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Ga Central NCCE holds 2025 Governance Challenge Quiz
The Ga Central Municipal Assembly of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), on Friday, organised the 2025 edition of Governance Challenge Quiz for four schools in the Municipality.
The 2025 edition forms part of the Commission’s activities aimed at deepening the children’s knowledge of the constitution and its framework.
In all, the schools included three private and a public school, comprising of Jamverson Academy, Glorious Pearls, Holy Child and Eagle of Greatness.
The Smart Governance Challenge is an annual Civic Education initiative designed to make learning about the 1992 Constitution more engaging and practical for the public.
Branding the programme this way, the NCCE seeks to encourage young people to connect constitutional principles with good governance and responsible citizenship in a fun and competitive setting.
Initially, Glorious Pearls and Holy Child tied for second place. To break the tie, additional questions were posed to the two schools, after which Glorious Pearls took second place while Holy Child placed third.
Jamverson School took the first prize with 29 points.
In his speech, Mr Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, the Municipal Chief Executive of Ga Central Municipal Assembly, encouraged the pupils to take the study of the constitution seriously, describing it as an important tool for nation building.
He also praised the NCCE for their dedication to Civic Education, despite the limited resources.
In her remarks, the Municipal Director of NCCE, Madam Mary Dagba, expressed her gratitude to the MCE and the Ga Central Municipal Assembly for the continuous support.
She thanked the participating schools, their patrons, the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the entire staff of the NCCE, and the moderator of the quiz, Mr Wisdom Ofori, for their collective efforts in making the programme a success.
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Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has revealed that in the whole of 2024, only GHS 362 million was released to MMDAs in Common Fund.
Contrary to this, In 2025 alone GHS 5 billion was released to the MMDAs with the following breakdown as follows.
The Minister made this revelation when he took his turn at the Government Accountability Series held today.
In breakdown, the minister nonted that 1st Quarter – 790,372,058.40 was released for 2025.
He added that for the 2nd Quarter, 1,464,983,309.60 was released.
3rd Quarter saw the release of 1,188,921,640.80 and
1,592,706,391.20 for 4th Quarter.
The Minister added tha each of the MMDAs were required to undertake the following; at least 2-CHPS compounds, 3 Classroom blocks, 10 Boreholes, and Completion of legacy projects.
Additionally, 25% of the Common Fund was allocated for the Construction of 24-Hour Economy Model Markets.
Ahmed Ibrahim noted that as a result of the timely and unprecedented release of Funds, a total of 494 CHPS compounds, 761 Classroom Blocks, 4,029 Boreholes, and 2,755 Legacy projects are currently at various stages of completion.
Also, he added that 261 24-Hour Economy Model Markets have all been awarded on contracts and construction has begun on many of them.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), on April 17, 2026, decorated nineteen (19) senior officers who have been promoted to their next ranks based on the recommendations of the Police Council and approval of the President, John Dramani Mahama.
The ceremony, held at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, forms part of efforts to recognise merit, dedication, and long-standing service within the Ghana Police Service, while strengthening leadership across key operational and administrative levels.
The officers promoted from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) to Commissioner of Police (COP) are Dr. Luke Asue-In-Yeng Zakpaa, Mr. Frederick Agyei, Mr. Duuti Tuaruka, Mr. Arthur Osei-Akoto, Mr. Darko Offei Lomotey, Mr. Eric Ken Winful, Mr. Barnabas Nambont Nasumong, and Mr. Desmond Owusu Boampong.
The IGP and members of POMAB congratulated the officers and urged them to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in the discharge of their duties.
