Let The Constitution direct Chieftaincy to deliver “All Development Is Local”

MyJoyOnline · 2026-10-10T06:22:32.000Z · Politics

Chieftaincy’s natural power and capacity to lead local development have been grossly underrated and it is time to address that constitutionally. For accelerated local development, there is an urgent need to reverse the constitutional usurpation of that local development role which it assigns to local government. Article 245(a) of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution mandates a decentralised system of local government and administration to drive local development. So far, the article has underperformed in implementation, such that the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) seeks its review in an “all development is local” approach.

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