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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.C.D.L.
207), and with the prior approval
of the Council, this Instrument is
made this 23rd day of November,
1988.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Nzima East District Assembly
(hereinafter referred to as the
"Assembly") for the 'area
specified in the First Schedule to
this Assembly Instrument.
Section 2—Membership of Assembly,
etc.
(1) The Assembly shall consist of
not more than seventy-three
persons which shall be made up of—
(a) the District Secretary;
(b) forty-eight persons
representing the electoral areas
who shall be elected directly by
the electorate in accordance with
regulations made in that behalf by
the National Commission for
Democracy; and
(c) not more than twenty-four
persons comprising the traditional
authorities or their
representatives and other persons
ordinarily resident in the
District, who shall be appointed
by the Council in consultation
with the traditional authorities
and organised productive economic
groupings in the District.
(2) For the purpose of election to
the Assembly, the area of
authority of the Assembly shall be
divided into the electoral areas
specified in the First Schedule to
this Instrument.
Section 3—Functions of Assembly.
(1) The Assembly shall perform all
the functions conferred on
District Assemblies by the Local
Government Law, 1988 (P.N.D.C.L.
207).
(2) Without prejudice to
sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph, the Assembly shall
perform the functions set out in
the Second Schedule to this
Instrument.
Section 4—Common Seal.
(1) The Assembly shall have a
Common Seal which shall be such as
the Secretary may approve by
notice in the Gazette.
(2) Until such time as the Common
Seal approved in sub-paragraph (1)
is available, a rubber stamp
bearing the inscription "The Nzima
East 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 Axim 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.
Section 9—Revocation.
The Local Government (Nzima
District Council) (Establishment)
Instrument, 1974 (L.I 891) is
hereby revoked.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
LIST OF SETTLEMENT IN THE AREA OF
AUTHORITY OF THE NZIMA EAST
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
KIKAM 1. Awuma
Alajia, Afili Kegyina 1. Kikam
Unit 1—Alajia
Alajia, Kikam
Unit 2—Afili Kegyina, Kikam
2. Aze
Adjei Molo, Asemko Unit 1—Adjei
Molo
Adjei Molo Kikam
Unit 2—Asemko
Asemko, Kikam Technical
Institute.
3. Asanta
Asanta East, Asanta West, Sawoma,
Sawoma Zongo. 2. Asanta
Unit 1—Asanta East
Unit 2—Asanta West
3. Asanta Kotokoro
Unit 3—Sawoma
Sawoma, Ewomenle
Unit 4—Sawoma Zongo
Sawoma Zongo, Nanoa Azuleti.
4. Kotokoro
Kotokoro North, Kotokoro South.
Unit 1—Kotokoro North
Unit 2—Kotokoro South
Kotokoro South, Bobrama.
ATUABO 1. Atuabo
Siedu Mowazo, Asem-Ndasuazo. 4.
Atuabo
Unit 1—Siedu
Unit 2—Mowazo
Mowazo, Auinli
Unit 3—Asem Ndasuazo
2. Ngalekyi
Ngalekyi, Anokyi, Baku, Ngalekpole.
5. Ngalekyi
Unit 1—Ngalekyi
Unit 2—Anokyi
Unit 3—Baku
Unit 4—Ngalekpole
3. Eikwe
Eikwe, Atwea, Krisan, Sanzule,
Akonu. 6. Eikwe
Unit 1—Eikdwe
Unit 2—Atwea
Unit 3—Krisan
7. Sanzule
Unit 4—Sanzule
Sanzule, Awunasuazo
Unit 5—Akonu
Akonu, Awunasuazo, Anyansinli, New
Anyanzinli.
AIYINASE 1. Aiyinase South
Ewiakelenyi, Alosinlinu, Akoto,
Aloakpoke. 8. Aiyinase
Unit 1—Ewiakelenyi
Unit 2—Alosinlinu
Unit 3—Akoto
Unit 4—Aloakpoke
Aloakpoke, Awiaso
2. Aiyinase Central
Senlenuabo, New Town 9.
Aiyinase Central
Unit 1—Senlenuabo
Unit 2—New Town
3. Aiyinase North
Nyamekwoagyinla, Onza-Nyamenleye.
10. Aiyinase North
Unit 1—Nyamekwoagyinla
Unit 2—Onza-Nyamenleye
4. Nyame Bekyere
Nyame Bekyere, Plekpolonu.
11. Nyame Bekyere
Unit 1—Nyame Bekyere
Unit 2—Pelekpolonu
Pelekpolonu, Senda Acka.
5. Menzosor
Menzosor, Kakebenzele 12.
Menzosor
Unit 1—Menzosor
Unit 2—Kakebenzele
Kakebenzele, Agric Village
Quarters Block A-F, Artisan Blocks
1-4, Staff Block 1-6 Bungalow
1-3.
