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253 AUDIT
The Auditor-General shall audit the accounts of the District Assemblies annually and shall submit his
reports on the audit to Parliament.
254 FURTHER DECENTRALIZATION
Parliament shall enact laws and take steps necessary for further decentralization of the
administrative functions and projects of the Central Government but shall not exercise any control
over the District Assemblies that is incompatible with their decentralized status, or otherwise
contrary to law.
255 REGIONAL CO-ORDINATING COUNCILS
(1)
There shall be established a Regional Coordinating Council in each region, which shall consist of (a) the Regional Minister and his deputy or deputies;
(b) the Presiding Member and the District Chief Executive from each district in the Region;
(c) two chiefs from the Regional House of Chiefs; and
(d) the Regional Heads of the decentralized ministries in the region as members without the right to
vote;
(2)
The Regional Minister shall be the Chairman of the Regional Coordinating Council.
(3)
Subject to this Chapter, the functions of a Regional Coordinating Council shall be as prescribed by Act
of Parliament.
256 REGIONAL MINISTERS AND DEPUTY REGIONAL MINISTERS
(1)
The President shall, with the prior approval of Parliament, appoint for each region, a Minister of State
who shall
(a) represent the President in the region; and
(b) be responsible for the co-ordination and direction of the administrative machinery in the region.
(2)
The President may, in consultation with the Minister of State for a region and with the prior approval
of Parliament, appoint for the region a Deputy Minister or Deputy Ministers to perform such
functions as the President may determine
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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