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The National Association of Local Authorities (NALAG) in collaboration with its partner, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), and stakeholders are demanding that government reconstitute the Appiatse Reconstruction Committee (ARC).

In a communiqué issued at the just-ended International Women’s Day, the group described the current composition of the ARC as "gender biased", and thus called on President Akufo-Addo to "help break the bias".

Touting the role of women as resource managers in any development process, the statement signed by the General Secretary, Hon Kokro Amakwah, held that "forming a gender-balanced committee is key to rebuilding the Appiatse community."

"The Association together with the participants present at the occasion were left in a state of confusion and shock as to why at the time when member countries are striving to achieve gender parity in all spheres of life as stipulated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 5, the President of the Republic of Ghana, who is a C0-Chair of the SDG Advocates would constitute such a sensitive committee without a woman....

"...in this day and age, any room full of men only and tasked to take decisions to affect whole communities reflects ignorance and unsophiscation and a perpetration of historical gender-biased decision making process," portions of the statement read.

NALAG also called for the swift passage of the Affirmative Action Bill, since it has "remained on the drawing board for far too long" and needs to be given the "attention it deserves".


Read below the full statement from NALAG and its stakeholders on the two issues: