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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 22nd day of November,
1988.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
Awutu-Effutu-Senya 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 sixty-four persons
which shall be made up of—
(a) the District Secretary;
(b) forty-two 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-one
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
Awutu-Effutu-Senya 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 office at Winneba 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, 1998 (P.N.D.C.L.
207);
"Secretary" means the Provisional
National Defence Council Secretary
responsible for Local Government.
Section 9—Revocation.
The Local Government (Awutu-Effutu-Senya
District Council (Establishment)
Instrument, 1978 (L.I. 904) is
hereby revoked.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
LIST OF SETTLEMENTS IN THE AREA OF
AUTHORITY OF AWUTU-EFFUTU-SENYA
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
WINNEBA 1. Ponko Ekyir
Ponko Ekyir, Ndamba. 1.
Ponko Ekyir
Unit 1—Ponko Ekyir
Queen Street: H/Nos. 1/14-10/14
Commercial Street H/Nos. 11/14,
H/Nos. H/14A, 14-82/1.
2. Ndamba
Unit 2— Ndamba
Mary Street: H/Nos. 102/4:
110/14-129/14, Ghunney Street,
H/Nos. 103/14-109/14.
2. Mburambamu
Mburambamu, Alata, Kokwado South,
Alata, Kokwado North.
3. Mburambamu
Unit 1— Mburambamu
Commercial Street: H/Nos. 172/12
Lancaster Street: H/Nos.
173/12-176/12, 112/12 112A/14,
112B/14, 130/14/15614.
4. Alata
Unit 2—Alata, Kokwado South
Old Chapel Street, H/Nos.
94/12-143/12, King Street H/Nos.
167/12-171/12, 177/12-180/12.
Unit 3—Alata, Kokwado, North Old
Fort Street, H/Nos. 144/12-166/12,
181/12-199/12.
3. Domeabra
Mbonyanu, Police Training Depot,
Domeabra. 5. Domeabra
Unit 1— Mbonyanu
Mbonyanu, Akosua
Unit 2— Police Training Depot
6. Otituase
Unit 3—Domeabra
Residential Area Bungalows
Nos.1-17, Advance Teacher Training
Staff Bungalows.
Unit 4—Ototuase
Ridge Road, H/Nos. 1/11-10/11
Commercial Street, H/Nos.
230/11-242/11.
4. Penkye
Penkye South
7. Penkye
Unit 1—Penkye South
Churchil Street, H/Nos.
1/12-94/12, 96/12-110/12, 144/12,
13/14.
8. Penkye North
Unit 2—Penkye North
Old Market Street, H/Nos. 95/12,
111/12-142/12.
5. Eyipey
Osakam, Eyipey, Sankor.
9. Eyipey
Unit 1—Osakam
Osakam Road H/Nos. 101/12-128/9,
479/12-482/12.
Unit 2—Eyipey
Oyibi Road, H/Nos. 483/12-534/12.
10. Sankor
Unit 3—Sankor
6. Dwomba
Dwomba East, Dwomba West.
11. Dwomba
Unit 1—Dwomba East
Zion Street, H/Nos. 300/12-307/12,
310/12-362/12. Clayton Street,
310A/12, 310B/12310C/12. Victoria
Road, 308A/12-308C/12,
309/12-316/12.
12. Dwomba West
Unit 2—Dwomba West
George Street, 201/12-260/12. Old
Market Street 261/12-263/12.
7. Abasraba South
Abasraba South, Donkunyamu, Obra
Wogum. 13. Abasraba
Unit 1—Abasraba South
Commercial Road H/Nos.
1A-E/8-21/8, 37/8-490/8,
11/11-70/11.
Zongo Road, H/Nos. 59A/8-780/8.
14. Donkunyamu
Unit 2—Donkunyamu Breku Road
H/Nos. 1/4-6D/4, 1/5-12C/5,
80/8-179/8, J.S. Quarters Nos. 1-9
Graces Road, 128/8-132A/8, 9/9,
11/9, 12C/9.
Unit 3—Obra Wogum
Bannerman Road, H/Nos. 77/8-115/8,
1/9-8/9, 10/9, 13/9-99/9.
8. Abasraba North
Abasraba North, Kojo Bedu South,
Kojo Bedu North, Low Cost
Estate. 15. Abasraba
North
Unit 1—Abasraba North
Alexander Road, 22/8-36/8,
50/8-96/8, 75/11-79/11. Cornwall:
Street H/Nos. 312/12-319/12.
Unit 2—Kojo Bedu South
Water Works Road, H/Nos. 8/4-36/4.
Swedru Road, H/Nos. 10/4, 10A/4,
11A/4, 11B/4, 11D/4, 11K/4,
11KA/4, 14R/4, 14RA/4, 14J/A,
14DA/4, 15/4, 15E/4.
16. Kojo Bedu North
Unit 3—Kojo Bedu North
Specialist Training College
Staff Bungalow Nos. 1-41. Swedru
Road, 1/6-9/6, Winneba Secondary
School and Staff Bungalows.
Unit 4—Low Cost Estate
Ghana Highways Authority Quarters.
Low Cost Estates, H/Nos. A1-A10,
B1-B10, C1-C10, D1-D10. Winneba
Junction.
9. ESUEKYIR
Gyahadzi, Ateitu, Esuekyir. 17.
Esuekyir
Unit 1—Gyahadzi
Gyahadzi, Gyangyandze.
Unit 2—Ateitu
Ateitu, Atekyedo, Ekroful,
Asubonpayin.
Unit 3—Esuekyir
Esuekyir, H/Nos. 1/E-166/E
Ayensudo, Warababa.
SENYA 1. Anomansah
Anomansah, Alata, Egyaa. 18.
Anomansah
Unit 1—Anomansah
19. Egyaa
Unit 2—Alata
Alata, Mpaneanyinse
Unit 3—Egyaa, Torito.
2. Simpapebiso
Simpapebiso, Odomse Nkwanta,
Affamanato. 21. Odomse
Nkwanta
Unit 2—Odomse Nkwanta
Unit 3—Affamanato
Affamanato,
Abredim.
3. Ndadito
Ndadito, Anochie. 22. Ndadito
Unit 1—Ndadito
Unit 2—Anochie
Anochie, Osam, Akwasa.
4. Kyenkyense
Kyenkyense, Korle Bu, Obodam,
Obaakwaa, Ankauwaa.
23. Kyenkyense
Unit 1—Kyenkyense
Unit 2—Korle Bu
24. Obodam
Unit 3—Obodam
Unit 4—Obaakwaa
Obaakwa, Domeabra
Unit 5—Andakwaa.
5. Krobonshie
Krobonshie, Bonsuoku 25.
Krobonshie
Unit 1—Krobonshie
Unit 2—Bonsuoku
Okisibiranyinse, Bonsuoku Gyakaw,
Operfufianyinse, Kojo Awisa.
BAWJIASE 1. Awutu-Mankesim
Mankesim, Kwando,
Akpeteshie-Nkwanta, Amotron,
Kwaman No. 1, Kwaman No.
2. 26. Awutu-Mankessim
Unit 1—Mankesim
H/Nos. PM/1-BM/58.
Unit 2—Kwando
Unit 3—Akpeteshie-Nkwanta
Unit 4—Amotron
Unit 5—Kwaman No. 1
Bawjiase Kwaman No. 1.
Unit 6—Kwaman No. 2
Bawjiase Kwaman No. 2.
2. Bawjiase-Zongo
Bawjiase-Zongo. 27.
Bawjiase-Zongo
Unit 1—Bawjiase-Zongo
Zariki Zongo, H/Nos. BZ/1-BZ/130.
Akpeshika/Asampanyi Area, H/Nos.
AK/1-AK/80.
3. New Town Bawjiase
Ayigbe Town, New Town, Okwabina.
Unit 1—Ayigbe Town
Ayigbe Town, BA/1-BA/104.
Unit 2—New Town
New Town BN/1-BN/102.
29. Okwabina
Unit 3—Okwabina.
4. Bawjiase Central
Bawjiase East, Bawjiase West.
30. Bawjiase Central
Unit 1—Bawjiase East
H/Nos. B/1-B/90.