AWIABO 1. Solo (Upper)
Safohene Anoma Ackah, Safohene
Amiah, Ekoyiawie (Bibiani),
Mentuwa. 13. Awiabo-Solo
Unit 1—Safohene Anoma Ackah
Unit 2—Safohene Amiah
Unit 3—Ekoyiawie (Bibiani)
Ekoyiawie (Bibiani) Akosuno
Unit 4—Mentukwa
2. Nyiake (Lower)
Safohene Kabel Kwaw
Safohene Kwafo, Safohene Ngua. 14.
Awiabo Nyiase
Unit 1—Safohene Kabela Kwaw
Safohene Kabela Kwaw, Safohene
Kwabea Kwaw.
Unit 2—Safohene Kwafo
Unit 3—Safohene Ngua.
3. Ebi
Ebi, Kenyamezor, Melanu
Unit 1—Ebi
Unit 2—Kenyamezor
Kenyamezor, Edubula, Belibefo.
Unit 3—Melanu
Melanu, Benzenwlo, Ehiabutu.
4. Basake
Safohene Boyinyili-Kyi, Safohene
Adae, Safohene Kabea Ndanya
Domeabra. 15. Basake
Unit 1—Safohene Boyinyili-Kyi
Unit 2—Safohene Adae
Unit 3—Safohene Kabela Ndanya
Unit 4—Domeabra.
5. A.B. Bokazo
A. B. Bokazo, Alla Bokaza,
Akpandue, Dewakpoley. 16. A.
B. Bokazo
Unit 1—A. B. Bokazo, Arelebo
Unit 2—Alla Bokaza
Unit 3—Akpandue
Unit 4—Dewakpoley.
ASASETERE (EBOWU) 1. Asasetere
(Ebowu)
Ewiade, Atuabo, Nvuma 17.
Asasetere (Ebowu)
Unit 1—Ewiade
Unit 2—Atuabo
Atuabo, Asasetere-Junction.
Unit 3—Nvuma
Nvuma, Nuoama Suazo.
2. Azezemelenu (Asasetere)
Gyansuazo, Senlerabo, Bomuakpoley,
Nvenlesolo. 18.
Nzezemelenu
Unit 1—Gyansuazo
Unit 2—Senlerabo, Senlerabo Zongo
Unit 3—Bomuakpoley
Unit 4—Nvenlesolo
3. Tandan
Ekpoku, Tandan, Akyerekye.
19. Tandan
Unit 1—Ekpoku
Ekpoku, Kwawsuazo, Assuah Kyi
Suazo, Mbra Kakusuazo, Efuate,
Tandan.
Unit 2—Tandan
Unit 3—Akyerekye.
4. Adubrim
Adubrim, Bentenase, Awunasuazo,
Akropong, Nyame Bekyere.
20. Adubrim
Unit 1—Adubrim
Adubrim Alhaji, Suazo, Mpeasem.
Unit 2—Bentenase Awunasuazo
Bentenase, Awunasuazo, Adubrim,
Ayawora, Bentnase, Nyabawe.
Unit 3—Akropong
Akropong, Awolobo
Unit 4—Nyame Bekyere
Nyame Bekyere, Dugan Camp.
NKROFUL 1. ELUNIBO
Nkrumah (Graveside), Edebenlibo.
21. Nkroful-Elunibo
Unit 1—Nkrumah (Gra-veside)
Nyame Bekyere No. 2
Unit 2—Edebenlibo
Edebenlibo, Kornikyi Suazo, Nyame
Bekyere, Agbeyeye, Awuna Kojo
Suazo.
3. Ebanso
Nyaniba Area, Tema 22.
Nkroful Ebanso
Unit 1—Nyaniba Area
Unit 2—Tema
Tema, Low Cost.
3. Teleku Bukazo
School, Toanebo, Elunibo, Anwia.
23. Teleku Bukazo (1-2)
Unit 1—School
School, Ekutuboduaele, Zuazu,
Kunkumso, Dominibo.
Unit 2—Toanebo
Toanebo, Ehumakoro.
Unit 3—Elunibo
Elunibo, Wo-wole, Bualumi,
Ngogolunu.
Unit 4—Anwia.
4. Salman
Salman, Akanko 24. Salman
Unit 1—Salman
Salman, Aluku
Unit 2—Akanko
Akanko, Duale.
ESSIAMA 1. Mozukro
Suati, Kokwado 25. Mozukro
Unit 1—Suati
Unit 2—Kokwado
Kokwado, Erzan-Nzi, Elenvia-Boka.
2. Ahunlunu
Mesama, Ahunlunu Kokwado.
26. Ahunlunu
Unit 1—Mesama
Unit 2—Ahunlunu Kokwado
Ahunlunu, Kokwado, Anwiahorleh.
3. Essiama Kpole
Anzoafunli, Asikafoambantem.
27. Essiama Kpole
Unit 1—Anzoafunli
Unit 2—Asikafoambantem
Asikafoambantem, Old
Mills.
4. Kangbunli
Kangbunli, Ampian, Azuleluanu.
28. Kangbunli
Unit 1—Kangbunli
29. Ampain
Unit 2—Ampain
Unit 3—Azuleluanu.
