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The New Juaben North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region has been adjudged as the overall best-performing assembly in the region for the year 2023.
The assembly scored 91.13 per cent, an excellent grade.
Atiwa East District Assembly came second with 89.91 per cent followed by Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly with 89.06 per cent while the fourth position went to Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly, which scored 88.00 per cent.
Akyemansa District Assembly added up to the best five with 85.63 per cent.
The least performing assemblies were Atiwa West District Assembly 59.00 per cent, Kwahu South Municipal Assembly 57.24 per cent, Fanteakwa South District Assembly 52.63 per cent, Achiase District Assembly 52.22 per cent and Kwahu Afram Plains South 47.69 per cent.
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In all, there are 33 political entities in the region and the ranking is a simple tool in respect to the level of development in each of the entities in the region.
The ranking is being conducted by the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (ERCC) through the signing of performance contracts with the assemblies to spur competition among the municipal and district assemblies so that they do their best in terms of the provision of development projects and programmes geared towards the improvement of the living standards of the people.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, who made the rankings public during the Regional Coordinating Council meeting last Tuesday, said the municipal and district assemblies had signed a performance contract to create a high-performance culture among the staff of the Local Government Service to improve service delivery and enhanced productivity..
Mr Acheampong said the results of the monitoring exercise due to the performance contract showed that less than half of the municipal and district assemblies scored above the regional average of 72.01 per cent while 10 assemblies representing a third of the political entities in the region scored above 80 per cent with only six assemblies scoring below 60 per cent.
