See government's new initiatives as opportunities - Dr Ofei-Aboagye

Former Director of the Institute of Local Government, Dr Esther Ofei-Aboagye, has called on assemblies to appreciate the needs of their people and collaborate with local stakeholders to find solutions to them. 

She said this would enable communities to see government’s social protection initiatives such as the One District One Factory, Planting for Food and Jobs and Investment in Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication as opportunities to complement what they already have. 

Dr Ofei-Aboagye said this during the Third Congregation of the Institute of Local Government Studies in Accra.

She said sector initiatives in trade, industry and tourism amongst others should, therefore, fit into the districts' agenda. 

Dr Ofei-Aboagye called on the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development's District Centres for Agriculture, Commerce and Technology to help assemblies to carry out their local economic development efforts. 
 
The Director of the institute, Dr Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, said the pace of the decentralisation process would continue to hinge on the quality of human resources across the country. 

He urged the graduands to be special local government professionals who would help in national development.

SOURCE: GNA
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