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Assembly members urged to unite and
develop communities
Tamale, March 19, GNA - Most Reverend Gregory Kpiembaya,
Archbishop of Tamale Diocese of Catholic Church on Monday
appealed to members of the Metropolitan, Municipal and
District Assemblies to unite to develop their communities.
He said peace and unity were the bedrock of good governance
and development at the local level and stressed the need to
use dialogue to solve political and economic differences for
the country's progress.
Most Rev. Kpiembaya made the appeal when addressing the
opening session of a three-day civic education workshop on
good governance for 50 Assembly Members drawn from Upper
East, Upper West and Northern Regions in Tamale.
The Tamale Ecclesiastic Province Pastoral Conference (TEPPCON)
and management of Konrad Adenaeur Foundation (KAF) jointly
organised the workshop on the theme: "Good Governance and
Development at the Local Level".
It was to assist the participants to have better
understanding on good governance at the local level and to
educate them on the need for unity within the assemblies on
issues relating to development.
Most Rev. Kpiembaya said it was important for good
governance to begin at the local level and extended to
Central government on the execution of policies beneficiary
to people at the grassroots.
Mr Klaus D. Loetzer, Resident Representative of KAF said it
had worked in Ghana for the past 41 years to ensure good
governance and peace building for chiefs and local
authorities.
He said development should begin from the local level to
complement national agenda to ensure equitable provision of
development projects for the people in the country.
Mr Loetzer said assembly members were front line development
agents of their communities and urged them to use the
experience that they would acquire from the training at the
disposal of their communities.
Mr Marshal Ziema, Tamale Metropolitan Planning Officer, who
spoke on behalf of Mr Mohammed Amin Adam, Tamale
Metropolitan Chief Executive, called for understanding among
assembly members and Metropolitan, Municipal and District
Chief Executives to facilitate development.
He said development was about enhancing chances and choices
of the people to participate in the good governance process.
"Governance is not only about human centred projects and
physical infrastructure but also empowerment of the people
to participate in decision-making, " he added.
Mr Charles Abass, Northern Regional Co-ordinating Director
said the workshop was a rare opportunity for the
participants to effect changes in the assemblies to promote
good governance.
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