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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 10th day of March, 1989.
Section 1—Establishment of
Assembly.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Tano District Assembly
(hereinafter referred to as the
"Assembly") for the area specified
in the First Schedule to this
Instrument.
Section 2—Membership of Assembly,
etc.
(1) The Assembly shall consist of
not more than seventy-three
persons which shall be made up of:
(a) the District Secretary;
(b) forty-eighty 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 Tano
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 Bechem 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.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 TANO DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY
Town/Area Council Description of
Zone Description of Electoral
Area
BECHEM 1. Adum
Adum East, Adum West
1. Adum
Unit 1—Adum East
H/No. BB.26-BB.53-Catholic
Mission.
Unit 2—Adum West
H/No. BH.35-Osolo Asantewa Church,
Point 4.
2. Krotia
Krotia East, Krotia West
2. Krotia
Unit 1—Krotia East
H/Nos. BE. 1-BE.33-BE.25 Old Shed
filling station.
Unit 2—Krotia West
H/No. BB.21-BH. 25-Donkor's
Villa.
3. Zong
Zongo East, Zongo West
3. Zongo/Low Cost
Unit 1—Zongo East
Co-op. Bank-Z.30-Dankwa's Villa.
Unit 2—Zongo West
C.M.B. Shed
II-Z.63-INT. School.
4. Low Cost
Low Cost East, Low Cost West
Unit 1—Low Cost East
H/Nos. Z.31-Z.56 down to
Vocational.
Unit 2—Low Cost West
H/No.Z.64-Anglican
School.
African Faith
Church.
5. Ahenbronoso
Ahenbronoso, West Ahenbronoso
East. 4. Ahenbronoso
Unit 1—Ahenbronoso West
From Station Bar-Presby Mission-Kyie
Boama's house.
Unit 2—Ahenbronoso East
From Presby. Mission-Omane Poultry
Farm.
6. Community Centre
Community Centre West,
Community Centre East
5. Community Centre
Unit 1—Community Centre West
From Motor Union Office-
Hospital down to the
L/A Methodist School.
Unit 2—Community Centre East
Hospital-Agriculture
7. Atekyem
Atekyem East, Atekeym West.
6. Atekyem East
Unit 1—Atekeyem East
Old G.C.B-Co-op. District
Office Old G.C.B. Cemetery.
Unit 2—Atekyem West
H/Nos. BS.97-Josco
H/No. BS. 57 down to Jofo River.
TANOSO 1. Tanoso East
Tanoso "A" (DA), Tanoso "A”
(AB). 7.
Tanoso
Unit 1—Tanoso "A" (DA)
H/No. TA. 1-Osei's
Palace
Unit 2—Tanoso "A" (AB)
H/Nos.TB. 1-TB.82-
Ebenezer Farms.
2. Tanoso West
'Tanoso
"D" (AD), Aboso (TC) Gyase.
Unit 1—Tanoso "D" (AD)
H/No. TD.1-Cocoa
Shed.
Unit 2—Aboso (TC)
H/Nos. TC.1 0
TC.27-Lane
Unit 3—Gyase (TC)
H/Nos. TC. 38
Lane-Health
3. Afirisipa/Powaakrom
Afirisipa, Powaakrom
8. Susuanso/Afirisipa
Unit 1—Afirisipa
Unit 2—Powaakrom
4. Kwatwema
Kwatwema I, Kwatwema II
Unit 1—Kwatwema I
Unit 2—Kwatwema II
5. Kyeiase/Tiesua
Kyeiase/Wabrease,
Tiesua/ Dompoase.
Unit 1—Kyeiase/ Wabrease
H/No. 16-Church of Pentecost.
Unit 2—Tiesua/Dompoase
H/No. SO.82-Market Zongo
SUBIRISO 1. Subiriso No. 3
Subiriso, Worapoimo
9. Subiriso
Unit 1—Subiriso
Unit 2—Worapimo
2. Tweapiase
Twepiase, Nsuansua
10. Tweapiase
Unit 1—Tweapiase
Unit 2—Nsuansua
3. Asuboi
Asuboi, Santase 11.
