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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 17th day of March, 1989.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Ga 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 subparagraph (1)
is available, a rubber stamp
bearing the inscription "The Ga
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 Amasaman 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
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
sub-section (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 THE GA DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone
Description of
Electoral Area
ABOKOBI 1. Abokobi
Abokobi, Klokoto, Sesemi Akpoman,
Adenklebi.
1. Abokobi
Unit 1—Abokobi
Unit 2—Klokoto
Klokoto, Mesre Nyame, Kpobiworho.
Unit 3—Sesemi
Sesemi, Dravaga, Ataa Kofi Atta
Charley, Atta Addo, Atta Kwashie,
Obowey.
Unit 4—Akpoman
Akpoman,
Boi, Adjangote
Unit 5—Adenklebi
2. Agbogba
Agbogba, Abladjei, Ashongman,
Freetown, Kwabenya, Atomic, Paa-
pao
2. Agbogba
Unit 1—Agbogba
Unit 1—Agbogba Gemare Farms
Agbemable Farms.
Unit 2—Abladjei
Unit 3—Ashongman
3. Kwabenya
Unit 4—Freetown
Unit 5—Kwabenya
Unit 6—Atomic
Atomic Energy Quarters, Reactor
Station Quarters.
Unit 7—Paapao
Paapao, Haatso
3. Pantang
Pantang, Pantang, Sampeni
4. Pantang
Unit 1—Pantang
Unit 2—Pantang
Pantang Hospital
Staff Qtrs.
Unit 3—Sampeni
Sampeni, Kofi Mathew, Simon Kofi.
4. Oyarifa
Oyarifa Dzraano, Oyarifa Teiman
5. Oyarifa
Unit 1—Oyarifa Dzraano
Oyarifa Dzraano, Oyarifa
Estates.
Unit 2—Oyarifa
Oyarifa Mantseagbonaa
Unit 3—Teiman
Teiman, Kponkpo Vida Farms, Abeona.
5. Danfa
Danfa, Kweiman, Adote- man Otinibi,
Ayi- Mensah. 6.
Danfa
Unit 1—Danfa
Danfa, Danfa Dairy Farms
Unit 2—Kweiman
Unit 3—Adoteman
Unit 4—Otinibi
Unit 5—Ayi-Mensah
AMASAMAN 1. Amasaman
Amasaman, Abenyase, Amasaman
Central, Ayigbe Town, Zongo,
Babanabo. 7.
Amasaman
Unit 1—Amasaman
Bannerman, Railway Quarters
Unit 2—Abenyase
Abenyase, Fisien
Unit 3—Amasaman Central
Amasaman Central, Local Council
Office.
Unit 4—Ayigbe Town
Unit 5—Zongo
Zongo No. 1 & 2
Unit 6—Babanabo
Babanabo, Ghana Legion Farms
Quarter.
2. Sarpeiman
Sarpeiman,Opa,
Abotsiman Kutunse, Pobi Asawa, New
Town. 8. Kutunse
Unit 1—Sarpeiman
Unit 2—Opa
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Botchwekrom.
Unit 3—Abotsiman
Abotsiman, Tsikorpe, Kotokakorpe
Kpobikorpe.
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Unit 5—New Town
Duabeng, New Town, Pamploshie,
Azikorpe, Adekorpe, Hedrokor,
Havorkorpe.
AYIKAI DOBLO 1. Manhean
Obeyeyie, Manhean, Manhean-Jornaa,
Afuaman, Nsakina.
9. Manhean
Unit 1—Obeyeyie
Kwablavikorpe, Obeyeyie,
Ametepekorpe.
Unit 2—Manhean
Unit 3—Manhean-Jornaa
Unit 4—Afuaman
Afuaman, Korpedeka
Unit 5—Nsakinaa
Nsakinaa, Odumase, Oduman,
Oshiuman.
2. Ayikai-Doblo
Ayikai-Doblo, Zongo,
Oware. 10.
Ayikai-Doblo
Unit 1—Ayikai-Doblo
Ayikai-Doblo, Abijan Jornaa Omanu.
Unit 2—Zongo
Zongo, Bethlehem,
Bokum
Unit 3—Oware
Oware, Bonsam Farms,
Hobinya, Mawulem
Ayaa, Danyametor, Kwamekorpe,
Amewugakorpe.
