The major factor that affected the high ranking of the Bongo District in the latest performance contract assessment has been attributed to a “Turbulent change of Technocrats “ at the Assembly.
Bongo has surprisingly been placed 58th position out of the 216 districts in Ghana by the Ministry for local government and rural development for 2018.
The position in the rating appeared surprising because Bongo is one of the Districts in the Upper East Region that has benefited so many projects from the government.
Commenting on the performance assessment for the first time since its release On A1 Radio District Chief Executive for Bongo, Hon. Peter Ayinbisa said he was “surprised but not surprised “ about it because 2018 was a turbulent year for his Assembly as a result of the change of technocrats that could work hard for them to realize their targets for the year.
He noted that within 2018 alone, three Coordinating Directors at the Assembly were changed which affected their performance negatively. Mr. Ayinbisa however indicated that the 58th position with a national score of 86.56% was not a bad performance taking into consideration the number of districts in the country .
“2018 we have had a Turbulent administration ,within that period we had about three different Coordinating Directors and you know they are the technical people that supervise the rest of the staff and within this period we had that turbulent changes where within three four months there is change in leadership but I’m not going to blame whatever performance on that alone”
Meanwhile, the workaholic DCE also stated that he and his Team will ensure they meet their target for the next performance assessment.
“I think that generally ,58th position out of 2016 is not a very bad position that we’ve gotten sixth out of 13 Assemblies I think it is not a bad achievement” he observed
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service(OHLGS) has successfully assessed and evaluated the outcomes of Performance Contracts (PCs) signed between the Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and their Coordinating Directors ,their deliverables were based on the mandate of Assemblies as expressed in their planned activities for the year under consideration under the PCs.
There were seven key performance areas and these included: General Administration, Human Resources Management, Financial Management and Reporting Infrastructure. The rest were Social Services, Economic Development, Environment and Sanitation. In all, a total of 35 Key Performance indicators (KPIs) were used to evaluate performance for all the Key Performing Areas (KPAs). The assessment was undertaken by teams of independently monitored and validated reports submitted by all the Assemblies.
Source: A1Radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana
