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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Provisional
National Defence Council Secretary
responsible for the Local
Government by section 2 of 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 Kwabre 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 organized 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
Kwabre 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 Mamponteng
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
sub-section (2) of section 16 of
the Local Government Law, 1988 (P.N.C.D.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 KWABRE DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
KWABRE No.1.
SOUTH 1. Antoa North
Nsuase, Bronum, Krobo/
Adasina 1. Antoa North
Unit 1 — Nsuase
Unit 2 — Bronum
Unit 3 — Krobo/Adasina
2. Antoa South
Abenadwase, Kokwado 2. Antoa
South
Unit 1 — Abenadwase
Unit 2 — Kokwado
3. Tano-Adwumam
Tano Adwumam, Manhyia,
Bosore 3. Tano-Adwumam
Unit 1 — Tano-Adwumam
Unit 2 — Manhyia
Unit 3 — Bosore
4. Abirem
Abirem-Old Town-Jamase.
New Town, Wamase 4.
Abirem
Unit 1 — Abirem Old Town-Jamase
Unit 2 — New Town
New Town,
Brofoyedru
Unit 3 — Wamase
5. Kenyasi
Osomanya Gyidimu, Pete-
nyinase, Bronikrom
5. Kenyasi
Unit 1 — Osomanya
Unit 2 — Gyidimu
Unit 3 — Petenyinase
Unit 4 — Bronikrom.
6. Abira East
Monsie, Akwamu, Adense 6. Abira
Unit 1 — Monsie
Unit 2 — Akwamu
Unit 3 — Adense
7. Abira West
Nwonase, Baakyi
Unit 1 — Nwonase
Unit 2 — Boakyi.
KODIE 1. Kodie West
Kodie West, Mowire,
Apagya, Akrofuom 7. Kodie West
Unit 1 — Kodie West Area
Unit 2 — Mowire
Unit 3 — Apagya
Unit 4 — Akrofuom
2. Kodie East
Kodie East, Zongo,
Akrowa 8. Kodie East
Unit 1 — Kodie East Area
Unit 2 — Zongo Area
Unit 3 — Akrowa
3. Aduman
Dadiase, Ahenbronum,
New Town, Aduamoa. 9.
Aduman
Unit 1 —Dadiase Area
Unit 2 — Ahenbronum
Unit 3 — New Town
New Town Area,
Aduman Sec
School
Unit 4 — Aduamoa.
NKABEN 1. Nkukua-Buoho
Pinanko, Krotia, Nhyiaso,
Sasa, Seyiamo, Bomso. 10.
Nkukua-Buoho
Unit 1 — Pinanko
Pinanko Pentrensa,
Foase
Unit 2 — Krotia
Krotia, Bofonase,
Abrepo
Unit 3 — Nhyiaso
Kokoado, Asaase,
Nhyiaso,
Gyaase
Unit 4 — Sasa
Unit 5 — Seyiamo
Unit 6 — Bomso.
2. Afrancho
Afrancho, Krobo Hemang,
Ntri-Buoho, Bronkong 11.
Afrancho
Unit 1 — Afrancho
Unit 2 — Krobo
Unit 3 — Hemang
Unit 4 — Ntri-Buoho
Unit 5 — Bronkong.
3. Brofoyedru
Brofoyedru, Ampabame,
Atrama, Agyako-Buoho 12.
Brofoyedru
Unit 1 — Brofoyedru
Unit 2 — Ampabame
Unit 3 — Atrama
Unit 4 — Agyako-Buoho.
DUMAKASA-KESE 1. Aboabogya
Aboabogya West, Aboa-
bokya East 13. Aboabogya
Unit 1 — Aboabogya West Tanoso
Agona
Unit 2 — Aboabogya East
Krotia, Abaase,
Deduakyi,
Bofunase Akenkase.
2. Wawase
Kohyia, Adiembra, Swedru 14.
Wawase
Unit 1 — Kohyia
Kohyia, Tokrom,
Ahodwo,
Villages, Chief
Akuraa,
Atakora Akuraa,
Akua
Bonnekrom.
Unit 2 — Adiembra
Adiembra Street,
Zongo,
Wadeikrom,
Kojoboakrom,
Kakam Villages.
Unit 3 — Swedru.
3. Adwumakasekese
Bonkaso, Subrentamu,
Ahyiayem, Ahenbobono
Bomfa 15. Adumakase Kese
Unit 1 — Bonkaso
H/No. A.1 — A.55.
