Grass Roots Africa , a non-governmental organization working to promote good governance, has formed District Local Civic Coalitions (DLCC) in five districts in the Upper East Region to collate the concerns of communities and
forward them to the appropriate authority for redress
The Districts are the Talensi-Nabdam, Bolgatanga Municipal, Kassena–Nankana West and Bongo and Bawku West.
The DLCC’s mandate is to organize labour to support community development, monitor community development projects, work closely with
the assembly members and unit community members to monitor and ensure transparency.
Speaking at the formation and training session at Kombosgu in the Bolgatanga Municipality Mr Godwin Yidana, the Capacity Building Officer of the Local Civic Coalitions of Grass Roots Africa, explained that his outfit decided to merge Local Civic Coalitions into one
umbrella in each of the Districts it is operating in to make coordination easy.
Mr Yidana said there were a lot of pertinent problems besetting many communities in the Region and expressed optimism that with the
formation of the coalitions it would help address some of those challenges.
Members of the DLCCs expressed regret about the spate of widowhood rites which they noted were very injurious and dehumanizing to women
and that they would organize forums, durbars and campaigns against such practices.
Teenage pregnancy was another problem that was identified by the members of the DLCCs and they indicated that they would also mount
campaigns to educate parents and school pupils in order to minimize or stop the problem.