CDD  SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT

The Northern Regional Director of the National Commission on Civic Education, Alhaji Abdul-Razak Saani has observed that, the participation of citizens in the assembly’s management of local resources and revenue will ensure transparency and accountability. He was of the view that, citizens participation will enable them to be able to track and monitor projects that will go long away to improve upon their lives. He said this at a workshop organized by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) in collaboration with Osiwa. The workshop was to launch a Social Accountability project dubbed “promoting social accountability through citizen’s participation in local governance in Ghana”. Alhaji Saani reiterated the need for heads of institutions to involve their subordinates in decision making to ensure transparency. Programmes Manager at CDD Ghana Northern region office Paul Osei-Kuffour said the project was part of CDD Ghana’s contribution towards promoting open, accountable and inclusive governance which creates a democratic culture at the local level. He said this came as a backdrop to a survey that revealed that Ghana government provided the public with limited information on the budget, making accountability a challenge. The Regional Budget Analyst, Owusu Frimpong called on assemblies to make information on projects and plans available to the people.