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Local government must revolve around chieftaincy

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  • eugene 9 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

  • Rastafara"I" 9 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....

  • gretchy 9 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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  • Agyaaku Amoah 9 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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  • moyo 9 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.

  • Jude 9 years ago

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

  • Nana Abrewa 9 years ago

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

  • Mensa 9 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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  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 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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  • justice 9 years ago

    Chiefs have nothing to manage but themselves.

  • Rastafara"I" 9 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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  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 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.

  • Earl Jones 9 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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  • Joe Turkey 9 years ago

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

  • post 9 years ago

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

  • Kk 9 years ago

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

  • Abeeku Mensah 9 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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  • Zip Up 9 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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  • Dr Robert K Glah 9 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.

  • Nii 9 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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