President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Professor Lord Mensah, a renowned financial economist, as the new Head of the Local Government Service.
The Local Government Service (LGS), established under the repealed Act 656 and now governed by the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936), is mandated to ensure the effective administration and management of Ghana’s decentralised local government system.
Its core functions include supporting effective local governance by providing technical assistance to RCCs and MMDAs, conducting organisational and job analyses, performing management audits to improve service delivery, designing and coordinating management systems and processes, and assisting these local bodies in carrying out their duties under relevant laws.
Professor Mensah, who is a distinguished Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Ghana Business School, brings an exceptional blend of academic depth and real-world experience to the role.
His appointment is expected to strengthen fiscal decentralisation and enhance the financial management capacity of local government institutions nationwide.
He holds a PhD in Applied Economics-Finance from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, an MSc in Financial Mathematics from the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from KNUST,
Professor Lord Mensah has also built a solid academic foundation that has informed his contributions to financial policy and development discourse across Africa.
He is widely recognised for his research, with publications indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.
He has delivered expert presentations at leading international conferences including the World Finance Conference in Portugal, the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, and events across the U.S., South Africa, Vietnam, France, and Singapore.
Beyond academia, Professor Mensah has consulted for major institutions such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Bank of Ghana.
He also serves as Executive Director of the African Centre for Development Finance and is a respected voice in Ghana’s economic policy space, regularly featured in national media and corporate circles.
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