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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Provisional
National Defence Council Secretary
responsible for Local Government
by section 2 of the Local
Government Law, 1988 (P.N.D.C.L.
207), and with the prior approval
of the Council, this Instrument is
made this 29th day of November,
1988.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Afram Plains District Assembly
(hereinafter referred to as the
"Assembly") for the area specified
in the First Schedule to this
Instrument.
Section 2—Membership of Assembly,
etc.
(1) The Assembly shall consist of
not more than seventy-three
persons which shall be made up of:
(a) the District Secretary;
(b) forty-eight persons
representing the electoral areas
who shall be elected directly by
the electorate in accordance with
regulations made in that behalf by
the National Commission for
Democracy; and
(c) not more than twenty-four
persons comprising the traditional
authorities or their
representatives and other persons
ordinarily resident in the
District, who shall be appointed
by the Council in consultation
with the traditional authorities
and organised productive economic
groupings in the District.
(2) For the purpose of election to
the Assembly, the area of
authority of the Assembly shall be
divided into the electoral areas
specified in the First Schedule to
this Instrument.
Section 3—Functions of Assembly.
(1) The Assembly shall perform all
the functions conferred on
District Assemblies by the Local
Government Law, 1988 (P.N.D.C.L.
207).
(2) Without prejudice to
sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph, the Assembly shall
perform the functions set out in
the Second Schedule to this
Instrument.
Section 4—Common Seal.
(1) The Assembly shall have a
Common Seal which shall be such as
the Secretary may approve by
notice in the Gazette.
(2) Until such time as the Common
Seal approved in sub-paragraph (1)
is available, a rubber stamp
bearing the inscription "The Afram
Plains District Assembly" shall be
used as the Common Seal.
Section 5—Administrative Area of
Assembly.
The area of authority of the
Assembly shall comprise the area
specified in the First Schedule to
this Instrument.
Section 6—Location of Principal
Office of Assembly.
The Assembly shall establish its
principal offices at Donkorkrom
where meetings of the Assembly
shall be held.
Section 7—Inaugural Meeting of
Assembly.
(1) The Assembly shall hold its
inaugural meeting on such date as
the Secretary shall with the prior
approval of the Council determine.
(2) The Presiding Member of the
Assembly shall be elected at the
inaugural meeting.
Section 8—Interpretation.
In this Instrument, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Council" means the Provisional
National Defence Council;
"ordinarily resident" has the
meaning assigned to it under
subsection (2) of section 16 of
the Local Government Law, 1988 (P.N.D.C.L.
207);
"Secretary" means the Provisional
National Defence Council Secretary
responsible for Local Government.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
LIST OF SETTLEMENTS IN THE AREA OF
AUTHORITY OF AFRAM PLAINS DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
DONKORKROM 1. Baadu
Baadu Asukese Adukrom
1. Baadu Donkorkrom
Unit 1—Baadu
H/Nos. D.HB
01-D/HB61
Unit 2—Asukese
Unit 3—Adukrom
Adukrom No. S 1 & 2,
Bethel, Koforidua.
2. Zongo
2. Zongo/Okai
Unit 1—Zongo H/Nos. D/HZ 72
3. Okai
Okai, Atakora
Unit 1—Okai
H/Nos. D/H.01-D/H.
88
Unit 2—Atakora
Police Quarters,
Adofo.
4. Abotanso
Abotanso No. 1 Abotanso No. 2
Abotanso No. 3 Apesika
3. Abotanso
Unit 1—Abotanso No. 1
Addokwao, Tenten, Avonyo- kope.
Unit 2—Abotanso No. 2
Kofi Nyina,
Botorakura
Unit 3—Abotanso No. 3
Fullanikope
Unit 4—Apesika
Agege, Apesikakrachie,
Sombori.
5. Bampo Kwaekese
Tetey Avumatsodo Nugbe.
4. Kwaekese (Bampo)
Unit 1—Tetey
Unit 2—Avumatsodo
Unit 3—Nugbe.
