Project to strengthen accountability at district levels launched

A project intended to strengthen accountability at community and district levels in Ghana has been launched in Wa by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ghana's Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) seeks to strengthen citizens to exercise oversight responsibilities in capital development projects to improve local government transparency, accountability and performance.

It is a five-year project being funded by the USAID, estimated to cost $10 million and is being implemented in 100 selected districts across the 10 regions of Ghana.

In the Upper West Region, the project is being implemented in six districts, namely Lawra, Sissala East, Sissala West, Wa East, Wa West and Nadowli-Kaleo, by IBIS Ghana, a Danish development organisation.

IBIS is also in charge of the project in the Upper West, Upper East, Northern and Volta regions.

Bridging information gap

GSAM, which started in 2014,