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Title: | Capacity building programme for traditional authorities in Ghana: a case for a royal academy |
Author: | Turmann, Annette |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | Journal of Local Government Studies (ISSN 2026-5840) |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 92-108 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | chieftaincy local government capacity building |
Abstract: | Traditional rulers in Ghana are considered key partners in socioeconomic development. Though, historically, traditional authorities exercised both executive and judicial functions in their polities, with modernization and the building of a unified State, their role in formal government has been limited but not completely eroded. Significantly, the Republic of Ghana's Constitution ensures the continuity of the institution of chieftaincy within the State by requiring it to ensure that 'the institution of chieftaincy, together with its traditional councils as established by customary law and usage is hereby guaranteed' (Article 270 (1)). To this end, with the adoption of a decentralized system of governance in Ghana through the local government system, traditional authorities have a role to play in the governance of local areas. However, for a fruitful and successful engagement between the chieftaincy institution and the formal local government system in Ghana, there is the need for continuous capacity building of the different stakeholders. The royal academy is expected to address the capacity requirements of traditional authorities in Ghana. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |