Decentralization under Ghana's Fourth Republican Constitution

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Title:	Decentralization under Ghana's Fourth Republican Constitution
Author:	Ayee, J.R.A.
Year:	1992
Periodical:	Verfassung und Recht in Übersee
Volume:	25
Issue:	4
Pages:	394-406
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	constitutions 1993 constitutional amendments
Abstract:	This article examines some of the major innovations introduced by the decentralization provisions of Ghana's Fourth Republican Constitution, which comes into force on 7th January, 1993. This is done by comparing the decentralization provisions of the Second and Third Republican Consitutions (1969, 1979) on the one hand, with those of the Fourth Republican Constitution on the other. The article finds the major areas of innovation to be the enlarged composition of the membership of the District Assembly, the revocation of the mandate of a District Assembly member, the allocation of 5 percent of total revenues of Ghana to the District Assemblies for development and the banning of partisan politics from the District Assemblies. These innovations may be considered as the 'legacy' which the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) has bequeathed to Ghanaians in the realm of decentralization during over a decade of rule. Ref., sum. (p. 379).