**Acknowledgements**

We indebted to our research assistants, Mr. Josephat Derbile and Mr. Galaa Mwinbuobu Vitus who are teaching assistants in the Department of Governance and Development Management of the University for Development studies for their hard work and commitment during the data collection stage of the study. Indeed, you demonstrated commitment in spite of the short time we had to collect the data. We are grateful to you. We are also thankful to Dr. Moses Naiim Fuseini and Afia Dankwah Dentaa of the School for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast for proof reading the manuscript and offering invaluable suggestions to help improve the manuscript.
