CREDIBILITY OF CDD'S DISTRICTS LEAGUE TABLE QUESTIONED

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There have been mixed reactions among Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives about the ranking of the performance of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. 

Released by the Centre for Democratic Development, Ghana, CDD, a civil society organization in partnership with UNICEF. The CDD and its partner conducted a performance evaluation of all the 216 MMDAs in 2012 to ascertain their level of responsiveness to the expectations and needs of the ordinary people. 

At the launch of the Ashanti region performance league of the 30 MMDAs in Kumasi, while some of the MMDCEs questioned the fairness and objectivity of the methodology used by CDD in carrying out the assessment whiles others expressed satisfaction with the project. T

he Social Policy Advisor and Planning Specialist of UNICEF-Ghana, Charles Dzradosi, explained that the project organizers relied on only secondary data available at the national offices of the sectors used as the indicators for the evaluation without going to the MMDAs to confirm the data. 

He conceded also that assessment of the performance of the recently created MMDAs was based on the data relating to their parent MMDAs before they were carved out. 

According to Mr. Dzradosi, these, notwithstanding, the outcome of the evaluation project has been fair and objective and should give the MMDAs a fair view of their performance.

 The DCE for Sekyere Afram Plains, Fuseini Donkor, said at the time the project took place, his district which was created in June 2012, was still part of the Kumawu Afram Plains district for which reason it is unfair for data and performance of that district to be used to assess Sekyere Afram Plains.

 Sekyere Afram Plains district has been ranked 214th on the Districts League Table out of the 216 MMDAs in Ghana. 

On his part, the Kwabre East District Chief Executive, Adams Iddisah, whose district has been ranked as the second best performing MMDA in the Ashanti region, described the project as fair and objective considering the performance of the district currently. Eight MMDAs in the Ashanti region ranked among the best 20 performing districts in Ghana. 

In a remark, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Samuel Sarpong said the MMDAs constitute the highest political, legislative, budgeting and planning authority making them important development agents in the, decentralization of Ghana.

 He therefore described the Districts League Table as an important initiative.

 Dr. Sarpong however asked for fairness, objectivity and a non-partisan approach to such an exercise.

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