The operations and public administration/managerial practice of the Wenchi Municipal Assembly in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes has come under scrutiny to assess and ascertain its mid-year performance and achievements.
The Director for Human Resource Peter Essaim Asante of the Local Government Service (LGS) led a 3-Member Monitoring Team with an Internal Auditor Lutfata Mohaideen and a Coordinating Director Michael Gyamfi of the Bono Regional Coordinating Council (BRCC ).
The Key Performance Areas of assessment were the General Administration, Human Resource, Financial Management & Reporting, Infrastructure, Social Services, Economic Development, Environment & Sanitation, Reports & Publications, etc.
The Mid-Year Assessment was to see how far the Assembly had progressed in its policy formulation and implementation.
The exercise helps management of the District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies to put in much effort to enable them achieve their ultimate goals of improving the lives of the people through socio-economic developments.
It also helps other departments and units to achieve their individual targets in contributing to the general development pool of the Assembly’s agenda.
The Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (MLGRD), through the monitoring exercise, applies rewards and sanctions.
The Team Leader, at the end of the audit exercise, was very impressed with the performance of the Assembly. Peter Essaim Asante commended the level of adherence to public administration and good governance practices, accountability and transparency.
Addressing the Monitoring Team and Departmental/Unit Heads in a joint meeting, the Municipal Coordinating Director Edward Abazing outlined a number of policies and programmes being initiated, attributing the achievement to the hard work and commitment of staff and effective administrative checks, despite the emergence of the novel Coronavirus. He said the Monitoring Team served as independent body of external invigilators and examiners” over the activities of the Assembly apart from the internal check mechanisms put in place by the Coordinating Director and the Municipal Chief Executive. He assured that Management would continuously tighten the internal check mechanisms over staff particularly Departmental Heads to continuously ensure efficiency and higher productivity.
Credit: Information Services Department (ISD), Wenchi.
By: Stanick Sofel Amuzu Kpodo/13th Jul 2020