Asuboi
Unit 1—Asuboi
Unit 2—Santase
4. Akoboro
Akoboro, Akokosu,
Techirnantia-Nkwakyire.
12. Akoboro
Unit 1—Akoboro
Unit 2—Akokosu
Unit 3— Techimantia/Nkwakyire
5. Nyamebeye
Nyamebeye, Wayekrom
Unit 1—Nyamebeye
Unit 2—Wayekrom
BOMAA 1. Bonkofi
Dweduase, Bonkofi 13.
Bonkofi
Unit 1—Dweduase
Unit 2—Bonkofi
2. Ahenamamu
Tanfaketewamu, Tetretem
Unit 1—Taafakotewamu
Unit 2—Tetretem
3. Gyinya-Ase
Sienkyem, Gyeduasinase
14. Gyinya-Ase
Unit 1—Sienkyem
Unit 2—Gyeduasinase
4. Nwama-Ase
Ahenboboano, Nwama-Ase,
Nsuapimkrom.
Unit 1—Ahenboboano
Unit 2—Nwama-Ase
Unit 3—Nsuapimkrom
5. Dwenase
Abanpredease, Akwamu, Apesika.
15. Dwenase
Unit 1—Abanpredease
Unit 2—Akwamu
Unit 3—Apesika
6. Asekese
Asukese, Nkwantabisa, Onwe.
Unit 1—Asukese
Unit 2—Nkwantabisa
Unit 3—Onwe
7. Subompang
Bomaateko, Akyerepete, Kwasu-Agya,
Tanokrom. 16.
Asukese
Unit 1—Bomaateko
Unit 2—Akyerepete
Unit 3—Kwasu-Agya
Unit 4—Tanokrom
DERMA 1. Atoase
Bomu, Ntam 17. Atoase/Beposo
Unit 1—Bomu
Unit 2—Ntam
2. Beposo No. 1
Beposo No. 1, Kubease
Unit 1—Boposo No. 1
Unit 2—Kubease
3. Abanakyi
Ahenboboamu, Abanakyi
Unit 1—Ahenboboamu
Unit 2—Abanakyi
4. Beposo No. 2
Mpumpunum, Zongo, Kofikrom.
Unit 1— Mpumpunum
Unit 2—Zongo
Unit 3—Kofikrom
5. Derma Nkwantiyiri
Kwaku Otenkrom, Bungalow.
18. Nkwankyiri
Unit 1—Kwaku Otenkrom
Unit 2—Bungalow
BROSANKRO 1. Dadease
Dadease Zongo 19.
Dadease
Unit 1—Dadease
Unit 2—Zongo
2. Ahenboboano
Tanokyere, Osofoase
Unit 1—Tanokyere
Unit 2—Osofoase
3. Roman Hill
Roman Hill, Market
Square.
Unit 1— Roman Hill
Unit 2—Market Square
4. New Brosankro
Nyamebekyere, Ahenfie
20. New Brosankro
Unit 1—Nyamebekyere
Unit 2—Ahenfie
5. Zongo
Tomo Area, Zongo, Onwe
Unit 1—Tomo Area
Unit 2—Zongo
Unit 3—Onwe
DWOMO 1. Dwomo
Bofunuase, Akaase, Nsuoase,
Nkwantakwa -nan, Achiase.
21. Dwomo
Unit 1—Bofunkuase
H/Nos. DWB.1-DWB.30
Unit 2—Akaase
H/Nos. DWB.31-DWB.49
Unit 3—Nsuoase
H/Nos. DWA.1-DWA.31
Unit 4—Nkwantakwanan
H/No.s DWA.32-DWA.68
Unit 5—Achiase
2. Mansin
Mansin East, Mansin West
22. Mansin East
Unit 1—Mansin East
Unit 2—Mansin West
3. Breme/Ohianimguase
Breme, Bofoaka, Ohianimguase.