AXIM 1. Apewosika
Apewosika, Anto Apewosika.
30. Apewosika
Unit 1—Apewosika
H/Nos. C/1-C/29, C/31-C46,
C/54-C102.
Unit 2—Anto Apewosika
H/Nos. C/102A-C/117, C/48-C35.
2. Bolazo
Bolazo South, Bolazo
North. 31. Bolazo
Unit 1—Bolazo South
Ankonam St: B. 131, B/206, B/124,
B125, B/75, B/100, B/119, Armoo
Mensah Rd: B/115, B117, B/118,
B/118A, B/120-B128, Apewosika Rd.
B/110, B/200, B/201, B/246, B/300.
The Drain, B/92, B/96,
B/232-B/246.
Unit 2—Bolazo North
B/100-B/119, B 301-B306, Amoo
Mensah Rd: B90, B/91, B/83, B/84,
B/93, B/94A, B/94, B/99, B/59,
B/72, B/93, B/90, B/141-B/230.
3. Hospital Area
Bokazo, Zongo. 32. Bokazo
Unit 1—Bokazo
Zongo St. B/196, B/197, B/176,
B/184, B/194, B/194A, B/185,
B/187, B/188, B/103 Lenta Ave:
B/168, B/173, B/162A, B/182,
B/174, B/178, B/175, B/152, Main
Tkdi Rd, B/197, B/189, B/191,
B/192, B/190, B/193, Government
Hospital.
Unit 2—Zongo
Zongo St: B/49, B/41, B/50, B/50A,
B/47, B/64A, B/647, Zongo Bolazo
Lane: B/56, B/57, B/61, B/139,
B42-B/47, B/55, B/64-B/67, Govt.
Hospital Quarters.
4. Botokule
Otopae, Bokakokule, Fiti Kolunu,
Sukpom. 33. Botokule
Unit 1—Otopae
Ankonam St: B/205, B/198, B/199,
B/130, B/129A, B/40, B/39, B/31,
B/32, B/28, B/21, B/27, A/164.
A167/ A/168 B/33, B/36, A & B,
B/38, B/25-B/27, B36, B/48,
Potokule St. A/165, A/166, A/163,
A/161, A/157, A/115, A/155A,
A/150, A/146, A/158, A.148, A/154.
Adubra St: A/144, B/29, B/20,
B/19, B/18, B/14, B/10, B/16, B/4,
B/5, B/13, B/12, B/11, B/2A, B/10,
B/1.
Unit 2—Bokakokule
Adubra St: A/116-A/118, A/97,
A/99-A/101, A/104-A/ 109, A/115,
A/112, A/119-A/123, A/125, A/126,
A/110, A/111, A/114, A/76, A/77,
A/133, A/134, A/113, A/140/ A/22A
Botokule St: A/78-A/85,
A/128-A/136, A/138; Commercial St:
A/30, A/31, A/139, A/137, A/127,
A/115, A/92, A/93, A/98, A/94.
Unit 3—Fiti Kolunu
Comm. St: A/33, A/35, A/19, A/13,
A/10, A/8, A/4, A/5, A/1, A/19,
A/6, A/9, A11, A/14, A/12,
A/15-A/18, A/26-A28.
Unit 4—Sukpom
Comm. St: A/54, A/50, A/141, A/49,
A/38, A/40, A/48, A/22, A/25, A/2,
A/32, A/36, A/37, The Market:
A/56, A/55, A/59, A/159A, P.W.D.
P/Office, U.A.C. Buildings G.H.A.
Fort Antonio.
5. Grant Hill
Grant Hill Bankyim 34. Grant
Hill
Unit 1—Grant Hill
Comm. St: The Police Station
A/60A, A/63, Botokule St: A/64,
A/69, A/70, A/70, A/74, A/75,
A/70, A/73, A/73A, A/65-A/68,
A/193, A/195, A/199, A/200,
A/200A, A/202, A/204, A/211,
A/205, A/214, A/208, Grant Hill
St: A/211B, A/216, A/209, A/214B,
A/215, A/213, A/193, Comm. Centre:
A/192, A/192A, A/197, A/196,
A/194.
Unit 2—Bankyim
Sekondi St: A/400-A/403A, A/409A &
B. A/306, A/308, A/368A, A/410,
A/411, A/289, A/299, A/283, A/269,
A/300, A/302, A/405, A/249, A/251,
A/238, A/240, A/235, A/409, A/412,
A/232-A/234, A/413, A/230, A/226,
A/237, A/260.
A/244, A/243, A/290-A/294. Mobil
Filling Station, Grant Hill St:
A/223, A/224, Anglican Mission
Meth. Mission: A/406-A/408, A/410,
A/284A-D. A/284, A/294.
6. Tolanu
Residential Area, Tolanu 35.
Tolanu
Unit 1—Residential Area
H/Nos. G/1-G/21, A/316, Gov’t
Qtrs. Dist. Office, Rest House,
Meterological Dept.
