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| Title: | Partnership modalities between metropolitan, municipal, district assemblies and traditional authorities |
| Author: | Agbenorku, Joyce |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Local Government Studies (ISSN 2026-5840) |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 1-21 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ghana |
| Subjects: | chieftaincy local councils local government social relations |
| Abstract: | Traditionally, chieftaincy has been the centre of the rule of law in local communities in Ghana as chiefs adjudicate on issues affecting their people. This paper argues that it is therefore pertinent for traditional authorities to accept, establish and protect basic individual and community rights in their areas of jurisdiction. Traditional authorities do have an important role to play in providing leadership in community development. However, traditional authorities in Ghana have argued that, as representatives of their people and custodians of natural resources, the political systems created through the decentralization process have not effectively involved them in local governance and development processes in their localities. Furthermore, a disturbing trend on the political landscape is the intermittent outbreak of ethnic and chieftaincy disputes. There is therefore a need for a policy framework that would promote a partnership between traditional authorities and metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the socioeconomic development of their communities whilst at the same time addressing the issue of chieftaincy disputes. The paper examines one of the main areas of such partnership, viz. natural resource management including wildlife. Also it looks at factors undermining effective partnership between traditional and local authorities and provides recommendations for addressing these challenges. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |