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(1) A Regional Co-ordinating Council shall

(a) monitor, co-ordinate and evaluate the performance of the District Assemblies in the region;

(b) monitor the use of moneys

(i) mobilized by the District Assemblies; or

(ii) allocated and released to the District Assemblies by any agency of central Government; and

(c) review and co-ordinate public services generally in the region.

(2) The Regional Co-ordinating Council is responsible for the following functions:

(a) the approval of the by-laws of the District Assemblies in the region subject to their consistency with national legislation,

(b) the provision of back-stopping support for the performance of any function assigned to the District Assemblies in the region in respect of which a particular District Assembly is deficient in terms of skills and workforce;

(c) the resolution of any conflicts between a District Assembly in the region and any agency of the central Government, public corporation, statutory body, non-governmental organization or individual;

(d) the oversight responsibility for second-cycle educational institutions and regional hospitals in the region on behalf of the Ministries of Education and Health; and

(e) the performance of any other functions assigned to it by or under an enactment.