6. Gbeglo Kwaekese
Yaw Tenge, Alavanyo, Gaikpa, Manai
5. Kwaekese Gbeglo
Unit 1—Yaw Tenge, Alavanyo
Unit 2—Gaikpa, Manai.
7. Adiemara
Gyamfi, Bomata, Adonteng
6. Adiemara
Unit 1—Gyamfi
H/Nos. AD/Nos.
AD/01-AD72
Unit 2—Bomata
H/Nos. AD13 01-ADB.
83 Tiasuakura.
Unit 3—Adonteng.
FORIFORI 1. Takoratwene
Takoratwene, Abotan, Dukro,
Domeabra.
7. Takoratwene
Unit 1—Takoratwene
Unit 2—Abotan Dukro Domeabra.
2. Old Forifori
Old Forifori Pitiko, Aframse.
8. Old Forifori
Unit 1—Old Forifori
H/Nos. K.D.C.1 -K.D.C.
195.
Unit 2—Pitiko
H/Nos. F.1-F. 160,
Teachers Quarters.
Unit 3—Aframso
H/Nos. F.
161-F.245.
3. Kwasi Fanti
Kwasi Fanti, Kwanim Densubon, Domi,
Dwafo Abotan, Asenyensu.
9. Kwasi Fanti
Unit 1—Kwasi Fanti
Kwaekese, Kwagyeduaban,
Kwasi Fanti.
Unit 2—Kwanim
Amriya, Kwasi Banda, Oforia- kura,
Kwanim.
Unit 3—Densubon Domi
Onyamebekyere, Deasubon Domi.
Unit 4—Dwafo Abotan
Tanmeawome, Dwafo, Abotan
Unit 5—Asenyensu.
4. Foso
Foso, Tenkorang, Asukese, Tomfa
Nos. 1 & 2, Sogyaso.
10. Foso
Unit 1—Foso, Didida
Unit 2—Domeabra, Teakorang
Unit 3—Asukese Okyerekrom, Akroma
Unit 4—Tompa. Nos. 1 & 2
Unit 5—Hinanyawso, Kubekro.
Dim
Dim/Sakrabo No. 1, Mmframandwo
Hausa-kope, Tail.
11. Dim
Unit 1—Dim/Sakrabo No. 1, Kponkpo,
Osofokope.
Unit 2—Mmframandwo
Unit 3—Hausakope, Tailakope.
6. Adzidakope
Adzidakope, Batrokope
12. Adzidakope
Unit 1—Adzidakope
Adzidakope, Bontutu, Akpalukope.
Unit 2—Batorkope
Yirika, Guaga, Batorko.
7. Kwame Dwamena
Kwame Dwamena, Gasire, Hobuma.
13. Kwame Dwamena
Unit 1—Kwame Dwamena
Unit 2—Gasire
Unit 3—Hobuma
8. Kwabena Kwao
Kwabena Kwao Asase
Bom Dotorkpong/ Sikasu
Dotorkpong-kodome.
14. Kwabena Kwao
Unit 1—Kwabena Kwao
Hausa, Kpondome, Kwabena Kwao.
Unit 2—Asase Bom
Unit 3—Dotorkpong/Sikasu
Dotorkpong-Sikasu,
Kwame Denkyi, Kwaem.
Unit 4—Dotorkpong-Kodome.
9. Mamikrobo
Mamikrobo 15.
Mamikrobo
Unit 1—Mamikrobo
TEASE 1. Ahenbronoso
Ahenbronoso, Obomeng, Praprababida,
Atonsu No. 2. 16.
Ahenbronoso
Unit 1—Ahenbronoso
H/Nos. AM. 1-AM. 110.
Unit 2—Obomeng
Ameyaw, Asikam, Akwamu, Obomeng.
Unit 3—Praprababida
Asankpam, Gyangare, Busanga,
Praprabadida.
Unit 4—Atonsu No. 2
Atonsu No. 2,
Nkwantanan
2. Tease
Kwabena Tease, Aduonum
17. Tease Kuromkrom
Unit 1—Kwabena Tease
H/Nos. KT.1-KT.75
Unit 2—Aduonum
Ayebeng, Asuowaso,
Asimpany, Aduonum.
3. Kuromkrom Kuromkrom
Unit 1—Kuromkrom
H/Nos. KH. 1-KH.
7.
4. Dedeso
Dedeso, Kwasi Addae
18. Dedeso
Unit 1—Nyamebekyere, Dedeso
Unit 2—Kwasi Addae
Tonsu No. 1, Atakwateng, Kwasi
Addae.
5. Odumasua
Odumasua, Asukese
19. Odumasua
Unit 1—Odumasua
Nkubeta, Atakora,
Odumasua
Unit 2—Asukese
Demuso, Faasokrachi, Taadeeso,
Offinso.
SAMANHYIA
l. Samanhyia
Samanhyia, Nana Frempong
20. Samanhyia
Unit 1—Samanhyia
Samanhyia, Nana Aboah Daterkrom,
Sakyikrom, Odumase, Kwasi Addae.
Unit 2—Nana Frempong
Kyemfre, Kwasi Kuma, Oframase,
Nana Frempong.
2. Mmradan
Kwasi Addae, Mmradan
21. Mmradan
Unit 1—Kwasi Addae
Abrewaso, Kyeame Kusi, Kwasi Addae.
Unit 2—Mmradan
Mmradan, Atta Ayigbe, Agya Kwadjo.
3. Somsei
Somsei, Koranteng, Krachie,
Bundaso. 22.
Somsei
Unit 1—Somsei
Unit 2—Koranteng
Unit 3—Krachie
Unit 4—Bundaso.
4. Behuso
Alavanyo, Beme-Kabre
23. Bebuso
Unit 1—Alavanyo
Danyigba Sawua, Wiafe
Akura Alavanyo.
Unit 2—Bemekabre
Beme-Kabre, Bator
Anthony.
MEMCHEMFRE 1. Kayera
Mem-Chemfre, Kayera, Lomnava.
24. Kayera
Unit 1—Mem-Chemfre
Agotime, Jejeti Kpadokope,
Mem-Chemfre.
Unit 2—Kayera
Kayera,
Kakraku, Atiwlame
Unit 3—Lomnava, Alavanyo.
2. Anidze
Anidze, Kamaloo, Madagaska.
25. Anidze
Unit 1—Anidze
Anidze, Gasokope, Hanyikpo
Dzogbekope.
Unit 2—Kamaloo, Sokpe
Unit 3—Madagaska
Madagaska, Agalakope, Dovikope
Todzeme, Koga Abokyere.
3. Chemfre Agbodza
Sale, Atidekakope
26. Chemfre-Agbodza
Unit 1—Sale
H/Nos. A1-A97.
Unit 2—Atidekakope
Atidekakope Cartapilla, Kpoviedzi,
Beekope Akakoakope Kwahu Tsekope.
4. Chemfre Fanu
Chemfre-Fanu, Norgegali
27. Chemfre-Fanu
Unit 1—Chemfre-Fanu
H/Nos. B1-175, Kwame
Bour
Unit 2—Norgegali
Avorkope, Gbolokope, Bator- kope,
Kpatsakope, Popome, Norgegali.
5. Togbe Kale Abotwere,
Aliheli 28.
Togbe-Kale
Unit 1—Abotwere
H/Nos. C1-C138
Unit 2—Aliheli
Aliheli, Mem, Katawano, Azuikope,
Agodome.
6. Bruben
Bruben, Flikpodome
1. Abomasarefo
Abomasarefo Dome-Avatime, Opoase,
Amoyaw, New Kyease.
29. Bruben
Unit 1—Bruben
Unit 2—Flikpodome
Flikpodome, Dafakope, Nadesa.
30. Abomasarefo
Unit 1—Abomasarefo
Amankwakrom, Mempe Asem, Komuakura,
Amewormi, Dotsekope,
Abotan-krokron, Kodidi ‘B’
Unit 2—Dome-Avatime
Bubu-Tsekpo, Agonohoe, Dome,
Avatime.
Unit 3—Opoase, Kubease
Unit 4—Amoyaw
Krachie,
Apesika, Adonteng, Amoyaw.
Unit 5—New Kyease
Supom, Agorhome, Amankensu,
Fankyeneko, New Kyease.
1. Nkami
Nkami, Mayikpo
31. Nkami Sorbi
Unit 1—Nkami
H/Nos. NA1-NA146
Unit 2—Mayikpo
Asempanaye, Appiabra, Lonava,
Mayikpo.
3. Asebi
Asebi, Salokope, Amankwatonu.
Unit 1—Asebi
H/Nos. C1-C121
Unit 2—Salokope
Salokope, Bawakope,
Kpala
Unit 3—Amankwatonu.
4. Kyease
Kyease, Nyuinyui
32. Kyease Dadease
Unit 1—Kyease
H/Nos. B1-B73
Unit 2—Nyuinyui
Nyuinyui, Dzakpata, Nyorgba-
tsetsekpo, Andikope.
5. Dadease
Dadease, Preda, Biewbiew
Unit 1—Dadease
H/Nos. B.74-B.111
Unit 2—Preda, Nyita
Unit 3—Biewbiew.
EKYEAMANFROM 1. Zongo
Zongo, Mamfekope, Boakyekrom.
33. Zongo Ekye
Amanfrom
Unit 1—Zongo
Ladekope, Gavokope, Wawase,
Ekyeamankrom, Zongo.
Unit 2—Mamfekope
Mamfekope, Wawase-Aman- from.
Unit 3—Boakyekrom
Boakyekrom, Oseikrom.
2. Mepe-Adatwi
Mepe-Adatwi, Tinorga
34. Mepe-Adatwi
Unit 1—Mepe-Adatwi, Otukotsekope
Unit 2—Tinorgah, Mmofrabesu.
3. Agyata
Agyata, Bakpakope
35. Agyata
Unit 1—Agyata, Penkrom, Alazuma
Unit 2—Bakpakope, Trebu, Anlo.
4. Trebu
Trebu, Ogabokope
36. Trebu
Unit 1—Trebu, Gadokope
Unit 2—Ogabokope, Bakpakope.
5. Hlihadzi
Hlihadzi, Adidokpui
37. Hlihadzi
Unit 1—Hlihadzi, Bompata
Unit 2—Adidokpui, Nyatepe-Bume.
DWARF ISLAND
1. Foase-Torganu
Foase-Torganu, Pesika
38. Torganu/Foase
Unit 1—Foase-Torganu
Foase-Torganu, Bom, Torga- dome,
Adamkope, Drokope, Dagbanukope,
Kudungada, Kokroboten.
Unit 2—Pesika
Canna, Akoakope, Afukope,
Carpenterkope, Konnokope.
2. Havorkope Havorkope,
Akoetekope
Unit 1—Havorkope
Havorkope, Gatikope, Agboblikope,
Kofikope, Meneyikope, Botan
Lolornyo, Avenorkope, Willikope,
Chekope, Dabidzokope, Simonkope,
Davusokope, Zotefekope.
Unit 2—Akoetekope
Lawyerkope, Dukekope, Kwasi
Avukope, Awukope, Attavikope,
Venegbekope, Ningokope,
Ahokitikope.
do.
3. Edavokope Edavokope
39. Edavokope
Unit 1—Edavokope
Sokpekope, Guakakope, Gbe- dekope,
Teflekope, Atiadamu.
do.
4. Abotsure
Abotsure, Torklukope
Unit 1—Abotsure
Abotsure, Glokope,
Nunyonamkope.
Unit 2—Torklukope, Agonkope
do.
5. Torgome
Torgome, Sanafukope
Unit 1—Torgome
Sidikope, Adzalekope, Atiga- kope,
Hausakope.
Unit 2—Sanafukope, Kosivikope
6. Gallelia
Gallelia, Zion, Avudze-gakope,
Akpabudzi.
40. Gallelia
Unit 1—Gallelia
Gallelia, Hotsiasikope, Fiter-
kope, Adzekope, Gbedekope,
Wolegbekope, Adakope, Noamesikope,
Alhajikope.
Unit 2—Zion
Hedegbekope, Gadzekope, Awovikope.
Unit 3—Avudzegakope
Avudzegakope, Agedekope, Numehe,
Vuvlakope.
Unit 4—Akpabudzi
Adzekope, Kpatsakope, Avu-
dzegakope.
7. Nyakuikope
Nyakuikope, Mepe-kope/ Gbodzikope,
Papavikope 41.
Nyankuikope
Unit 1—Digbokope, Nyakuikope
Unit 2—Mepekope/Gbodzikope
Tsakpokope, Ningakope No. 2
Unit 3—Papavikope
Famemonu, Awusakope, Ada- kope.
8. Fitikope
Fitikope
Unit 1—Fitikope
Fitikope, Aziebukope, Kodzo-
dzekope, Atideka, Afotanyi- kope,
Segbekope.
9. Ada-Ntetia
Ada-Ntetia, Kedekope
42. Ada Ntetia
Unit 1—Ada-Ntetia
Keskope, Doekope, Akoenye- dakope,
Abokpokope, Agbo- nikope, Doekope,
Ada, Hau- sakope, Hausakope, Kodzo-
vikope.
Unit 2—Kedekope
Kpevorkope, Ausakope, Dohe- kope.
10. Batorkope
Batorkope
Unit 1—Batorkope
Batorkope, Avutoe, Ayivikope
11. Babu
Babu
Unit 1—Babu
Babu, Srafo Asiedikope, Liva- kope,
Amuikope, Kudikope, Daflisokope,
Bluda, Gulukope, Kpofianukope.
NTOABOMA
1. Akoroso
Aheneborono, Sukuumu
43. Akoroso/Agyaade
Unit 1—Aheneborono
A. 1-A.40, B. 1-B.6
Unit 2—Sukuumu
C.1-C.65 and D.1-D.47
Unit 3—Ason-Akuraa
2. Agyaade Ayemoso
Agyaade Ayamoso
44.
Agyaade-Ayemoso- Abooabo
Unit 1—Agyaade
F.1-F.4 and F.1-F.20
Unit 2—Ayamoso
C.1-C.25 &
K.1-K.52
3. Aboabo
Addai-Akuraa, Aboabo
Unit 1—Addai-Akuraa
Unit 2—Aboabo
4. Fripon/Shetor
Fripong/Shetor, Nsabaa/Gbadagba,
Kongo-Tokiokpo, Apapasu-Battor.
45. Fripon
Unit 1—Fripong/Shetor
Unit 2—Nsabaa/Gbadagba
Unit 3—Kongo-Tokiokpo
Unit 4—Apapasu-Battor
5. Dodi/Agyade
Dodi Awiasu, Kwaku-
Dade. 46.
Agyade/Dodi
Unit 1—Dodi
Unit 2—Awiasu
Unit 3—Kwaku-Dade
6 Zikpo
Manchare Zikpo Kantamanto.
47. Zikpo
Unit 1—Manchare
Unit 2—Zikpo
Unit 3—Kantamanto
7. Didwa
Hedzro Kwaehunu, Agordeke,
Agyeman/ Akuraa Odoma, Amanfoso,
Abomabire, Kubekrom
48. Didwa
Unit 1—Hedzro
Unit 2—Kwaehunu
Unit 3—Agordeke
Unit 4—Agyeman Akuraa
Unit 5—Odoma
Unit 6—Amanfoso
Unit 7—Abomabire
Unit 8—Kubekro.
SECOND SCHEDULE
FUNCTIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY
It shall be the duty of the
Assembly—
1. To promote and safeguard
public health and for this purpose
the Ministry of Health shall
assign Medical Officers of Health,
health inspectors and other staff
as appropriate except semi-skilled
and unskilled labourers to the
District Assembly for the proper
discharge of this duty.
