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Local Government, Chieftaincy & Religious Affairs.

33 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.

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Not checkedFlagshipThe aged · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Exempt people aged 70 and above from property rates on the home they live in.

“exempt persons seventy (70) years and above from the payment of property rates in respect of their owner-occupied properties”

Not checkedFlagshipZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155

Make Hajj management transparent and review and reduce Hajj fares.

“implement measures to ensure transparency in the Hajj management by among others reviewing and reducing hajj fares”

Not checkedFlagshipNew metropolises · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Upgrade Ho, Kasoa, Ashiaman, Techiman, Koforidua, Sunyani, Bolgatanga, Hohoe and Wa to Metropolises in the first year.

“upgrade selected Municipalities such as Ho, Kasoa, Ashiaman, T echiman, Koforidua, Sunyani, Bolgatanga, Hohoe, and Wa into Metropolises within the first year of coming into office”

Not checkedFlagshipElect MMDCEs · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Let people elect MMDCEs on a non-partisan basis by changing the Constitution.

“election of MMDCEs on a non-partisan basis by amending articles 243 and 246 (2) of the 1992 Constitution”

Not checkedFlagshipClean Up Ghana · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Launch the Clean Up Ghana sanitation initiative.

“undertake a "Clean Up Ghana" initiative”

Not checkedLocal funding · Manifesto · PDF page 39

Pay more on time into the District Assemblies Common Fund and revive fiscal decentralisation.

“improve disbursements into the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) for local”

Not checkedWomen economic empowerment · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Help market women own their market stalls.

“facilitate primary ownership of market stalls by market women”

Not checkedWomen economic empowerment · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Resume the Market Enhancement Programme to improve markets.

“resume the “Market Enhancement Programme” as a comprehensive initiative aimed at uplifting”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Increase the share of the District Assemblies Common Fund for persons with disabilities.

“increase the percentage of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) reserved for Persons with Disability”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Set up a Disability Fund in the districts and review how it is shared and managed.

“establish a Disability Fund in the districts to be managed by relevant stakeholders”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Implement the guidelines for sharing the DACF for persons with disabilities.

“implement Guidelines for the disbursement and management of the DACF for PWDs”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Create disability desks at all district assemblies.

“create disability desks at all MMDAs to facilitate mainstreaming of disability issues”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Appoint persons with disabilities as Municipal/District Chief Executives.

“appoint persons with disabilities to MMDCE positions”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Make sure at least 5 percent of Local Government Service staff are persons with disabilities.

“direct the Local Government Service to prioritize the employment of at least 5 percent of its total”

Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155

Let pilgrims in the middle belt fly directly from Kumasi to Saudi Arabia and review the Hajj Board law.

“support pilgrims within the middle belt to fly directly from Kumasi to Saudi Arabia and review the regulation that governs the Hajj board”

Not checkedDay of Prayer · Manifesto · PDF page 173

Create a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving with religious leaders.

“institute a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving”

Not checkedAssembly members · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Pay Assembly members a monthly consolidated allowance.

“pay monthly consolidated allowances to all Assembly members”

Not checkedUpgrade districts · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Assess and upgrade eligible districts to municipalities.

“assess and upgrade eligible Districts into Municipalities”

Not checkedChiefs in assemblies · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Give traditional authorities more seats in local government structures.

“increase the representation of traditional authorities in the decentralized structures”

Not checkedDecentralise departments · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Move decentralised departments fully under the District Assemblies.

“bringing the decentralized departments fully under the District Assemblies as prescribed by L.I 1961 of 2009”

Not checkedRevenue plans · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Make every assembly draw up a Revenue Improvement Action Plan.

“ensure that MMDAs draw up Revenue Improvement Action Plans (RIAPs)”

Not checkedProperty rates · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Stop central collection of property rates and let assemblies collect them.

“abolish the centralized collection of property rates”

Not checkedMunicipal bonds · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Introduce municipal bonds for assembly projects.

“introduce Municipal Bonds to raise revenue”

Not checkedRural Directorate · Manifesto · PDF page 178

Revive the Rural Department Directorate to lead rural industrialisation.

“revive the Rural Department Directorate of the Ministry of Local Government”

Not checkedAssembly borrowing · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Pass the law letting assemblies borrow from the capital market.

“enact and implement the Local Government (District Assemblies Borrowing) Act”

Not checkedNew regions package · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Design a resourcing package for the newly created regions.

“design a resourcing package for the newly created regions”

Not checkedSanitation function · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Return sanitation and waste management to local government.

“restore sanitation and waste management (environmental sanitation) functions to local government”

Not checkedWaste bins · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Help assemblies supply garbage bags and bins for waste separation.

“supporting the provision of garbage bags/bins and providing guidelines”

Not checkedMMDCE sanitation KPI · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Make sanitation a key performance measure for MMDCEs.

“make sanitation and waste management a key performance indicator for MMDCEs”

Not checkedSanitation Day · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Bring back National Sanitation Days and the Cleanest City Award.

“re-introduce National Sanitation Days and Cleanest City Award”

Not checkedEnvironmental health depts · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Upgrade assembly Environmental Health units into full Sanitation and Hygiene Departments.

“upgrade Environmental Health units of all Municipal and District Assemblies into Environment Sanitation and Hygiene Departments”

Not checkedSanitation policy · Manifesto · PDF page 179

Write a National Sanitation Policy and give assemblies power to enforce it.

“formulate a National Sanitation Policy and empower MMDAs in sanitation enforcement”

Not checkedCamp-size model · Manifesto · PDF page 181

Make local authorities responsible for waste in high-waste areas (Camp-Size Model).

“implement a "Camp-Size Model in SWM" that makes local authorities responsible and accountable”