{"id":376776,"date":"2017-11-23T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=376776"},"modified":"2017-11-24T08:48:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T08:48:56","slug":"tma-tops-2017-district-league-table-krachi-east-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/tma-tops-2017-district-league-table-krachi-east-last\/","title":{"rendered":"TMA tops 2017 District League Table, Krachi East last"},"content":{"rendered":"
A district in the Volta Region once again scored the least in the UNICEF District League Table, as Krachi East came in 216th in the 2017 table. The Tema Metropolitan Assembly topped the table.<\/p>\n
The Eastern Region was however\u00a0noted to be the worst performing region, although in general, all 10 regions improved their scores significantly.<\/p>\n
This District League Table is tabulated in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, UNICEF Ghana and the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD Ghana).<\/p>\n
It was introduced in 2014 as a social accountability tool that ranks Ghana\u2019s 216 MMDAs by their level of development and service delivery.<\/p>\n
Based on consultations with the Ministries and Agencies concerned, the District League Table uses indicators from 6 key sectors namely health, education, sanitation, water, governance and security \u2013 to compile a single score for each assembly.<\/p>\n
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The 2017 UNICEF District League Table report noted that Krachi East had a score of 50.6, indicating that the bottom score improved from 2016, when the lowest score of 40.9 was recorded by North Tongu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe national average score is 64.7, below which 102 Districts are found \u2013 this compares with an average of 58.9 last year,\u201d the report noted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the progress made, it added that \u201cwith an eventual target of a score of 100%, it is clear that the majority of Districts are still far from this goal.\u201d<\/p>\n