Unit 2 — Subrentamu
H/Nos. G.1—47.
Unit 3 — Ahiayem
H/Nos. C.1 — C.39.
Unit 4 — Ahenboboano Street
H/Nos. D.1—D.38.
Unit 5 — Bomfa
Bomfa, Ebom.
KWABRE No.1
NORTH 1. Asonomaso East
Kokwado, Supomu 16. Asonomaso
East
Unit 1 — Kodwado
Unit 2 — Supomu.
2. Asonamaso West
Asamang, Esenase 17. Asonomaso
West
Unit 1 — Asamang
Unit 2 — Esenase
3. Amanyinase
Community 1,
Community 2. 18.
Amanyinase
Unit 1 — Community 1
Unit 2 — Community 2.
4. Amanfrom
Community 3,
Community 4. 19.
Amanfrom
Unit 1 — Community 3
Unit 2 — Community 4.
5. Sarfo
Tanoso Supmu Bentenase 20. Sarfo
Unit 1 — Tanoso
Unit 2 —Supmu
Unit 3 — Betenase.
6. Kassam Afifi
Ahenbronum, Boadukrom 21.
Kasaam
Unit 1 — Ahenbronum
Unit 2 — Boadukrom
Boadukrom, Zongo.
7. Abebesua
Hemanho, Bungalow
Unit 1 — Hemanho
Unit 2 — Bungalow
ADUMAKASE 1. Wadie
Adwumakase
Krotia, Dwumabamu,
Takubease, Tanoso. 22. Wadie
Adwumakase
Unit 1 — Krotia
Unit 2 — Dwumabamu
Dwumabamu, Akitibomo
Unit 3 — Takuboase, Saamang
Unit 4 — Tanoso
Tanoso, Zongo.
2. Sakrawonoo
Pramaso, Ntomu, Krotia,
Kobriso, Ahodwo. 23.
Sakrawonoo
Unit 1 — Pramaso
Unit 2 — Ntomu
Unit 3 — Krotia
Unit 4 — Kobriso
Unit 5 — Ahodwo.
3. Dwumanafo
Nsuoase, Etia 24.
Dumanafo
Unit 1— Nsuoase
Unit 2 — Etia.
4. Baamang
Anumnumase, Petenyinase,
Amape 25. Baamang
Unit 1 — Anumnumase
Unit 2 — Petenyinase
Unit 3 — Amape.
ATONSO 1. Atoase
Amangoase, Ayinasu,
Atoase. 26. Atoase
Unit 1 — Amangoase
Amangoase Street:
H/Nos. AT. 75-AT.
125
Unit 2 —Ayinasu
H/Nos. AN. 1-AN.35,
Tewobabi
Unit 3 — Atoase
H/Nos. AT. 1-At. 74,
Old Court
Quarters.
2. Ehinase
Ameyaw, Mission, Ehinase,
Asikafoamantem. 27. Ehinase
Unit 1 — Ameyaw
Ameyaw Street:
H/Nos. EH.30-EH.45
Unit 2 — Mission
H/Nos. M.1-M.35
Unit 3 — Ehinase
H/Nos. EH.46-EH 175
Unit 4 — Asikafoamantem
H/Nos. EXT. 1-12.
3. Zongo
Zongo East, Zongo West 28.
Zongo
Unit 1 — Zongo East
H/Nos. NZ. 1-NZ.101
Unit 2 — Zongo West
H/Nos. NZ.101-NZ.
215.
4. New Asoromaso
Ahenbronum, Blocksmu,
Zongo. 29. New
Asoromaso
Unit 1 — Ahenbronum
Ahenbronum Street
H/Nos.NA.1-NA.65
Unit 2 — Blocksmu
Blocksmu Street
H/Nos.NA.66-NA.111
Unit 3 — Zongo
H/Nos. Z.1-Z.27.
AMOA PANKO 1. Ankaase West
Adanyameso, Akom,
Nantan. 30. Ankaase
Unit 1 — Adanyameso Area
Unit 2 — Akom Area
Unit 3 — Nantan.
2. Ankaase East
Emmonsan, Bamhase,
Zongo, Daboa, Mpobi 31.
Ankaase East
Unit 1 — Emmonsan
Unit 2 — Bamhase
Unit 3 — Zongo
Unit 4 — Daboa
Unit 5 — Mpobi.
