All Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) have been instructed by President John Dramani Mahama to disclose their assets by July 15, 2025.
Speaking to attendees of an orientation and training session for MMDCEs on Wednesday, June 18, the President issued the mandate.
“In the meantime, I wish to remind you that you are among the office holders who are required to declare your assets, and so I expect that by July 15th, all of you will have declared your assets.”
He also disclosed that a more democratic mechanism might soon take the place of the current one for selecting MMDCEs.
He claims that direct popular election of the MMDCEs is one of the main ideas that have come out of the ongoing constitutional reform.
“MMDCEs, you may be the last batch of MMDCEs appointed. The National Review committee is going round and will present its recommendations in August this year, and one of the major items that has come up is the election of the MMDCEs. There is no doubt that Ghanaians want the MMDCEs elected. Those who succeed you might have to go through elections,” he remarked.
Mahama also called on the MMDCEs to make sure that public monies are managed responsibly, pointing out that the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) has given their offices hitherto unheard-of financial resources.
“We have taken steps to transfer the highest amount of funds in the history of the Fourth Republic to you from the District Assemblies Common Fund, 80% of the DACF is coming directly to you.
“We expect you to ensure the judicious and transparent use of these resources. The funds must be utilised in the interest of our people and not for our social contract,” he further noted.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
