Gov’t needs to recommend personalities at grassroots to ensure effective policy implementation – Local Government Vice Chair

Vice Chairman of Parliament's Local Government and Rural Development Committee, Charles Akwesi Agbeve, has defended the government's proposed model for selecting Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), arguing that some level of government involvement is necessary to ensure national policies are effectively implemented at the grassroots.

Agbeve said opening up the process entirely to direct public nominations could undermine the effective execution of government programmes at the local level."For government policy to be implemented well at the grassroots level, I still think we need to recommend personalities who understand what the government wants to implement," he said.