2. To cause the District to be
inspected regularly for the
detection of nuisance or any
condition likely to be offensive
or injurious to health.
3. If satisfied that any nuisance
or any condition likely to be
offensive or injurious to health
exists, to cause all proper steps
to be taken to secure the
abatement of the nuisance or the
removal of the condition.
4. To ensure the provision of
adequate and wholesome supply of
water throughout the entire
District in consultation with the
Ghana Water and Sewerage
Corporation.
5. To establish, install, build,
maintain and control public
latrines, lavatories, urinals and
wash places.
6. To establish, maintain and
carry out services for the removal
of night-soil from any building
and for the destruction and
treatment of such night-soil.
7. To establish, maintain and
carry out services for the removal
and destruction of all refuse,
filth and carcasses of dead
animals from any public or private
place.
8. To regulate any trade or
business which may be noxious or
injurious to public health or a
source of danger to the public or
which otherwise it is in the
public interest to regulate.
9. To provide for the inspection
of all meat, fish, vegetables and
all other foodstuffs and liquids
of whatever kind or nature
intended for human consumption
whether exposed for sale or not;
and to seize, destroy and
otherwise deal with all such
foodstuffs or liquids as are unfit
for human consumption and to
supervise and control the
manufacture of foodstuffs and
liquids of whatever kind or nature
intended for human consumption.
10. To provide, maintain,
supervise and control
slaughter-houses and pounds and
all such matters and things as may
be necessary for the convenient
use of such slaughter-houses.
11. To prevent and deal with the
outbreak or the prevalence of any
disease.
12. To prevent the spread of and
exterminate tsetse-fly,
mosquitoes, rats, bugs and other
vermin.
13. To prohibit or regulate the
making of burrow-pits or other
excavations.
14. To establish and maintain
cemeteries.
15. To provide crematoria where in
the opinion of the Assembly it is
expedient so to do.
16. To regulate or prohibit the
sinking of wells and provide for
the closing of wells.
17. To establish, maintain and
control pounds, seize and impound
any stray animal and provide for
the payment of compensation for
damage done by such animal.
18. To provide that the owner or
occupier of any land or tenements
maintain, clear and keep free from
vegetation, the roads, streets or
paths adjoining his land or
tenements.
19. To provide for the control,
destruction and licensing of dogs.
20. To provide for the control,
regulation, inspection,
supervision and licensing of—
(i)
social halls, dance halls and
places of entertainment;
(ii) lodging and eating houses;
(iii) any premises or land in or
upon which any profession,
occupation, trade or business is
carried on;
(iv) such occupations as the
Secretary may specify in an
Instrument from time to time.
21. To establish and operate
Clinics and Dressing Stations in
consultation with the Ministry of
Health.
22. To construct, repair, maintain
and keep clean all streets.
23. To divert or alter where
necessary the course of any
street.
24. To provide or arrange for
electric lighting in streets and
other public places and where
necessary to provide and maintain
electricity supply in consultation
with the Electricity Corporation.
25. To construct, repair and
maintain all public roads other
than trunk roads but including
feeder roads and to undertake road
rehabilitation programmes within
the district.
26. To prescribe the conditions
subject to which the erection and
construction, demolition,
re-erection and re-construction,
conversion and re-conversion,
alteration, repair, sanitation and
ventilation of public and private
buildings and structures may be
undertaken and carried out.
27. To provide for building lines
and the layout of buildings, to
prepare and undertake and
otherwise control schemes for
improved housing layout and
settlement.
28. To prescribe the conditions to
be satisfied on a site for any
building or for any class of
building.
29. To prohibit the construction
of any new building unless and
until the plans thereof have been
submitted to and approved by the
Assembly.
30. To provide for the demolition
of dangerous buildings and for the
recovery of any expenses incurred
in connection therewith.
31. To maintain, as agents of
Central Government, all public
buildings, including prestige
buildings put up by the Central
Government and previously
maintained by the Public Works
Department.
