{"id":672377,"date":"2026-01-04T02:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/672377\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T02:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:14:14","slug":"24-hour-markets-will-enhance-local-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/672377\/","title":{"rendered":"24-hour markets will enhance local economic development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/24-hour-markets-will-enhance-local-economic-development-Local-Government-Minister-2016063?gallery=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/34451214.295.jpg\" alt=\"Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim\" title=\"Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/> <\/a>Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has stated that the government&#8217;s 24-hour market programme aims to enhance local economic development. <\/p>\n<p>He explained that the initiative aims to boost income generation for traders, create jobs, particularly for youth and women, and improve urban safety and sanitation. <\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim, also a Member of Parliament for the Banda Constituency, made the remarks during the annual closing and New Year procession of the Church of Pentecost-Berekum Area, Goka Pentecost Prayer Camp, held at Goka in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, attended by over 1,000 congregants from various locations. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Minister, the programme involved extending trading hours, upgrading market infrastructure, installing CCTV systems, enhancing waste management, and promoting digital payments with a partnership between government, traditional authorities and the private sector. <\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim urged stakeholders, including traders and security, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), traditional leaders, religious leaders, traders, and security agencies, to support the initiative for a resilient and inclusive local economy. <\/p>\n<p>He assured Ghanaians that the government was committed to providing the policy, institutional and financial support for the merger of the ministries, the sanitation initiative and other local development programmes. <\/p>\n<p>The Ministry will continue to build the capacity of registrars, traditional council members and faith-based partners to adapt to the new administrative arrangements, with training programmes and closer coordination with local assemblies will remain key priorities, he added. <\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim reiterated that the success of the initiatives hinged on the collective commitment of all stakeholders; therefore, calling on everyone to act as catalysts for change, promoting efficiency, transparency, discipline, and harmony among the Ministry, traditional authorities, religious leaders, and local government bodies. <\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of building bridges, not barriers, between Ghana&#8217;s rich spiritual and cultural heritage and modern governance systems. <\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim said the merger of the Ministry of Local Government with the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs marked a new chapter in Ghana&#8217;s governance, one that underscores unity, integration and shared responsibility. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together, we can enhance the role of chieftaincy and religion in national development, promote effective local governance and build cleaner, safer and more resilient communities&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1700,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-672377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115834419405579202","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}