Unit 2—Bawjiase West
H/Nos. B/91-B/181.
5. Fianko
Fianko, Topiase, Ofaso, Ofadaa.
31. Fianko
Unit 1—Fianko
H/Nos. F/1-F/97.
Unit 2—Topiase
Topiase, Bakwakrom, Abetensu,
Asuobonta, Sesekro,
Unit 3—Ofaso
Ofaso, Sowodadiem
Unit 4—Ofadaa.
6. Ayensoako
Ayensoako, Penin, Mayenda.
32. Ayensuako
Unit 1—Ayensuako
Ayensuako, Osimpo, Ahuntem.
Unit 2—Penin
Penin, Okwanpan Akomatom, Kwawkwaa,
Kofi Kwaa.
Unit 3—Mayenda
Mayenda, Obodadawa, Kawanopado,
Danyame, Nyame Bekyere, Techiman
Aboanyewonwe, Osebo-Nkwanta.
7. Nyarkokwaa
Nyarkokwaa, Pobikwaa 33.
Nyarkokwaa
Unit 1—Nyarkokwaa
Nyarkokwaa, Tawiakwaa
Unit 2—Pobikwaa
Pobikwaa, Sarkwakwaa, Kakraba,
Kofi Wyetey.
AWUTU 1. Awutu
Ojobiano, Twimine, Akotokoto,
Aprano, Tayano, Kweku Ansah,
Ahintia.
34. Awutu
Unit 1—Ojobiano Area
Unit 2—Twimine
Omanhene’s Area
Unit 3—Akotokoto
Tufuhene’s Area
Unit 4—Aprano Area
Unit 5—Tayano Area
35. Kweku Ansah
Unit 6—Kweku Ansah
Kweku Ansah, Akrampa, Dodu, Kwao
Larbie, Ahintia, Osimpo, No. 1.
Unit 7—Ahintia
Kwame Wyetey, Aniahu, Loye,
Abakapoano.
2. Oduponkpehe
Oduponkpehe, Akole. 36.
Oduponkpehe
Unit 1—Oduponkpehe
Oduponkpehe, Ofaakor
Unit 2—Akole
Akole, Kponete, Dekutsuekope
3. Chochoe
Chochoe, Bentum. 37. Chochoe
Unit 1—Chochoe
Unit 2—Bentum.
BONTRASE 1. Bontrase
Bontrase East, Bontrase West,
Chochoe, Aberful. 38.
Bontrase
Unit 1—Bontrase East
H/Nos. B1-B50.
Unit 2—Bontrase West
H/Nos. B1-B124.
Unit 3—Chochoe
Chochoe, Osimpo No. 2, Abonsa.
Unit 4—Aberful
Aberful, Bantama, Samsamso Nos.
1-3, Onyinatia.
2. Mfadwen
Mfadwen, Akubirifa Akrabong, Kojo
Ashong. Unit 1—Mfadwen
Mfadwen, Nkwadum
Unit 2—Akubirifa
Unit 3—Akrabong
Akrabong, Kojo Ashong.
3. Pobee Ayiresu
Pobee-Ayiresu, Bentum, Akrabon.
Unit 1—Pobee-Ayiresu
Pobee Ayiresu, Bentum, Ashong,
Ayiresu.
Unit 2—Bentum
Tetteh Oko, Atopi Ayiresu,
Towoboase, Larbida Ayiresu, Aniahu,
Olotom, Akole.
Unit 3—Akrabon
Akrabon, Kwame Kwei, Kwao Tetteh
Akroma, Kojo, Wusu, Ahintia, Asubo.
OBRACHIRE 1. Obrachire
Obrachire, Obrayeko, Akropong.
39. Obrachire
Unit 1—Obrachire
H/Nos. OBI-OB98
Unit 2—Obrayeko
Orayeko, Akonunshie, Kwao, Kurabi,
Obotomfo.
Unit 3—Akropong
Akropong, Otaafiro, Bentinfa,
Amowwi, Congo Ekura.
2. Kojo Akwa
Kojo Akwa, Bewuanum
40. Kojo Akwa
Unit 1—Kojo Akwa
Kojo Akwa, Brofoyedur,
Akokobenumsu.