32. To maintain as agents of the
Ghana Highway Authority, trunk
roads lying within the boundaries
of the area of authority of the
Assembly.
33. To take steps to ensure the
effective maintenance of all
Government properties within its
area of authority.
34. To prohibit or regulate the
use in any defined area of any
inflammable material in the
construction or repair of any
building.
35. To control and regulate the
siting of advertisements and
hoardings or other structures
designed for the display of
advertisements.
36. To build, equip, open, close
and maintain markets, prohibit the
erection of stalls in places other
than markets and prevent the sale
and purchase of goods or stock
near established markets or
elsewhere.
37. To fix days and hours during
each day on which a market may be
held and prevent the sale and
purchase of goods in markets on
any day or at any hour except
those fixed.
38. To regulate and control
markets including the fixing of
and collection of stallages, rents
and tolls.
39. (1) To require the owner of
any premises to do any of the
following acts:
(i)
to remove, lower or trim to the
satisfaction of the Assembly any
tree, shrub or hedge overhanging
or interfering in any way with the
traffic in any street or with any
wires or works thereof;
(ii) to remove any dilapidated
fence or structure abutting on any
public place;
(iii) to paint, distemper,
white-wash or colour-wash the
outside walls or roof of any
building forming part of the
premises;
(iv) to tidy the premises; and
(v) to move any derelict car or
other vehicles.
(2) In the event of the owner
failing to comply with a notice
from the Assembly requiring him
to perform any of the acts
specified in sub-paragraph, (i-v)
paragraph (1) the Assembly shall
be at liberty to undertake the
work and charge the owner with the
cost thereof.
40. To build, equip and maintain
all public primary, middle and
special schools as are in the
opinion of the Secretary for
Education, after consultation with
the Secretary responsible for
Local Government, required in its
area.
41. To advise the Secretary for
Education on all matters relating
to primary and middle schools and
such other matters as may be
referred to it by the Secretary
for Education.
42. To be responsible for—
(i)
postings and transfers within its
area of authority of teachers
including pupil teachers;
(ii) keeping records of teachers;
(iii) discipline of teachers in
accordance with the disciplinary
code laid down by the Ghana
Education Service;
(iv) appointment of school welfare
officers;
(v) recommending teachers for
study leave;
(vi) appointment of headteachers
in accordance with rules laid down
by the Ghana Education Service;
(vii) supervision of primary and
middle schools;
(viii) formation of education
committees;
(ix) collection of statistical
data and other information;
(x) in-service training for pupil
teachers;
(xi) nursery school education;
(xii) approval of the opening of
private primary and middle
schools;
(xiii) payment of teachers'
salaries from funds made available
by Government;
(xiv) indenting for the supply and
distribution of textbooks;
(xv) disbursement of Education
Grants.
43. To provide for the control and
regulation of—
(i)
concerts, musical or theatrical
performances, cinemas, fairs,
circuses and other entertainment
to which admission is to be
obtained on payment of money or of
any reward, except where the whole
proceeds are being devoted to
charity;
(ii) horse-racing meetings.
44. To grant and maintain
scholarships or bursaries to
suitable persons to attend any
school or other educational
institution in Ghana or elsewhere.
45. To provide for the
establishment and maintenance of
facilities for arts and crafts,
for recreation and sports.
46. To establish, maintain,
control and contribute to bands
for musical performances in public
places and at functions arranged
by the Assembly, and generally to
provide musical entertainment in
such places and at such functions.
47. To arrange for the provision
of public libraries in
consultation with the Ghana
Library Board.
48. With the prior approval of the
Ghana Museums and Monuments Board,
to control the disposal of any
African antique work of art.
49. To organise community
development programmes to improve
and enrich rural life through
running literacy and adult
education classes, organising
voluntary contributions and
communal labour for the provision
of such facilities and services as
water supplies, roads, school
buildings, community centres, and
public places of convenience; and
teaching village women the
management of home and care of
children.
