By Abdulai Zulkaninu – February 4, 2026
All seven Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Savannah Region have signed their annual performance contracts to guide service delivery at the local level.
The MMDAs in the Savannah region include Bole District, Central Gonja District, East Gonja Municipal, North Gonja District, North East Gonja District, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, and West Gonja Municipal Assembly.
The District Chief Executive for each of the MMDAs together with Coordinating Directors signed the contracts at a short ceremony on February 4, 2026, at the RCC conference hall in Damongo.
The performance contract focuses on seven thematic areas: general administration, human resource management, financial management and reporting, infrastructural delivery, social services delivery, local economic development, and environment and sanitation.
Each thematic area is supported by key indicators to aid effective monitoring and evaluation.
Addressing the gathering, Savannah Regional Minister, Salisu Issifu Bi-Awuribe, described the exercise as refreshing and important for accountability. He noted that District Chief Executives and Coordinating Directors would be assessed and ranked based on their performance across the thematic areas and key indicators.
“It is refreshing that we are signing performance contracts with the political authorities in our respective areas, to be supervised directly at the regional level. All assemblies will be monitored by the regional coordinating council to improve service delivery,”
The minister added that the region had embraced President John Mahama’s reset agenda and was committed to improving governance and service delivery.
“You must do a personal appraisal of your work with the aim of improving on what has not been satisfactory. The Savannah Region has approved the President’s reset agenda and will do things right to change the situation,” he emphasized.
He stressed that the new direction must reflect in the attitude, strategies, mindset, time management, and professional conduct of public servants.
“If we are signing a performance contract, it is not for us to go back and continue the same practices,” he cautioned.
Mr. Bi-Awuribe urged all assemblies to undertake self-appraisal to improve their performance and meet their targets.
He also disclosed plans to employ modern technological tools to monitor the performance of officers across the region.
“I must say that we are in a modern era of technology. We will employ several tools to monitor the performance of every officer,” he noted.
The minister commended workers in the region for their dedication and encouraged them to maintain high standards of professionalism.
He also appealed to public servants to uphold confidentiality and avoid leaking sensitive office information.
In a welcome address, the Regional Coordinating Director, Chief Mustapha Badimsuglo, thanked participants for their commitment to national service. He described the signing of performance contracts as a routine but important exercise for the assemblies.
He explained that District Chief Executives, Coordinating Directors, Regional Ministers, and Regional Coordinating Directors all sign performance contracts to guide the core mandates of the assemblies.
According to him, the contracts will serve as a roadmap to ensure effective delivery across the seven thematic areas, each with clearly defined key performance indicators.