Unit 2—Bewuanum
Bewuanum, Mampong, Akuffo, Gyando
Odumase, Bebianiha, Atwere, Ankama,
Papatia, Akame ni moa.
JEI-KRODUA 1.
Jei-Krodua
Jei-Krodua, Mangoase Osae-Krodua.
41. Jei-Krodua
Unit 1—Jei-Krodua
Jei-Krodua, Mankomeda,
Yamoa-Nkwanta, Anomawobi, Akufful
Krodua.
Unit 2—Mangoase
Mangoase, Gyankrom
Unit 3—Osae-Krodua
Osae-Krodua, Oworatta.
1. Papase No. 2
Avenokope, Papase No. 2.
42. Papase No. 2
Unit 1—Avenokope
Avenokope, Oklu-Nkwanta, Obimpeh.
Unit 2—Papase No.2
Papase No.2, Papase No. 1, Darko
Yaw Nos. 1-2, Kwabina Attah, Kwao
Bonney, Gadoakura, Atopi-Larbie,
Aburo-Nkwanta.
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 their District to be
inspected regularly for the
detection of nuisances or any
condition likely to be offensive
or injurious to health.
3. If satisfied that any nuisances
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 nuisances 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 liquid 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 liquid
as are unfit for human consumption
and to supervise and control
manufactures 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 borrow-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 and
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 reconstruction,
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 displays 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 tile acts specified
in subparagraph (1) (i-v) 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 for 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 entertainments
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 sport.
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, fire, 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 trees 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, 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, and maintain and
control parks for motor and other
vehicles.
77. To establish 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, palmwine, and all
kinds or 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: 30th
December, 1988.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (GOMOA DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY) (ESTABLISHMENT)
INSTRUMENT, 1988 (LI 1375).
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 22nd day of November,
1988.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Gomoa 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 eighty-two persons
which shall be made up of—
(a) the District Secretary;
(b) fifty-four 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-seven
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 subparagraph (1)
is available, a rubber stamp
bearing the inscription "The Gomoa
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 office at Apam
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
THE AUTHORITY OF GOMOA DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
APAM 1. Akobiremalata
Alata, Akobirem
1. Akobiremalata
Unit 1—Alata
Alata/Abura area, H/Nos.A1-78.
Unit 2—Akobirem
Akobirem area, H/Nos.
B1-88.
2. Kantamtwem
Amadudo, Kantantwem
2. Kantamtwem
Unit 1—Amamudo Area
H/Nos. C1-120.
Unit 2—Kantamtwem area
H/Nos.
D1-71.
3. Manfam
Bondziesonmu, Manfam
3. Manfam
Unit 1—Bondziesonmu Area
H/Nos. E1-112.
Unit 2—Manfam Area
H/Nos.
F1-98.
4. Esuekyir
Esuekyir, Abura Village
4. Esuekyir Area
Unit 1— Esuekyir Area
Unit 2—Abura Village
Area.
5. Nsawam
Nsawam, Bombua 5.
Nsawam
Unit 1—Nsawam Area: H/Nos.
H1-64.
Unit 2—Bombua/Zongo Area.
MUMFORD 1. Eyipey
Eyipey, Mampoano Fantse- Fantse,
Ayamaa. 6.
Eyipey
Unit 1—Eyipey
Unit 2—Mampoano Area
Unit 3—Fantse-Fantse Area
Unit 4—Ayamaa Area.
2. Odukum
Odukum, Edumandum, Sarmu,
Ayesiwano. 7.
Odukum
Unit 1—Odukum Area
Unit 2—Edumanadum Area
Unit 3—Sarmu Area
Unit 4—Ayesiwano Area.
3. Penkye
Penkye, Akyeramba, Kubekor, Ehima.
8. Penkye
Unit 1—Penkye Area
Unit 2—Akyearamba Area
Unit 3—Kubekor Area
Unit 4—Ehima Area.
4. Akyenfo
Akyenfo, Ntayerekyemu, Etuei,
Burapaam.
9. Akyenfo
Unit 1—Akyemfo Village
Unit 2—Ntayerekyemu Area
Unit 3—Etuei Area
Unit 4—Burapaam Area.
1. Upper Nyanyano
Atofodaamu Area, Nya- nyano
Kakraba. 10. Upper
Nyanyano
Unit 1—Atofodaamu Area
Unit 2—Nyanyano Kakraba
Nyanyano Kakraba, Kojoko
Village.
2. Lower Nyanyano
Enyaankor Area, Onyanase Area,
Dampase. 11.
Lower Nyanyano
Unit 1—Enyaankor Area, Adabraka
Unit 2—Onyanase Area, Dampase.
DAGO 1. Asaa
Kokwaadi,
Bankye- duase, Asaa.
12. Asaa-Bentsil
Unit 1—Kokwaado Area
Unit 2—Bankyeduase
Unit 3—Asaa.
2. Bentsil
Bentsil, Abosanyi, Brofo- yedur.
Unit 1—Bentsil
Unit 2—Abosanyi
Unit 3—Brofoyedur/Apaham Area.
3. Nkum
Nkum, Yateladze, Sinopaakobou.
13. Nkum-Hwidiem
Unit 1—Nkum
Unit 2—Yateladze
Unit 3—Sinopaakobou/Nyankrom.
4. Hwidiem
Hwidiem, Amanful, Obir
Unit 1—Hwidiem
Unit 2—Amanful
Unit 3—Obir/Fawomanye.
DAWURAMPONG 1. Nduam
Nduam, Wassa, Nkran
14. Nduam
Unit 1—Nduam
Unit 2—Wassa
Unit 3—Nkran.
2. Dawurampong
Dawurampong, Pinanko, Abassa,
Osedzi, Koforidua.
15. Dawurampong
Unit 1—Dawurampong
Unit 2—Pinanko
16. Abassa
Unit 3—Abassa
Unit 4—Osedzi
Unit 5—Koforidua.
3. Denkyira
Denkyira, Darmang 17.
Denkyira
Unit 1—Denkyira
Unit 2—Darmang/Abonko
(Villages)
4. Ogua
Ogua, Odina 18.
Ogua-Odina
Unit 1—Ogua
Unit 2—Odina.
5. Enyemen
Enyemen, Kumasi
19. Enyemen
Unit 1—Enyemen
Unit 2—Kumasi/Obokrong
(Villages)
6. Okwawu
Okwawu, Debiso
Unit 1—Okwawu
Unit 2—Debiso
ESHIEM 1. Eshiem
Eshiem West, Eshiem East, Muzano,
Ayanful. 20.
Eshiem
Unit 1—Sraha/Odumase Areas
Unit 2—Omando/Abura Areas
Unit 3—Muzano
Unit 4—Ayanful.
2. Abankwaam Abankwaam,
Akyempim 21.
Abankwaam
Unit 1—Abankwaam
Unit 2—Akyempim.
3. Kokofu
Kokofu, Mampong, Debiso Fomena.
22. Kokofu
Unit 1—Kokofu
Unit 2—Mampong.
23. Debiso
Unit 3—Debiso
Unit 4—Fomena.
4. Tarkwa
Tarkwa North, Tarkwa South,
Appiakwaa-Debiso, Techiman.
24. Tarkwa
Unit 1—Tarkwa North
Sraha/Aboso Areas.
Unit 2—Tarkwa South
Osu/Odumasi Areas.
5. Dunkwa
Dunkwa, Mankessim, Akyiase,
Akropong.
26. Dunkwa
Unit 1—Dunkwa
Unit 2—Mankessim
Unit 3—Akyiase
Unit 4—Akropong/Olefleku.
GOMOA ASSIN 1. Brofo
Brofo North, Brofo South, Sampa.
27. Brofo
Unit 1—Brofo
North Abeadze/Abiramkwa/
Osukamu
Unit 2—Brofo South
Ahenbronmu/Monse Area
Unit 3—Sampa.
2. Gomoa-Maim Ajumako
Ansa, Asempanyi, Gomoa- Maim,
Antsiadze.
28. Gomoa-Maim
Unit 1—Ajumako Ansa/Brebiano
Unit 2—Asempanyi
Unit 3—Gomoa Maim
Unit 4—Antsiadze.