3. Onyansanaa
Oduntia, Hunuvikorpe, Kojo Ashong,
Onyan-sanaa. 11.
Onyansanaa
Unit 1—Oduntia
Unit 2—Hunuvikorpe
Hunuvikorpe, Yakubikorpe
Sarmbe yorkorpe, Azikorpe
Mammakorpe.
Unit 3—Kojo Ashong
Kojo Ashong, Awuleman,
Ayeeteyman, Ebenezer Cottage,
Sodiakrowaa
Unit 4—Onyansanaa
Onyansanaa, Mensahman, Donkorman,
Papakramoman
4. Kwashikumaman
Ardeman, Dome, Kwa-shikumaman,
Doblo Gonno Achiaman. 12.
Ardeman
Unit 1—Ardeman
Ardeman, Ahasowodie
Adjeiman.
Unit 2—Dome
Dome, Agblodo
13. Kwashikumaman
Unit 3—Kwashikumaman
14. Kwashikumaman
Unit 4—Doblo Gonno
Doblo Gonno, Ntafaafa, Adamakorpe.
Unit 5—Achiaman
Achiaman, Hetrokorpe, Jetrikorpe.
5. Akramaman
Akramaman, Mayikpor, Yahoman,
Okushiebiade Otuaplem.
15. Akramaman
Unit 1—Akramaman
Akramaman, Atokpe, Ayigbe
Unit 2—Mayikpor
Akaatsivikorpe, Mayikpor,
Unit 3—Yahoman
Unit 4—Okushiebiade
Okushiebiade, Agblesisikorpe,
Awukukorpe, Sogohukorpe,
Kurwornukorpe, Nsu Nyame Ye Villa
Unit 5—Otuaplem
Otuaplem, Sukulu, Christian
Service Farm Quarters.
KOTOKU 1. Kotoku I
Nii Tsuruman, Ehu-Korpe, Nii
Amoaman, Tetteh Akrowa.
16. Kotoku
Unit 1—Nii Tsuruman
Unit 2—Ehu-Korpe
Ehu-Korpe, Zongo,
Parks and Gardens Quarters.
Unit 3—Nii Amoaman
Nii Amoaman, Obotan
Unit 4—Tetteh Akrowa
Tornagbe-Korpe, Akotoshie No. 1 &
2, Anthonykorpe, Egakorpe, Tetteh
Akrowa.
2. Kotoku II
Nii Kwarteyman, Nii Abamman.
3. Medie
Medie 17. Kwarteyman
Unit 1—Nii Kwarteyman
Unit 2—Nii Abamman
18. Medie
Unit 1—Medie
Medie, Akutuase,
Hebron
POKUASE 1. Pokuase
Afuman, Abensu, Jaano, Djanman.
19. Pokuase
Unit 1—Afuman
Unit 2—Abensu
Abensu, Agric. Staff
Quarters, Aborborkoji
Unit 3—Jaano
Pokuase
Market Area,
Amanfro Ayawaso.
Unit 4—Djanman
Djanman Zongo No. 1, Pokuase East,
Ayala.
OFANKOR 2. Ofankor
Ofankor, Asofa, Ama-moley
20. Ofankor
Unit 1—Ofankor
Unit 2—Asofa
Asofa, Asofa Social Security
Estates
Unit 3—Amamoley
Amamoley, Omanjor, Blue-Blue.
MAYERA 1. Mayera
Osofoman, Mayera, Adusa, Osrodope.
21. Mayera
Unit 1—Osofoman
Osofoman, Faase, Owulaman-Agbodji.
Unit 2—Mayera
Mayera, Okaiman, Okuleman.
Unit 3—Adusa
Adusa, Dunyo, Kokroko
Unit 4—Osrodope
2. Bodumase
Bodumase Katapaw, Dedeiman.
22. Bodumase
Unit 1—Bodumase
Unit 2—Katapaw
Unit 3—Dedeiman
3. Gonno
Otsirikomfo, Mpehua-sem, Odumase,
Atao-mina. 23.
Gonno
Unit 1—Otsirikomfo
Otsirikomfo,
Donkorman
Unit 2—Mpehuasem
Unit 3—Odumase
Unit 4—Ataomina
Ataomina, Gonse,
Fitigonse.