Unit 2—Tolanu
Sekondi St: G/158, G/158A, G/90,
Comm. St. G/47-G/51, G/31, G/26,
Main T’kdi Rd: G/28, G/35, G/43,
G/23, G/22, G/24, G/25A, G/54,
G/56, G/13, G/12, G/52, G/53,
G/37-G/43.
7. Nyake
Nyake East, Nyake West Unit 1—Nyake
East
Comm. St: G/57, G/60-G/63, W.G.
Essin St: G/64, G/83, G/88, G/99,
G/98, G/95, H/65, G/66. The Beach:
G/92-G/94, G/151A, G/151B,
Abro-kwa St: G/59, G/58.
Unit 2—Nyake West
Comm. St: G/69, G/70, G/89,
G/72-G/74, G/121, G/122,
G/138-G/143, G/150, G/151,
W.G. Essin St: G/68, G/101, G/102,
G/104-G/115, G/120,
The Beach: G/152-G/157, G/159,
G/123A, G/125-G/127, G/128-G/131,
G/133, G/135, G/136, G/147-G/149,
Min. of Health office.
8. Kokoadu
Accra Town, Kokoadu, Accra Town,
Roman School, Amanfokumam. 36.
Kokoadu
Unit 1—Accra Town Kokoadu
Main Tkd. Rd: F/31-F/36, F/23A,
F/15A, F/64, F/39, F/43, F/154,
F/155, F/63, F/98, F/162, F/153,
F/154A, F/159,
Ussher St: F/23, F22A, F/22,
F/113, F/160, F/161, F/9-F/15,
F/46, F/48, F/45, F/100-F/102,
F/151, F/61, F/62, F/56, F/157,
F/53, Comm. St: F/5, F/150, D/20,
F/7, F/149, F/49, F/50.
Unit 2—Accra Town Roman School
Tkdi. Rd. F/122A, F/123, F/20,
F/29, F/37, F/40-F/43, F/112,
F/158, Akuzo Commer. Street:
F/4, F/3, F/29, F/159, F/1, F/25,
F/27, F/2, F/94. Roman Mission Old
Cemetary.
Unit 3—Amanfokuman
H/Nos. F/154-F/161, F/51-F/60,
F/103-F/106, F/70-F/92,
F/151-F/153, F/68 A & B, F/69.
9. Brawire
Upper Brawire, Anto Brawire,
Central Brawire, Akyenim.
37. Brawire
Unit 1—Upper Brawire
Main Half Assini Rd. E/116-E/119,
E/89-E/100, E/120-E/121, Social
Welfare Offices and Quarters.
Upper Axim Estates Nos. 1-10
Bamboo Factory, Elecricity.
Unit 2—Anto Brawire
Part of Central Brawire, E/79.
E/79A, & B, E/36, E/36A, E/80,
E/81. The Beach: E/83-E/88,
E/122, E/151-E/160, E/117, E/118,
E/120, E/164, E/162, E/161, E/119.
Unit 3—Central Brawire
Main Half Assini Rd: E/53, E/58,
E/76, E/25-E/30, E/145, E/147,
E/148, E/1-E/24, E/59, E/75, E/77,
E/78, E/31-E/52, E/130-E/146.
Unit 4—Akyenim
H/Nos. E/1-E/88A, E/90, E/96,
E/165, E/166, E/168, E/169,
E/92.
NSEIN 1. Nsein
Ahenbrono, Upper & Lower Nsein,
Agona Agyan. 38. Nsein
Unit 1—Ahenbrono
H/Nos. N/1-N/25, N/89-N/102,
Secondary School.
Unit 2—Upper & Lower Nsein
H/Nos. N/26-N/88, N/103-N/116.
Unit 3—Agona
Agona, Aguafo, Awuku
Unit 4—Agyan
Agyan, Akonu, Domunil.
2. Apataim
Apataim, Adukrom 39. Apataim
Unit 1—Apataim
Unit 2—Adukrom
Adukrom, Alukulonu
3. Dadwen
Dadwen, Avrebo Ndatiem, Adelekpazo
40. Dadwen
Unit 1—Dadwen
H/Nos. IN1-72
Unit 2—Avrebo
H/Nos. A1-A37, B1-B21, Anweamu
Ahunyame.
Unit 3—Ndatrem
Ayisakrom, Mpayinasa, Ndatrem.
H/Nos. ND1-35, Ankyeryin, Awukyire,
Amaboabwe.
Unit 4—Adelakazo.
4. Kegyina
Kegyina, Ekwansuazo, Edelesuazo.
41. Kegyina
Unit 1—Kegyina
H/Nos. B1-B33, K1-K21, E1-E14,
Eselenu Dwenenyame.
Unit 2—Ekwansuazo
Ekwansuazo, Dikrom, Subri,
Yedeyesele.
Unit 3—Edelesuazo
H/Nos. ED1-45, Nyamebekyere No. 2
(32) Nduabesa, Awiasu, Anagye Nos.