23. Breme
Unit l— Breme
Unit 2—Bofoaka
Unit 3—Ohianimguase
4. Kwasu/Nyinasua
Kwasu, Nyinasua
Unit 1—Kwasu
Unit 2—Nyinasua
5. Adomakokrom/
Kwabena
Adomakokrom, Kwabeana Tentenkrom
24. Adomako
Unit 1—Adomakokrom
Unit 2—Kwabena Tentenkrom
ANKASE 1. Ankase
Old Town, New Town
25. Ankase
Unit 1—Old Town
Unit 2—New Town
2. Adaa
Adaa, Kojo Fordjourkrom
Unit 1—Adaa
Unit 2—Kojo Fordjourkrom
3. Nsuta
Nsuta, Wonsonagya 26.
Nsuta
Unit 1—Nsuta
Unit 2—Wonsonagya
4. Tuagyakrom
Tuagyakrom, Kwaku Fekrom.
27. Tuagya
Unit 1—Tuagyakrom.
Unit 2—Kwaku Fekrom
5. Ayasuano
Ayasuano, Monta
Unit 1—Ayasuano
Unit 2—Monta
YAMFO 1. Ahenbronomu
Ahenbronomu, Gyase, Obuasi.
28. Ahenbronomu
Unit 1—Ahenbronomu
H/No. 30-Shed 1
Unit 2—Gyase
H/Nos.
NS.27-NS.29-NS.52
Unit 3—Obuasi
Obuasi Nos. 1 & 2 Abronye,
Dabenoa
2. Atanofiem
Atanofiem, Akonkontiease Ahyiayem.
29. Atanofiem
Unit 1—Atanofiem
H/Nos. AA.80-AM 45-AA.84
True Church.
Unit 2—Akonkontiease
Akonkontiease H/Nos. KK.79, AK.
46.
Unit 3—Ahyiayem
Tadieso, Koforidua
3. Nyiresimase
Nyiresimase, Akoroyen-
mob. 30.
Nyiresimase
Unit 1—Nyiresimase
H/Nos. NA.50-NA.48-CMB
Siding.
Unit 2—Akoroyenmobo
H/No. NA.47-Anglican Primary,
H/No. NA.47-Clinic.
4. Nyomase
Zongo, Nyomase, Yoyo- krom
31. Nyomase
Unit 1—Zongo
Unit 2—Nyomase
H/No. AA.66-R/C Mission
Unit 3—Yoyokrom
H/No. AA.67-R/C Mission
5. Asen/Rubi
Asen, Boosie, Rubi, Atu-orobesa,
Asuadae.
Unit 1—Asen
Broamoase and others
Unit 2—Boosie
Nkrankrom Basare, Atonogye,
Adwahik.
Unit 3—Rubi
Beposo, Totom
Unit 4—Atuorobesa
Gyamfikrom and others
Unit 5—Asuadae
Patuda, Asempaneye
TECHIMANTIA 1. Wanase
Aboso, Dominase 32.
Wanase/Nsudase
Unit 1— Aboso
WE.1-WE.13
Unit 2—Dominase
H/Nos.
WE.14-WE.26
2. Nsuoase
Basense, Obourkomfour
Unit 1—Basense
NAB-NA.60
Unit 2—Obourkomfour
NA.1-NA.30
3. Asonomaso
Kubaase, Lorry Station
33. Asonomaso
Unit 1—Kubaase
AO.18-AO 34
Unit 2—Lorry Station
AO.1-AO17
4. New Town
Atobiase, Abansuaso
34. New Town
Unit 1—Atobiase
NT.1-NT.30
Unit 2—Abansuaso
NT.31-NT
70
5. Zongo
Moshie Line, Wangara Line, Madina.
Unit 1—Moshie Line
ZO.10-ZO.20
Unit 2—Wangara Line
ZO.21-ZO 40
Unit 3—Madina
MD.1-D.32
6. Kubeko
Aduana, Berko Street
35. Kubeko
Unit 1—Aduana
DR.1-MD.35
Unit 2—Berko Street
KO.1-KO 40
7. Sisirease
Abooda, Sisikaase, Atagyasi.
36. