{
  "id": 564643,
  "title": "Haruna Iddrisu adds to calls for election of MMDCEs to deepen decentralisation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/haruna-iddrisu-adds-to-calls-for-election-of-mmdces-to-deepen",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T11:25:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/haruna-iddrisu-calls-for-election-of-mmdces-to-deepen-decentralisation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu has called for a major overhaul of Ghana’s decentralisation system, insisting that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCs) must be elected if the country is serious about deepening democracy at the local level.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}