1-37, Teacher Suazo, Nyame Bekyere
No. 1.
KOBRA/RIVER STATES 1.
Bamiankor
Ahenboboano, Esikafoamantem,
Anibil, Kukuavre, Ajomoro, Ashiem.
42. Bamiankor
Unit 1—Ahenboboano
Unit 2—Esikafoamantem
Esikafoamantem,Anafo
Unit 3—Anibil
Unit 4—Kukuavre
Unit 5—Ajomoro Eshiem
2. Dominase
Bokoro, Esuowa, Anyinase,
Kakusuazo, Akango. 43.
Dominase
Unit 1—Dominase
Unit 2—Bokoro
Unit 3—Esuowa
Unit 4—Anyinase
Anyinase, Sekusuku
Unit 5—Kakusuazo
Kakusuazo, Oguakuma
Unit 6—Akango
Akango, Duale
3. Gwira Banso
Upper Gwira Banso, Lower Gwira
Banso, Asunti 44. Gwira Banso
Unit 1—Upper Gwira Banso
Unit 2—Lower Gwira Banso
Unit 3—Asunti
4. Gwira Eshiem
Gwira Asheim, Akosunu 45.
Gwira Eshiem
Unit 1—Gwira Ashiem
Gwira Ashiem, Bentilase
Unit 2—Akosuno
Akosuno, Seni-ntum, Amae-banzie.
5. Sikaneasem
Sikaneasem, Kukukrom, Anwokakrom,
Tumentu. 46. Sikaneasem
Unit 1—Sikaneasem
Sikaneasem, Akaakuma, Asiedu,
Bekoase, Gyampele, Kontrofi.
Unit 2—Kutukrom
Kutukrom, Kukyire, Ahomkrom,
Bibiani, Zamakwa, Mami, Karukrom.
Unit 3—Anwokakrom
Anwokakrom, Wiawso, Nsuem Subri.
Unit 4—Tumentu
NEW AIYINASE 1. New
Aiyinase
New Aiyinase, Dadwen, Basake
47. New Aiyinase
Unit 1—New Aiyinase
Unit 2—Dadwen
Unit 3—Basake
2. Kwasikrom
Kwasikrom, Attakrom
48. Kwasikrom
Unit 1—Kwasikrom
Unit 2—Attakrom.
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 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 animals.
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
building.
29. To prohibit the construction
of any new building unless and
until the plans thereof have been
submitted to and approved by the
Assembly.
30. To provide for the demolition
of dangerous buildings and for the
recovery of any expenses incurred
in connection therewith.
31. To maintain, as agents of
Central Government, all public
buildings, including prestige
buildings put up by the Central
Government and previously
maintained by the Public Works
Department.
32. To maintain as agents of the
Ghana Highway Authority, trunk
roads lying within the boundaries
of the area of authority of the
Assembly.
33. To take steps to ensure the
effective maintenance of all
Government properties within its
area of authority.
34. To prohibit or regulate the
use in any defined area of any
inflammable material in the
construction or repair of any
building.
35. To control and regulate the
siting of advertisements and
hoardings or other structures
designed for the display of
advertisements.
36. To build, equip, open, close
and maintain markets, prohibit the
erection of stalls in places other
than markets and prevent the sale
and purchase of goods or stock
near established markets or
elsewhere.
37. To fix days and hours during
each day on which a market may be
held and prevent the sale and
purchase of goods in markets on
any day or at any hour except
those fixed.
38. To regulate and control
markets including the fixing of
and collection of stallages, rents
and tolls.
39. (1) To require the owner of
any premises to do any of the
following acts:
(i)
to remove, lower or trim to the
satisfaction of the Assembly any
tree, shrub or hedge overhanging
or interfering in any way with the
traffic in any street or with any
wires or works thereof;
(ii) to remove any dilapidated
fence or structure abutting on any
public place;
(iii) to paint, distemper,
white-wash or colour-wash the
outside walls or roof of any
building forming part of the
premises;
(iv) to tidy the premises; and
(v) to move any derelict car or
other vehicles.
(2) In the event of the owner
failing to comply with a notice
from any Assembly requiring him to
perform any of the acts specified
in sub-paragraph (i-v) of
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 organize 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 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 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 cases 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 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, 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.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AOWIN-SUAMAN
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY) (ESTABLISHMENT)
INSTRUMENT, 1988 (LI 1392).
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 23rd day of November,
1988.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Aowin-Suaman 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 forty-six persons
which shall be made up of—
(a) the District Secretary;
(b) thirty 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 fifteen persons
comprising the traditional
authorities or their
represetatives 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
Aowin-Suaman 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 Enchi where
meetings of the Assembly shall be
held.
Section 7—Inaugural Meeting of
Assembly.
(1) The Assembly shall hold its
inaugural meeting on such date as
the Secretary shall with the prior
approval of the Council determine.
(2) The Presiding Member of the
Assembly shall be elected at the
inaugural meeting.
Section 8—Interpretation.
