The Head of the Local Government Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur paid a working visit to the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly as part of his visit to six (6) selected MMDA in the Western Region. The call was to provide the Head of Service with first-hand information on the performance of staff in these Assemblies.
Also present were the Chief Director of the OHLGS, Mr. James Oppong Mensah, the Regional Co-ordinating Director of the Western Region, Mr. Frederick Agyemang and Mr. Peter Asante, The Head of Human Resource Department, OHLGS.
The Head of service addressed the staff followed by an open forum during which Staff were afforded the opportunity to have their working concerns addressed.
The Municipal Chief Executive Hon. John Agyare, in his welcome address thanked the Head of Service for gracing the Municipality with his visit He expressed appreciation for staff posted to the Municipality and further acknowledged staff for their effort towards the Assembly’s performance during DPAT assessment.
Speaking to the gathering, the Head of Service stressed on the following;
- The need for staff to eschew active participation in partisan politics in accordance with the regulation on political neutrality of staff of the Local Government Service (LGS) or face the ramification thereof
- The emphasis on the need to ensure continuous hard work, professionalism and improvement in every Performance Assessment.
- He cautioned against the creeping culture of indiscipline among staff and directed for the reintroduction of the biometric clocking system to curb some of these challenges and noted that Coordinating Directors must be gatekeepers.
Issues raised during the open forum revealed gaps in working conditions of staff; understaffing of some departments; non-mechanisation staff paid by Internally Generated Funds (IGF), inadequate working logistics and, lack of capacity-building programmes. The Head of Service noted that management will expedite action to address these concerns.
Below were pictures of the event:
