Give assemblies authority to take decisions — Nduom

A founder member of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has advocated a change of some constitutional provisions that he considers to be hindering the functionality of the country’s decentralisation process.

He observed that failure of the central government to give the local government authorities control over their budgets, as well as the appointment of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives by the president had affected development.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday night, Dr Nduom further underscored the need to eliminate laws that gave the president the power to appoint one-third of assembly members in the various local assemblies.

“We must all   work   together to ensure complete decentralisation of administration and democracy,” he urged.

Dr Nduom noted that since the 1980s, the way of doing things have changed, hence “we must change along with it and trust the local people to determine their own destiny”.