3. Ngyeresi
Ngyeresi, Adaa, Ohua
29. Ngyeresi
Unit 1—Ngyeresi/Panso
Unit 2—Adaa
Unit 3—Ohua.
4. Assin
Brofoyedur, Gomoa Assin
30. Assin
Unit 1—Brofoyedur/Abutsia
Unit 2—Gomoa Assin.
5. Nkoranza
Gomoa Oguan, Abonko, Akwakrom.
31. Nkoransa
Unit 1—Gomoa Aguan
Unit 2—Abonko
Unit 3—Akwakrom/Nkoranza.
6. Kyiren
Kyiren, Kyiren-Nkwanta
32. Kyiren
Unit 1—Kyiren
Unit 2—Kyiren Nkwanta/Adam.
AFRANSI 1. Afransi
Ankrado Area, Obuasi Road Ahenfie
Area, Ofaso, Okwamu, Kwame Adwer.
33.
Afransi
Unit 1—Ankrado Area
H/Nos. AF1-AF/136
Unit 2—Obuasi Road
H/Nos. 137-237.
Unit 3—Ahenfie Area H/Nos.
AF238-416.
34. Ofaso
Unit 4—Ofaso
H/Nos. G1-G100.
Unit 5—Okwamu
H/Nos. NA1-95.
Unit 6—Kwame Adwer
2. Obuasi
Upper Obuasi, Lower Obuasi.
35. Obuasi
Unit 1—Upper Obuasi
H/Nos. NE/1-NE/208.
Unit 2—Lower Obuasi
H/Nos. G/1-G/233.
3. Jaman
Jaman East, Jaman West
36. Jaman-Esikuma
Unit 1—Jaman East
H/Nos. J/1-120.
Unit 2—Jaman West
H/Nos. J/121-243.
4. Esikuma
Esikuma East, Esikuma West,
Kwanankrom.
Unit 1—Esikuma East
H/Nos. G/1WG/57.
Unit 2—Esikuma West
H/Nos. G/58-G/107.
Unit 3—Kwamankrom
5. Achiase
Achiase, Mankrado Area Beseadze,
Dahom West, Dahom East, Lome East,
Lome West.
37.
Achiase
Unit 1—Achiase
Ahenfie Area, H/Nos. NE/1 NE/19.
Unit 2—Mankrado Area
H/Nos. SE/1-SE/192.
Unit 3—Beseadze
H/Nos. E/l-E/62.
38. Dahom-Lome
Unit 4—Dahom West
H/Nos. DA 1-DA/67.
Unit 5—Dahom East
H/Nos. DA/61-DA. 67.
Unit 6—Lome East
H/Nos. H/1-H/75.
Unit 7—Lome West
H/Nos. H/76-H/158.
ABOSO 1. Aboso
Upper Aboso, Lower Aboso, Benso.
39.
Aboso
Unit 1—Upper Aboso
H/Nos. S/1-S/86.
Unit 2—Lower Aboso
H/Nos. E/87-E/185.
Unit 3—Benso
H/Nos.
E/l-E/86.
2. Akropong
Akropong, Ekroful
40. Akropong
Unit 1—Akropong
H/Nos. D1-D73, D73A.
Unit 2—Ekroful
H/Nos.
El-E/74
EKWAMKROM
1. Ekwamkrom Ekwamkrom
East, Ekwamkrom West, Jukwa, Manso.
42. Ekwamkrom
Unit 1—Ekwamkrom East
H/Nos. EK/1EK/50
Unit 2—Ekwamkrom West
H/Nos. EK/51 EK/102
Unit 3—Jukwa
H/Nos. SC/1-SC/125.
43. Manso
Unit 4—Manso
H/Nos.
AM/1-AM/205.
2. Mangoase
Mangoase, Osamkrom Brofoyedur,
Abonyi, Nsuaem, Nyarkuadzi.
44. Mangoase
Unit 1—Mangoase
Unit 2—Osamkrom
Unit 3—Brofeyedur
H/Nos. B/1-B/111.