50. To take such measures as would
promote the well-being of under-priviledged
children and the stability of the
distressed family.
51. To organise and maintain
child-care centres and ensure the
proper running and management of
such centres.
52. To establish, run and manage
children's homes and offer
parental care for the deprived,
namely, orphans and those that are
neglected or abandoned.
53. To render relief services
during natural disasters, e.g.
floods, fires, earthquakes,
accidents, in the form of supply
of material.
54. To be responsible for the
improvement of agriculture
including extension services and
allotments for agricultural
purposes.
55. To control methods of
husbandry.
56. To allocate land in the
ownership of the Assembly for
farming purposes and to regulate
the system of farming of such
land.
57. To provide services for the
improvement of livestock.
58. To prevent and control animal
diseases.
59. To prohibit, restrict or
regulate the hunting, capture,
killing or sale of animals or
birds or any specified kind of
animal or bird.
60. To provide for measures for
soil and water conservation.
61. To provide for the fencing of
land and for the maintenance and
repair of such fences.
62. To take every step to
encourage persons to plant
specified crops for the
maintenance of themselves and
their families.
63. To plant trees in any street
and to erect tree-guards to
protect the same: Provided that
the streets shall not be unduly
obstructed thereby.
64. To regulate or prohibit the
planting, cutting, tapping or
destruction of any tree or
vegetation growing along any
street, road or path or in any
public place.
65. To establish and manage, on
commercial basis, rural and
small-scale industries and farms.
66. To promote tourism in the
District in co-operation with the
Regional Development Corporation
and the Tourist Development Board.
67. Subject to the control and
direction of the Registrar of
Births and Deaths to register all
births and deaths occurring within
the District.
68. To appoint in consultation
with the Registrar of Births and
Deaths such registration staff as
may be necessary for the proper
discharge of births and deaths
registration duties.
69. To make such financial
contribution as the Assembly deems
necessary for the maintenance of
any traditional authority which
possesses any functions which
relate to any part of its area.
70. To establish and maintain tree
nurseries and forest plantation
and sell the produce thereof.
71. Compile and maintain a record
of all tenant farmers and the
rents and tribute which should be
paid by them.
72. To prohibit or restrict the
driving or use of vehicles
generally or any specified class
on any specified road or specified
direction on any specified road.
73. To regulate the use and
conduct of public vehicles, to
regulate routes and parking places
to be used by such vehicles to
appropriate particular routes,
roads, streets, and parking places
to specified classes of traffic
and when necessary to provide the
identification of licensed
vehicles as defined in the Motor
Traffic Ordinance.
74. To license any vehicle used
for taxi, bicycle, motor bicycle
and to prescribe the fees to be
paid in respect of any such
bicycle or vehicle.
75. To establish, acquire and
maintain transport services by
land or water including ferries.
76. To establish, maintain and
control parks for motor and other
vehicles.
77. To establish and maintain in
consultation with the Posts and
Telecommunications Corporation,
Postal Agencies where necessary.
78. To lay down rules and
regulations in respect of private
and public property to ensure
adequate fire protection.
79. To prevent and control fire
outbreaks including bush fires.
80. To promote the development of
all sports within the area of
authority of the Assembly.
81. To organise sports activities
within its area of authority and
to provide such facilities as may
be recommended by the national
body responsible for sports.
82. To perform as agents of the
national body responsible for
sports in maintaining such sports
facilities as may be assigned to
it by the national body.
83. To advise, to the exclusion of
all others, on all matters of
sports relating to its area of
authority.
84. To prohibit, restrict,
regulate and license the
manufacture, distillation, sale,
transportation, distribution,
supply, possession and consumption
of akpeteshie, palm-wine, and all
kinds of description of fermented
liquor usually made by citizens of
Ghana or adjacent countries.
85. To license petrol service and
filling stations within the
District.
86. To provide information
centres, where necessary in
consultation with the Ministry of
Information.
KWAMENA AHWOI
P.N.D.C. Secretary for Local
Government
Date of Gazette Notification: 3rd
February, 1989.
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