The Greater Accra Regional Minister Hon. Henry on Thursday, 13th July 2023 supervised the the confirmation of Archibold Cobbina as the Municipal Chief Executive for Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly. Out of the 17 Assembly members of 16 were present and confirmed the President’s nominee unanimously at a ceremony in Accra. Hon. Archibald Cobbina is […]
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THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT VISITS THE ABLEKUMA SOUTH MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
The Regional Office Team undertook Monitoring and Follow Up Visits to the Ablekuma South Municipal Assembly in the Region as part of their activities featured in the 2023 Action Plan. The Monitoring Team visited Ablekuma South Sub-Metro as part of their activities for the quarter. The Team participated in a School Sensitization program with the […]
New GARCC Chief Director engages heads of Department
On Tuesday, 11th July,2023, the new Chief Director of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, Madam Lilian Baeka met with all Heads of Department in the region to formally introduce herself to them and also outline her vision. At the meeting, the Regional Directors gave brief overview of their mandates and action plans of their […]
A 14- Member Delegation calls on Henry Quartey
Her Excellency Grace Jeanet Mason South African High commissioner to Ghana on Thursday 6th July, 2023 led a fourteen-member delegation from the Limpopo Provincial Legislature Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, South Africa to pay a courtesy on the Greater Accra Regional Minister. The purpose of the visit was to discuss among other things, the possibility […]
Construction of Fence wall at the Agbogbloshie reclaimed Land
The Public Works Department provides technical back-stopping to the Works Department of the MMDAs within the Region to augment its capacity to provide infrastructural developments to the local communities, and also extends its technical assistance to other government institutions, agencies and departments including consultancy services.The department inspected the ongoing construction of the agbogbloshie fence wall, […]
REVIEW MEETING ON THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PACKAGE
The Social Welfare department had a review meeting on essential package for providers on domestic/sexual and gender based violence at sunlodge hotel. The package includes services that will be provided by health ,social services and justice sectors .The director also took this opportunity to urge each and everyone to stop domestic violence and gender based […]
DIALOGUE SESSIONS WITH IDENTIFIABLE GROUPS ON THE NEED TO END CHILD MARRIAGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
Child marriage occurs when the girl or girl or both spouses are below the age of 18 years. While boys are also affected, the practice predominantly impact girls. And also be can be formal or informal (cohabitation) before age 18. While the causes for early marriages are multiple and complex, often economic considerations are primary […]
TRAINING ON SPATIAL/PERMIT DATABASE CREATION FOR METROPOLITAN, MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION
The periodic monitoring and evaluation of the performance of spatial planning activities of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) has revealed that even though the Assemblies are required to keep an up-to-date, relevant, and reliable database on their permitting and development control functions, most Assemblies do not have such datasets. Where there are any, they […]
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE PAID VISIT TO THE OSUDOKU SOS GLOBAL ORPHANAGE
The Greater Accra Region paid a visit to the Osudoku SOS Global Orphanage.At the RHCs, the Regional team inspected documentation on the children/RHC home as well as the facility. They were admonished on the need to reunify some of the children and encouraged them to included integration as part of their care plan. Monitoring Osudoku SOS […]
JOINT OPERATION CLEAN YOUR FRONTAGE
To promote good health through Hygiene Education, cleaning of premises, weeding and other Environmental Sanitation actions, the GARCC brought up a supporting pilot Environmental Sanitation programe captioned ‘Joint Operation Clean Your Frontage’. This was piloted in 6 MMDAs namely, AMA, KoKMA, Ayawaso East, West, North and Central. This consists of a Task Force that helped […]