In this Instrument, unless the
context otherwise requires—
"Council” means the Provisional
National Defence Council;
“
ordinarily resident” has the
meaning assigned to it under
subsection (2) of section 16 of
the Local Government Law, 1988 (P.N.D.C.L.
207).
"Secretary" means the Provisional
National Defence Council Secretary
responsible for Local Government.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
LIST OF SETTLEMENTS IN THE AREA OF
AUTHORITY OF THE AOWIN-SUAMAN
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
ENCHI 1.
Adumline-Kokoase
Adumline, Kokoase 1. Adumline/Kokoase
Unit 1—Adumline
H/Nos. AL1/1-AL45/1
Unit 2—Kokoase
H/Nos. KA1/2-KA54/2
2. Akutubo
Akutubo East, Akutubo
West. 2. Akutubo
Unit 1—Akutubo East
H/Nos. AB1/5-AB38/5
Unit 2—Akutubo West
H/Nos. AB39/5-AB65/5;
Residential Area.
3. Jensue
Jensue, Amowie Unit 1—Jensue
Unit 2—Amowie
4. Ellubo
Ellubo East, Ellubo Central, Zongo-
Kodadwen. 3. Ellubo
Unit 1—Ellubo East
H/Nos. EB1/6-EB80/6
Unit 2—Ellubo Central
H/Nos. EB81/6-EB 219/6
Unit 3—Zongo-Kodadwen
H/Nos. Z.1/3-60/3;
ZK1/4-59/4.
5. Nyankomam Adufie
Nyankomam-Adufie,
Nyankomam-Ehiabehwere, Bikwawkrom,
Abotarye. 4.
Nyankomam-Adufie
Unit 1—Nyankomam, Adufie, A.T. &
P. Camp.
Unit 2—Nyankomam Ehiabehwere
Unit 3—Bikwawkrom
Unit 4—Abotarye.
BOINSO 1. Boinso
Boinso Old Town, Boinso Jerusalem,
Domeabra. 5. Boinso
Unit 1—Boinso Old town
Old Town, Samaapomu, Sunkwa.
Unit 2—Boinso/Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Abentaase, Atekyem,
Zongo, Nyamebekyere
Unit 3—Domeabra
Domeabra, Kakafo, Ehiagyemi
Brehkrom, Huntinbo, Odifokrom,
Frambo, Kosuasa.
2. Omanpe
Old, Mantemankah Nkrankrom,
Akwakrom. 6. Omanpe
Unit 1—Omanpe Old Town
Unit 2—Mantemankah
Mantemankah, Border Guard
Barracks, Kweku Gyakyekrom, Miyabo,
Adoti.
Unit 3—Nkrankrom
Nkrankrom, Ohiama Nkwa
Unit 4—Akwakrom.
3. Kwahu
Kwahu North, Kwahu South, Atokosea,
Nkwanta, Kramokrom. 7. Kwahu
Unit 1—Kwahu North
Kwahu North of Enchi-Boinso Road.
Unit 2—Kwahu South
Kwahu South of Enchi Boinso
Road.
Sewuam, Morcherkrom,
Ammonia. 8. Atokosea
Unit 3—Atokosea, Alata Kwesikrom
Unit 4—Nkwanta Nos. 1 and 2
Unit 5—Kramokrom.
4. Sewuam
Sewuam, Morcherkrom,
Ammonia. 9. Sewuam
Unit 1—Sewuam
Unit 2—Morcherkrom
Unit 3—Ammonia
5. Jema
Boin Ahenfie, New Town, Asemkrom/
Ngokoe, Ankokrom. 10. Jema
Unit 1—Boin
Unit 2—Ahenfie
Unit 3—New Town.
11. Asemkrom
Unit 4—Asemkrom/Ngokoe
Asemkrom Ngokoe, Tanoso, Boin,
Ngakai.
Unit 5—Ankokrom, Sandikrom.
ACHIMFO 1. Achimfo
Achimfo-Daboma, Achimfo Ekukrom,
Adjakaa, Abokyia, Banaso, Sikanti,
Asofoankye, Adjeikrom.
12. Achimfo
Unit 1—Achimfo-Daboma
Unit 2—Achimfoe Ekukrom, Takyikrom
Unit 3—Adjakaa
Unit 4—Abokyia
13. Banaso
Unit 5—Banaso
Unit 6—Sikanti, Attakrom,
Oparekrom, Ikine, Fantekrom.
Unit 7—Asafoankye
Unit 8—Adjeikrom.
2. Yiwabra
Yiwabra, Yiwabra Junction, Jomoro,
Asantekrom, Yanney Camp,
Oppongkrom, Domeabra No. 2. 14.
Yiwabra
Unit 1—Yiwabra
Unit 2—Yiwabra Junction, Muwiani,
Ankonsia.
Unit 3—Jomoro, Dentebanso
Unit 4—Asantekrom, Yaa
Unit 5—Yanney Camp, Kissikrom
Unit 6—Oppongkrom
Oppongkrom, Begyehaso, Ekosuakrom,
Yarey, Nsuakyir.
