SOURCES OF FUNDS AND THEIR DISBURSEMENT IN THE METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

Abstract

The creation of the 1988 governance structures for grass root participation has become a very vital developmental issue in many developing countries in Africa and other parts of the world. Local government reforms undertaken in Ghana since 1988 have sought to transfer resources and power from the central government to sub-structures and institutions with the aim of enhancing participatory local development. It was also intended to promote responsive governance and democracy and also improve the standard and quality of life of rural people through institutional reforms, management and good delivery of public goods and services. This has been the focus of the twenty three (23) years of Ghana’s implementation of the decentralization program.