The Chief of Staff at the Office of the Vice President, Dr. Alex Segbefia, has stressed that Ghana’s decentralization process cannot thrive on policies and structures alone but requires a reset in attitudes, values, and behavior across all levels of governance.
Speaking at the close of the National Dialogue on Decentralization in Accra, Dr. Segbefia underscored the importance of ethical leadership, responsive service delivery, and a culture of accountability that must become the norm rather than the exception.
He described the media as the “final frontier” in the decentralization process, emphasizing its critical role in amplifying citizen voices, ensuring transparency, and holding institutions to account.
The two-day dialogue, which brought together policymakers, experts, and civil society groups, repeatedly called for a “reset.”
Key recommendations included aligning ministries with local authorities, ensuring predictable resources for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), embedding accountability in governance, and leveraging digital innovation for efficiency.
Dr. Segbefia commended the Minister of Local Government, the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, development partners, and participants for their contributions.
He urged them to sustain the momentum generated by the dialogue to resolve what he described as the “decentralization puzzle.”
Source: myxyzonline.com/Akora Kofi Darko