Unit 7—Domeabra No. 2.
3. Acquai Alla
Acquai Alla, Amanshia, Ankaase,
Tetey Junction, New Gyasikrom,
Appiakrom. 15. Acquai
Alla
Unit 1—Acquai Alla
Unit 2—Amanshia
Unit 3—Ankaase
Unit 4—Tetey Junction
Unit 5—New Gyasikrom
Unit 6—Appiakrom.
YAKASI 1. Yakasi
Yakasi-Kwadaso, Yakasi Mempeasem,
old Yakasi, Apugya, Esuaklo. 16.
Yakasi
Unit 1—Yakasi-Kwadaso, Border
Station
Unit 2—Yakasi-Mempeasem.
17. Old Yakasi
Unit 3—Old Yakasi, Panyinkrom
Unit 4—Apugya
Unit 5—Esuaklo, Agunso
2. Akontombra Junction
Akontombra Junction, Techiman,
Susan, Afodowa, Anhwea Nkwanta.
18. Akontombra Junction
Unit 1—Akontombra Junction
Unit 2—Techiman, Sampa
Unit 3—Susan
Fawokabra, Susan, Anwiafutu.
19. Afodowa
Unit 4—Afodowa
Unit 5—Anhwea Nkwanta
Anhwea Nkwanta, James Adom,
Dabiasem.
3. Adonikrom
Adonikrom, Dahara, Mbotoso.
20. Adonikrom
Unit 1—Adonikrom
Unit 2—Dahara
Unit 3—Mbotoso.
KARLO 1. Karlo
Karlo Boboh, Karlo Anwiafutu,
Suiano. 21. Karlo
Unit 1—Boboh
Unit 2—Anhwiafutu
Unit 3—Suiano.
2. Yepemso
Yepemso, Kwabenakrom Unit 1—Yepemso
Unit 2—Kwabenakrom.
3. Toya
Toya, Bondoningwana, Suiaboi,
Adieyepana. 22. Toya
Unit 1—Toya
Unit 2—Dondoningwana
Unit 3—Suiaboi
Unit 4—Adieyepena.
ADJOUM 1. Kusikrom
Kusikrom, Konsoro-
krom, Papueso, Meredane. 23.
Kusikrom
Unit 1—Kusikrom
Unit 2—Konsorokrom
Unit 3—Papueso
Unit 4—Meredane.
2. Disueano
Disueano, Akurakesem. Unit 1—Disueano
Unit 2—Akurakesem (Brong),
Nyameboame.
3. Adjoum
Adjoum, Damoakrom, Esuekyir.
24. Adjoum
Unit 1—Adjoum
Unit 2—Damoakrom
Unit 3—Esuekyir
H/Nos. AS.135-137, Quarters
1-74.
4. Freetown
Freetown, Kojo Bortekrom Unit
1—Freetown
Unit 2—Kojo Bortekrom.
DADIESO 1. Nanakrom
Adumline, Domeabra, Fanoma No. 1,
Kintampo, Ahali. 25. Nanakrom
Unit 1—Adumline
H/Nos. SD1/1-SD28/1
Unit 2—Ahali
H/Nos. SD1/2-SD32/2.
26. Domeabra
Unit 3—Domeabra
H/Nos. SD1/3-SD40/3
Unit 4—Fanoma No. 1
Fanoka, Gyanyokrom, Brekum
Unit 5—Kintampo.
2. Nana Bullu Asuene
Atekyemu, Kubeasi, Nyamebekyere,
Asempaneye (Blackman Bung.) 27.
Nana Bullu
Unit 1—Atekyemu
H/No. SD1/4-SD60/4
Unit 2—Kubeasi
H/Nos. SD1/5-SD39/5.
28. Nyamebekyere
Unit 1—Nyamebekyere
H/Nos. SD1/6-SD/40/6
Unit 2—Asempaneye (Blackman Bung.)
H/Nos. 1/7-SD43/7.
3. Yaw Parekrom
Yaw Parekrom, Pilla 42, Antokrom,
Kwasuokrom, Obengkrom, Sunkwa.
29. Yaw Parekrom
Unit 1—Yaw Parekrom, Kwabena
Norteykrom, Sopokrom, Suibo.
Unit 2—Pilla 42, Tetteh
Kwabenakrom
Unit 3—Antokrom, Nyamebekyere,
Aniantentem, Brekum, Kwaku Banaah,
Antwikrom.
30. Kwasuokrom
Unit 4—Kwasuokrom, Kwaku Amoah,
Kojo Tandokrom, Buokrom, Kwabena
Menukrom, Sunkwaa.
Unit 5—Obengkrom, Donkoh Yee Abo,
Nketsiakrom, Knowledge, Yaw
Gyamfikrom.
Unit 6—Sunkwa, Kwabenamenukrom,
Peterkrom, Aprukusu, New Gyankuuva.
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 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 animals.
18. To provide that the owner or
occupier of any land or tenements
maintain, clear and keep free from
vegetation, the roads, streets or
paths adjoining his land or
tenements.
