Dubbed: "Performance Accountability Activity (PAA), the initiative also seeks to enhance service providers’ responsiveness to citizens’ demand for quality essential services. Funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the project is being implemented by Democracy International (DI) in collaboration with the Government of Ghana and selected Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in 70 districts across 10 regions in Ghana.

At a sensitization workshop and launch at Savelugu, the Chief of Party of the PAA Project, Dr Ross Worthington, said it would help to build the capacity and resilience of state institutions and community-based organizations to implement behaviour-led capacity building and institutional strengthening interventions. He explained that the project would adopt a behavioural change approach targeted at building the capacity of both citizens and service providers.

"It will equip service providers to be more responsible to citizens and press home quality essential services, especially in basic education, health, water and sanitation, agriculture and fisheries,” Dr Worthington stated.

For his part, the Municipal Coordinating Director for Savelugu, Mohammed Rufai, commended USAID for the support aimed at enhancing accountability and transparency in the municipality.

He said the project underscored the USAID’s commitment to fostering good governance and empowering communities across Ghana.