President John Dramani Mahama has put Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) on notice: produce visible results in your districts by December 2025, or risk losing your jobs.
The warning, delivered through the Northeast Regional Minister, Tia Ibrahim, at a Social Cohesion (SOCO) project training in Bolgatanga, underscores the president’s push for stronger accountability at the local government level.
According to the minister, Mahama’s directive is straightforward — each district must complete at least one project under either the District Assemblies Common Fund or the SOCO initiative before the end of the year.
“Let me tell you, between now and the end of the year, His Excellency will be visiting all the regions, and when he comes to your region or your district, he is expected to commission a project under SOCO and under common fund,” Ibrahim told the gathering of MMDCEs, regional ministers and coordinators.
His message to appointees was blunt: “If you are a DCE and you are sleeping, if you are an MCE and you are sleeping, if you are a coordinating director and you are sleeping, when he arrives and there is nothing to be shown, nobody should tell you that that is the beginning of your exit.”
Tia Ibrahim reminded the officials that funds have already been released and there would be no excuses for delays. “He has given you the money. He is expecting results, and he has come, and you have nothing to show, then when again? So let that be your focus. When you leave here, go and be thinking, which project do I think I can finish before the end of December.”
The directive marks one of President Mahama’s firmest public signals yet that his government intends to clamp down on underperformance within the decentralised system. For MMDCEs across the Northeast and Upper East Regions, the clock is already ticking.