19. To provide for the control,
destruction and licensing of dogs.
20. To provide for the control,
regulation, inspection,
supervision and licensing of —
(i)
social halls, dance halls and
places of entertainment;
(ii) lodging and eating houses;
(iii) any premises or land in or
upon which any profession,
occupation, trade or business is
carried on;
(iv) such occupations as the
Secretary may specify in an
Instrument from time to time.
21. To establish and operate
Clinics and Dressing Stations in
consultation with the Ministry of
Health.
22. To construct, repair, maintain
and keep clean all streets.
23. To divert or alter where
necessary the course of any
street.
24. To provide or arrange for
electric lighting in streets and
other public places and where
necessary to provide and maintain
electricity supply in consultation
with the Electricity Corporation.
25. To construct, repair and
maintain all public roads other
than trunk roads but including
feeder roads and to undertake road
rehabilitation programmes within
the district.
26. To prescribe the conditions
subject to which the erection and
construction, demolition,
re-erection, and re-construction,
conversion and re-conversion,
alteration, repair, sanitation and
ventilation of public and private
buildings and structures may be
undertaken and carried out.
27. To provide for building lines
and the layout of buildings, to
prepare and undertake and
otherwise control schemes for
improved housing layout and
settlement.
28. To prescribe the conditions to
be satisfied on a site for any
building or for any class of
building.
29. To prohibit the construction
of any new building unless and
until the plans thereof have been
submitted to and approved by the
Assembly.
30. To provide for the demolition
of dangerous buildings and for the
recovery of any expenses incurred
in connection therewith.
31. To maintain, as agents of
Central Government, all public
buildings, including prestige
buildings put up by the Central
Government and previously
maintained by the Public Works
Department.
32. To maintain as agents of the
Ghana Highway Authority, trunk
roads lying within the boundaries
of the area of authority of the
Assembly.
33. To take steps to ensure the
effective maintenance of all
Government properties within its
area of authority.
34. To prohibit or regulate the
use in any defined area of any
inflammable material in the
construction or repair of any
building.
35. To control and regulate the
siting of advertisements and
hoardings or other structures
designed for the display of
advertisements.
36. To build, equip, open, close
and maintain markets, prohibit the
erection of stalls in places other
than markets and prevent the sale
and purchase of goods or stock
near established markets or
elsewhere.
37. To fix days and hours during
each day on which a market may be
held and prevent the sale and
purchase of goods in markets on
any day or at any hour except
those fixed.
38. To regulate and control
markets including the fixing of
and collection of stallages, rents
and tolls.
39. (1) To require the owner of
any premises to do any of the
following acts:
(i)
to remove, lower or trim to the
satisfaction of the Assembly any
tree, shrub or hedge overhanging
or interfering in any way with the
traffic in any street or with any
wires or works thereof;
(ii) to remove any dilapidated
fence or structure abutting on any
public place;
(iii) to paint, distemper,
white-wash or colour-wash the
outside walls or roof of any
building forming part of the
premises;
(iv) to tidy the premises; and
(v) to move any derelict car or
other vehicles.
(2) In the event of the owner
failing to comply with a notice
from any Assembly requiring him to
perform any of the acts specified
in sub-paragraph, (i-v) of
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 organize 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 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 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 and maintain tree
nurseries and forest plantation
and sell the produce thereof.
71. Compile and maintain a record
of all tenant farmers and the
rents and tribute which should be
paid by them.
72. To prohibit or restrict the
driving or use of vehicles
generally or any specified class
on any specified road or specified
direction on any specified road.
73. To regulate the use and
conduct of public vehicles, to
regulate routes and parking places
to be used by such vehicles to
appropriate particular routes,
roads, streets, and parking places
to specified classes of traffic
and when necessary to provide the
identification of licensed
vehicles as defined in the motor
Traffic Ordinance.
74. To license any vehicle used
for taxi, bicycle, motor bicycle
and to prescribe the fees to be
paid in respect of any such
bicycle or vehicle.
75. To establish, acquire and
maintain transport services by
land or water including ferries.
76. To establish, maintain and
control parks for motor and other
vehicles.
77. To establish and maintain in
consultation with the Posts and
Telecommunications Corporation,
Postal Agencies where necessary.
78. To lay down rules and
regulations in respect of private
and public property to ensure
adequate fire protection.
79. To prevent and control fire
outbreaks including bush fires.
80. To promote the development of
all sports within the area of
authority of the Assembly.
81. To organise sports activities
within its area of authority and
to provide such facilities as may
be recommended by the national
body responsible for sports.
82. To perform as agents of the
national body responsible for
sports in maintaining such sports
facilities as may be assigned to
it by the national body.
83. To advise, to the exclusion of
all others, on all matters of
sports relating to its area of
authority.
84. To prohibit, restrict,
regulate and license the
manufacture, distillation, sale
transportation distribution,
supply, possession and consumption
of akpeteshie, 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. |
