Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has accused the government of attempting to undermine parliamentary authority through the 2025 Guidelines for the utilisation of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
Addressing a press conference, Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh described the guidelines as unconstitutional and inconsistent with the formula approved by Parliament.
He argued that Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution vests exclusive authority in Parliament to determine the formula for sharing the DACF among the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
“That authority is neither symbolic nor advisory. It is binding,” he stated.
According to him, the ministerial guidelines introduce fixed national expenditure percentages that do not appear in the parliamentary formula.
“This is not supplementary. It is substitutive,” he stressed.
He further described the action as ultra vires, insisting that Section 126 of the Local Governance Act permits only facilitative guidelines, not structural redesign.
“We are not opposed to development. We are opposed to illegality,” he concluded.
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