4. Samsam
Samsam, Samsam Caanan, Korleman,
Mantsi. 24. Samsam
Unit 1—Samsam
Unit 2—Samsam Caanan
Unit 3—Korleman
Unit 4—Mantsi
OBOM 1. Nsuobri
Nsuobri,Obosomase, Akuteaku,
Akweteman, Asuom, Nankanso- Asuom,
Panfo, Asha-moah, Obellakua, Jei
Krodua. 25.
Nsuobri
Unit l—Nsuobri
Nsuobri, Nmapehia,
Ashweniagmor, Kwarabi.
Unit 2—Obosomase
Obosomase, Abentensu, Adiemra.
Unit 3—Akuteaku
Akuteaku, Otaten
26. Akweiman
Unit 4—Akweteman
Akweiman, Ashale-Anang, Otukwa.
Unit 5—Asuom
Unit 6—Nankanso-Asuom
Nankanso-Asuom, Okrer,
Prampram Village, Kyekyewere.
27. Panfo
Unit 7—Panfo
Unit 8—Ashamoah
Ashamoah, Beebianiha Fawutriso.
Unit 9—Obellakua
Obellakua, Fajator, Akwamkrom.
Unit 10—Jei Krodua
2. Obom
Kojoman, Obo-Kwashie,
Oboaben, Oduman- Asuaba.
3. Dome Faase
Kofikwei, Odumplala, Dome Faase,
Paanor 28. Obom
Unit 1—Kojoman
Kojoman, Agyiri,
Okaijaman
Unit 2—Obo-Kwashie
Obo-Kwashie, Kofi Donkor,
Obom-Agbazo.
Unit 3—Oboaben
Oboaben, Onibie
Unit 4—Oduman-Asuaba
Oduman-Asuaba, Kwablafio,
Kodjoton Nos. 1 & 2, Betiese,
Oseku, Kofi Donkor, Mankoase,
Abloda, Atswakan.
29. Kofikwei
Unit 1—Kofikwei
Kofikwei, Sakra-Ayidon,
Bofokura, Tribo.
Unit 2—Odumplala
Odumplala, Okulu, Konkomah,
Gortekope, Sabaaman, Manmomo.
DOMIABRA 1. Machigani
Machigani, Galilea, Torkuse.
Domiabra
Domiabra, Afadi, Danchira
Balagonor, Amooman, Fante- Mayera,
Okoman. 30. Dome Faase
Unit 3—Dome Faase
Dome Faase, Kwalabi
Unit 4—Paano
31. Machigani
Unit l—Machigani
Machigani, New Machigani,
Adakope.
Unit 2—Galilea
Galilea, Omankope
Unit 3—Torkuse
Torkuse, Ngleshie, Amanfrom,
Kpormatey.
32. Gbermomo
Unit 4—Domiabra
Unit 5—Afadi
Afadi, Amuzukope
Unit 6—Danchira
Danchira, Adakope-Danchira,
Ayim Mangoase.
Unit 7—Balagonor
Balagonor, Horkope, Alavanyo,
Benkope.
Unit 8—Amooman
Unit 9—Fante-Mayera
Fante-Mayera, Apagrikope, Obengman,
Dagbledu, Hata korle.
Unit 10—Okoman
2. Ashalaja
Ashalaja, Kwame Anum, Obakrowa,
Krokohwe. 33. Ashalaja
Unit 1—Ashalaja
Unit 2—Kwame Anum
Kwame Anum, Agamabli
Atta Kwashie Village,
F.P.C. and Regional Development
Corporation Quarters.
Unit 3—Obakrowa
Unit 4—Krokohwe
3. Hobor
Hobor, Asabade 34.
Hobor
Unit 1—Hobor
Hobor, Adiembra
Unit 2—Asabade
Asabade, Agunor, Tsavade, Teikunor.
ACHIMOTA 1. New Achimota
North Ngoo-Bu,
South
Adam, Kpaakpo, Tror- Bu.
35. Tror-Bu
Unit 1—North Ngoo-Bu
North Ngoo-Bu Block
Unit 2—South Adam
South Adam Block
Unit 3—Kpaakpo
Kpaakpo Block
Unit 4—Tror-Bu
Tror-Bu Block
2. Adam
Petroleum, Housing Estate North,
Housing Estate South, Quary.
Unit 1—Petroleum
Petroleum Quarters
Unit 2—Estate Houses
With H/Nos. Ant/D.
Unit 3—Housing Estate South
Estate Houses North, off main
Estate trunk road.
Unit 4—Quary
Houses between New Achimota valley
and Quary hill.
3. Mile 7
Trinity, Trinity West, St. Johns’,
Hill Top
Unit 1—All houses with
numbers between
ANT/A.105.
Unit 2—Trinity West
All houses with
number between ANT A.106 and
ANT/A.250.
Unit 3—St. Johns’
All houses with AC., ANT/C
numbers, St John’s Grammar School.
Unit 4—Hill Top
Food Distribution Corporation
Flats, Mogya Bi Ye Dom Quarters,
Meat Marketing Board Quarters,
Muus Ltd.
4. Dome
Dome, Oko, C. F.C., Akakpo.
36. Dome
Unit 1—Dome
Dome
Unit 2—Oko
Oko
Unit 3—C.F.C.
C.F.C. Quarters, Reindorf
Bungalows, C. M.B. Quarters.
Unit 4—Akakpo
Akakpo, Akume
5. Taifa
Taifa East, Taifa North,
Taifa Central, Taifa West, Taifa
South.
Unit 1—Taifa East
Nyame Bekyere Road (1st Road
H/Nos. TA/VA/N.
158, TA/VA/N. 312, TA/-VA/N.328.
All houses on Nyame Bekyere Road.
Unit 2—Taifa North
Nyame Bekyere Road
H/Nos. TA/VA/N. 138, TA/VA/N. 1,
TA/VA/N.171, TA/VA/N.10, TA/VA/N.
185, TA/VA/N. 155
Unit 3—Taifa Central
Kristo Asafo Road H/Nos. TA/VA/N.
143, TA/VA/N. 1, TA/VA/N.3.
Unit 4—Taifa West
Kristo Asafo Road, H/Nos. TA/VA/N.
188, TA/VA/N.206
Nana Mensah Road, Taifa Market,
Nana Mensah’s House, Kristo Asafo
Street.
Unit 5—Taifa South
H/Nos. TA/B. 60, TA/B.59, TA/B.4,
TA/B. 1, Nana Mensah Street H/Nos.
A43/3, TA/A/N.136.
MADINA 1. Tatanaa
Tatanaa, St. Andrews Old Man, Nim
Tree. 37.
Tatanaa
Unit 1—Tatanaa
Main Rd: H/Nos.
A/Mdn. 90-852
Unit 2—St. Andrews
Main Rd: A/23-47
Unit 3—Old Man
Main Rd: A 50-68
Unit 4—Nim Tree
Main Rd: A/69-88
2. Old Cinema
Cinema, Monkey, Colemann
Glory, S.D.A., Post Office, Tzosi,
Agbo.
Unit 1—Cinema
H/Nos. A/Mdn. 20-53
Unit 2—Monkey
H/Nos. D/16-73
Unit 3—Colemann
H/Nos. D/74-91
Unit 4—Glory
H/Nos. D/100-131
Unit 5—S.D.A.
H/Nos. D/121-146
Unit 6—Post Office
Main Rd: H/Nos. D/Mdn.
25A69
Unit 7—Tzosi
New Rd. H/Nos.
D.407-512
Unit 8—Agbo
New Rd: H/Nos D/536-687
3. Tettey Odoi
Kotwikrom, Labone, Aglow
Unit 1—Kotwikrom
New Rd: H/Nos. A/Mdn. 1076 -1124
Unit 2—Labone
Labone Rd: H/Nos. A/Mdn. 1003-103
Unit 3—Aglow
H/Nos. A/Mdn.
1007-1027
4. Onankanaa
Mangoase Last Junction
Chief, Circle, School,
Sikafoamantem.
5. Nkwantanang
Nkwantanang, Atiman, Akrowa.
Unit 1—Mangoase
Labone Lane
H/Nos. A/847-1047.
Unit 2—Last Junction
Labone Road H/Nos. A.1049-106.
Unit 3—Chief
H/Nos. A/Mdn.129-141
Unit 4—Circle
H/Nos. A/Mdn.107-127
Unit 5—School
Welfare Road, H/Nos. A/Mdn.25/159.
