolve around traditional institution. We should be careful not to drag the traditional institution into politics.
Jude 11 years ago

Elect officials by voting
We will know how much is giving to each assembly.

Elect officials by voting
We will know how much is giving to each assembly.
Nana Abrewa 11 years ago

Nothing new here. Nana Akufo Addo is a sub chief of Akim Abuakwa.

Nothing new here. Nana Akufo Addo is a sub chief of Akim Abuakwa.
Mensa 11 years ago

Ghanaian Chiefs are part of the corruption tree that is destroying the country. If a Chief can give farmlands under his care to smelly Chinese criminals to destroy in galamsey, what positive influence can such a criminal have ...
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Ghanaian Chiefs are part of the corruption tree that is destroying the country. If a Chief can give farmlands under his care to smelly Chinese criminals to destroy in galamsey, what positive influence can such a criminal have in Ghana's governance? Let them sit down unconcerned and let the lands get destroyed, 20 years from now they will see where their food will come from. In addition if some Chief in Hohoe can order a dead body exhumed and discarded in the open, what positive contribution can such a person give to the governance of a Nation. Ghanaian Chiefs are not what they used to be. These days anybody with money can influence King makers to install them as a Chief no matter how shady a character such a person may be.
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

Nowadays we have many chiefs who are very well educated even more than District Executive Officers and majority of our parliamentarians.

These post independence Chiefs should either use the National house of chiefs to pla ...
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Nowadays we have many chiefs who are very well educated even more than District Executive Officers and majority of our parliamentarians.

These post independence Chiefs should either use the National house of chiefs to play the role of stewards of their traditional areas, reorganize the Asafo system, and pursue rigorous electrification and housing projects in the villages under their jurisdiction, working together with the District Executive Officers in their areas, using computers to manage the affairs of the area.

Let's not forget that we live in the 21st. century.
justice 11 years ago

Chiefs have nothing to manage but themselves.

Chiefs have nothing to manage but themselves.

Rastafara"I" 11 years ago

If you are educated and want executive power where your actions affects other citizens, run for office. Chieftaincy should only be ceremonial, not a backdoor gateway to power. Elected officials are accountable to the elector ...
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If you are educated and want executive power where your actions affects other citizens, run for office. Chieftaincy should only be ceremonial, not a backdoor gateway to power. Elected officials are accountable to the electorate for their actions and performance.
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

Your view has not been proven right in our current democratic dispensation.

For decades now our elected officials have not been accountable to you, me, and the electorate.

Your view has not been proven right in our current democratic dispensation.

For decades now our elected officials have not been accountable to you, me, and the electorate.
Earl Jones 11 years ago

Chiefs are not elected and can therefore have no role to play beyond the ceremonial. They are only good to be dressed up and sat in front a crowd gathering. Until Chiefs are selected through a democratic process, let's leave ...
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Chiefs are not elected and can therefore have no role to play beyond the ceremonial. They are only good to be dressed up and sat in front a crowd gathering. Until Chiefs are selected through a democratic process, let's leave them where they are; ceremonial and traditional symbols of culture. They can continue to sell the people's land.
Joe Turkey 11 years ago

Ninety percent of them are just in there for the early morning Akpeteshie. Give them some basic education first.

Ninety percent of them are just in there for the early morning Akpeteshie. Give them some basic education first.
post 11 years ago

first time something sensible appears to be coming from that place.

first time something sensible appears to be coming from that place.
Kk 11 years ago

Even the chieftancy should be abolished. Local government must be independent .

Even the chieftancy should be abolished. Local government must be independent .
Abeeku Mensah 11 years ago

This is yet another proof there are no wise men and women left in Ghana post 1966 with foresight. In haste to put tribal mediocity above Nkrumah era intellectual supremacy we had our parliament put together articles that est ...
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This is yet another proof there are no wise men and women left in Ghana post 1966 with foresight. In haste to put tribal mediocity above Nkrumah era intellectual supremacy we had our parliament put together articles that established the decentralized urban and rural planning and development scheme which we find to be inadequate some 10 years after implementation.
And as sure as the sun rises and set each day we have Ghanaians of the NPP stripes who continue to justify use of barbarism and terror to overthrow legitimate governments or make Ghana ungovernable even when their handiwork shows them to be intellectually inferior at logical thinking processes unless guided by their puppet masters. So at this late hour it came as an epiphany to the modern day idiotic crowd that chiefs who were at the center of the centralized scheme under the Nkrumah era should be where they ought to have been from the get go. Nkrumah knew from the get go that there are tribes in Ghana who cherish money over love of country and who at any given opportunity will sell out Ghana for their selfish and personal riches and lo and behold it has come pass by the very actions of what has transpired in Ghana over the past 30+ years.
Zip Up 11 years ago

What time is it? Yes it is twenty-first century millienium two thousand and fourteen, Mediva Folks of yesterday, who want to bring Monarchy rein from Madiva dark ages back to days Dr Kwame Nkrumah's Modern Day Repulblic Of Gh ...
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What time is it? Yes it is twenty-first century millienium two thousand and fourteen, Mediva Folks of yesterday, who want to bring Monarchy rein from Madiva dark ages back to days Dr Kwame Nkrumah's Modern Day Repulblic Of Ghana, these Mediva breed Folks should be send back to classroom just to be tought the differences between Republic And Monarchy ( Anarchy ). sorry kingships and Chieftaincies should be buried by now and long gone and only to be mentioned in history and in our National Museum but not in the buildings of our Repulblic Governance Dynamics, Our Intellectuals have to stay focus and exploit their Intellectual Dynamics fully and not Semic....so as to wind this war of blinding our Ghanaian Dynamic! Society as not to become a static! Society........
Dr Robert K Glah 11 years ago

Budget efficiency has nothing to do in chieftaincy. The Budget is a technical financial declarations and must be left to the technocrats and input of the people based on their priorities and transparency of the budget.

Budget efficiency has nothing to do in chieftaincy. The Budget is a technical financial declarations and must be left to the technocrats and input of the people based on their priorities and transparency of the budget.
Nii 11 years ago

The chieftaincy institution must rather be scrapped totally. Beneath all our socioeconomic problems is this institution which has become a parallel authority in the scheme of our national development efforts. We made a very b ...
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The chieftaincy institution must rather be scrapped totally. Beneath all our socioeconomic problems is this institution which has become a parallel authority in the scheme of our national development efforts. We made a very big mistake to leave the issue of land in the hands of chiefs . A look at our haphazard built environment is attributable to chieftaincy. Difficulty in we going fully commercial with farming is caused by chieftaincy. The numerous security threats all over the country is due to this chieftaincy institution. Lets face these hard facts and scrap it if we want our country to move forward.

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