3. Hemang
Hemang North, Hemang
South, Ejuratia West, Ejuratia
East, Mami. 32. Hemang
Unit 1 — Hemang North
Unit 2 — Hemang South
Unit 3 — Ejuratia West
Unit 4 — Ejuratia East
Unit 5 — Mami.
AHWIAA 1. Eboum
Eboum, Asona-Sunuro-
ase, Denteso. 33. Eboum
Unit 1 — Eboum
H/Nos. AG.6-8, 50,
64, 64A
Unit 2 — Asona Sunuroase, Denteso
H/Nos. AH.5-3, 61,
43,52,5.
2. Anyinamu
Anyinamu Ntaam 34. Anyinamu
Unit 1 — Anyinamu
H/Nos. AH.62.34.6B,1.
Unit 2 — Ntaam
H/Nos. NT.1.27.
18A.4.
3. Zongo
Anyiman Zongo, Medoma
Zongo. 35. Zongo
Unit 1 — Anyiman Zongo
H/Nos. ANZ.13. 8.
MZ.51,
ME.15.
Unit 2 — Medoma Zongo
Nos. ANZ.7. M.N15,
31,
MZ.87 including
Poultry
Farm settlements
and St.
Peter's Catholic
Church.
Unit 3 — Medoma
H/Nos. MD. 1-MD.
20.
MAMPONTENG 1. Fawoade
Yasore, New Town,
Asenua, Bampenase
Asamaya. 36. Fawoade
Unit 1 — Yasore
Yasore Street:
H/Nos. F.1-F.45
Unit 2 — New Town
H/Nos.F.46-F.58, Simms.
Quarters.
Unit 3 — Asenua
H/Nos. AS.1-AS.37
Unit 4 — Bampenase
H/Nos. B.1-B.46.
Low
Cost
Estates. H/Nos.
Q.1-Q.10.
Unit 5 — Asamaya.
2. Mamponteng
Achiase, Abensenase,
Bronom, Zongo. 37.
Mamponteng
Unit 1 — Achiase
H/Nos. AC.1-AC.16
Ebouso Street:
H/Nos. EB.1-EB.37
Unit 2 — Abensenase
Abensenase Street:
H/Nos. M.85-M.114.
Krotia:
H/Nos. M.115-M.158
Unit 3 — Bronom
H/Nos. M.1-M.44
Brodede:
M.45-M.84
Unit 4 — Zongo
M.Z.1-MZ.48.
3. Kubease
Kubease, Ahenbronom 38.
Kubease
Unit 1 — Kubease
H/Nos. A.1-4,
22-35, 54-61
81-85,87,88,
107-109.
Unit 2 — Ahenbronom
Ahenbronom Street:
H/Nos. A.5-10,
22-27, 36-40
51-53, 62-64,
78-80, 89-91,
105.
4. Zongo
Zongo (A), Zongo (B),
Gyamfi-Wonoo. 39. Zongo
Unit 1 — Zongo (A)
H/Nos. AS.1-AZ.47
Unit 2 — Zongo (B)
H/Nos. ABZ.1-ABZ.64
Unit 3 — Gyamfi-Womoo
H/Nos.W.1-W.45.
5. Akotosu
Akotosu, Odumasi, 'B'
Line. 40. Akotosu
Unit 1 — Akotosu
Akotosu Street:
H/Nos. A.11-21,
41-46, 69-73,
96-98.
Unit 2 — Odumasi
H/Nos.
A.47-50,65-68, 74-77,
A.92-95, 101-118,
129.
Unit 3 — 'B' Line
H/Nos. B.1-B.38.
KWABRE-
MANHYIA 1. Atimatim
Tabuo, Patase, Atimatim,
Besease. 41. Atimatim
Unit 1 — Tubuo
Unit 2 — Patase
Unit 3 — Atimatim
Unit 4 — Besease.
2. Maase
Maase, Adubinsu-Bese-
ase, Edwinase, Adubin-
su-Bretuo Edubinsubiaa. 42.
Maase
Unit 1 — Maase
Maase Town, Essen,
Akosua
Unit 2 — Edubinsu-Besease
Unit 3 — Edwinase
Unit 4 — Edubinsu-Bretuo
Edubinsu-Bretuo,
Edubinso-
Kese.
Unit 5 — Edubinsubiaa.
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 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 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 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 on a site for any
building or for any class of
buildings.
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, (i-v) (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 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 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 materials.
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 product thereof.
71. Compile and maintain a record
of all tenant farmers and the
rents and tributes 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 service 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: 31st
March, 1989. |