Unit 6—Sikafoamantem
New Road H/Nos. MA/1.
11-157.
38. Nkwantanang
Unit 1—Nkwantanang
Dodowa Road, H/Nos.
H.1/-25/1.
Unit 2—Atiman
Dodowa Road, H/Nos.
AT.1/1-124/1.
Unit 3—Akrowa
Akrowa
6. Onufu Afaa
Makalanta, Central, Recco, Kobina
Ansah.
Unit 1—Makalanta
Mosque Road H/Nos.
MA.1-232.
Unit 2—Central
Zongo Road AB.1-236
Unit 3—Recco
I.B.M. Road, HC.1-495
Unit 4—Kobina Ansah
Dodowa Road HC. 1-495
7. Cemetery
Welfare, Adzo, Calvary Cemetery,
Old Cemetery.
39. Social Welfare
Unit 1—Welfare
Cemetery Road, H/Nos. E.232-267.
Unit 2—Adzo
Cemetery Road, H/Nos. E.268-348.
Unit 3—Calvary
Cemetery Road, H/Nos. E.349-583.
Unit 4—Cemetery
Cemetery Road, H/Nos.
E.581-696.
Unit 5—Old Cemetery
Cemetery Road, H/Nos.
E.697-847.
8. Old Town
Commodore, Taatso, Larbi Bu, Maye
Hot, Islamic, Cemetery.
Unit 1—Commodore
Main Road, H/Nos. B. 1-75
Unit 2—Taats
Main Road, H/Nos. A.1-141
Unit 3—Larbi Bu
Ritz Hotel Aburi H/Nos. B. 123 -
149.
Unit 4—Maye Hot
Maye Hot Road, H/Nos.
B. 1-75
Unit 5—Islamic
Islamic Road, H/Nos. C.169-322
Unit 6—Cemetery
Cemetery (Old) Road H/Nos.
C.89-160.
WEIJA 1. Malam
Malam, MacCarthy Hill, Kokroko,
Awoshie. 40.
Malam-Gbawe
Unit 1—Malam
Malam, Malam Zongo, Malam Atom.
Unit 2—McCarthy Hill
McCarthy Hill, Rehabilitation
Camp.
Unit 3—Kokroko
Kokroko, Lafa, Henifia
Sakumono.
Unit 4—Awoshie
Awoshie, Adakope, Chabam Baah's
Village.
Gbawe
Gbawe, Ablekuman, Anyai Olobu.
Unit 1—Gbawe
Unit 2—Ablekuman
Unit 3—Anyai
Unit 4—Olobu
3. Oblogo
Oblogo, Inst. of Tech.,
Supervision, Mendskrom, Tettegu,
New Tettegu 41.
Weija
Unit l—Oblogo
Unit 2—Inst. of Tech. Supervision
Inst. of Tech.
Supervision Quarters, Panbros
Area.
Unit 3—Mendskrom
Unit 4—Tettegu
Unit 5—New Tettegu
New Tettegu, Adakope, Agbome.
4. Weija
Weija New Joma, Janman
Unit 1—Weija
Weija Gonno, Police Quarters,
Weija Zongo.
Unit 2—New Jom
Workers Quarters, New
Joma
Unit 3—Janman
5. Bortianor
Bortianor, Tsokome, Faajiemohe,
Wiaboman, Wiejoshishi, Ayigbetown,
Aplaku 42.
Bortianor
Unit 1—Bortianor
Bortianor, Bortianor Gonno
Unit 2—Tsokome
Unit 3—Faajiemohe, Kle, Kle Gonnor
Unit 4—Wiaboma
Wiaboman, Shiayeman
Unit 5—Wiejoshishi
Wiejoshishi, Ohetse
Unit 6—Ayigbetown
Unit 7—Aplaku
Aplaku, Aplaku West, Monitoring
Street.
6. Gedantuba
Gedantuba, Kokrobitey Oshiyie.
Kokrobitey
Unit 1—Gedantuba
Unit 2—Kokrobitey
Unit 3—Oshiyie
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 through out 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 food stuffs 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 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 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 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 promises 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 of (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 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 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, 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 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. To 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 or 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
outbreak 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 Responsible for
Local Government
Date of Gazette Notification: 29th
December 1989
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