Unit 4—Abonyi
Unit 5—Nsuaem
Unit 6—Nyarkuadzi.
ASEBU/POMADZE 1. Asebu/Pomadze
Asebu, Pomadze
45. Asebu
Unit 1—Asebu, Ansaful
Unit 2—Pomadze, Mpota
2. Ayensuadze
Ayensuadze, Oguakrom, Awomberew.
46. Ayensuadze
Unit 1—Ayensuadze
Unit 2—Ogyakrom, Abansa
Unit 3—Awomberew
Awomberew, Kwaakor, Benda,
Kokwando, Asempaneye, Donkorkwaa.
ANKAMU 1. Ankamu
Ankamu North, Ankamu South,
Ajumako. 47. Ankamu
Unit 1—Ankamu North
Unit 2—Ankamu South
Unit 3—Ajumako, Simbrafo
2. Mankoadze
Mankoadze North, Man- koadze
South, Abrekum, Mprumem, Otsew
Jukwa Onyadze.
48. Mankoadze
Unit 1—Mankoadze North
H/Nos. MK.-MK.80.
Unit 2—Mankoadze South
H/Nos. MK.81-MK/150
Unit 3—Abrekum.
49. Jukwa Mprumen
Unit 4—Mprumen
Unit 5—Otsew Jukwa
Unit 6—Onyadze
Onyadze, Bewadzi, Amenfi
GOMOA DOMINASE 1. Gomoa
Dominase
Lower Dominase, Upper Dominase,
Dominase Junction, Dabayin.
50. Gomoa Dominase
Unit 1—Lower Dominase
H/Nos. DM.1-DM.64
Unit 2—Lower Dominase
H/Nos. 65-164
Unit 3—Dominase Junction Dominase
Junction Alavanyo, Nyamebekyere.
Unit 4—Dabayin
2. Gomoa Potsin
Upper Potsin, Lower Potsin,
Okyereko.
Unit 1—Upper Potsin
H/Nos. PT. 1-61
Unit 2—Lower Potsin
62-115.
Unit 3—Okyereko
Okyereko, Papaye
Village.
3. Gomoa Buduatta
Buduatta, Amoanda
51. Gomoa Buduatta
Unit 1—Buduatta
Unit 2—Amoanda.
GOMOA ODUMASI 4. Gomoa Odumasi
Odumasi, Esiwkwa, Eduafokwa.
Unit 1—Obuasi
Odumasi, Odambu Junction Kwesi
Dunkwa, Nyansakyere
Unit 2—Esiwkwa
Esiwkwa, Kwanfokwa, Amdokwa, Kwame
Sesa, Kofi Ahorkwa, Bokor.
5. Panfokrom
Panfokrom,Techiman, Mampong,
Adzintem. 52.
Panfokrom
Unit 1—Panfokrom
H/Nos. P.K. 1-P.K. 79
Unit 2—Techiman
Unit 3—Mampong
Unit4—Adzintem.
GOMOA OJOBI 1. Ojobi
Ojobi North, Ojobi South, Kweikrom.
53. Ojobi-Ekotsi
Unit 1—Ojobi North
H/Nos. OJ.1-80
Unit 2—Ojobi South
H/Nos. 81-178.
Unit 3—Kweikrom
2. Ekotsi
Unit 1—Ekotsi
Ekotsi, Bankyesse,
Akraman.
3 . Fetteh
Upper Fetteh, Budu-buram
54. Fetteh
Unit 1—Upper Fetteh
H/Nos. GF.1-249
Unit 2—Buduburam
Buduburam, Ekwamkrom, Fetteh
Kakraba, Fawoma-nye, Abura
Nkwantanan, Toansah, Anapasu,
Bonsuaku, Kobina Andoh.
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 their 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 liquid 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 liquid
as are unfit for human consumption
and to supervise and control
manufactures 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 vehicle.
(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 (l) (i-v)
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 for 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 entertainments
to which admission is to be
obtained on payment of moneys 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 provisions
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-privileged 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, fire, 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
ownerships of the Assembly for
farming purposes and to regulate
the systems 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-guard; 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, 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, palmwine, 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: 30th
December, 1988. |
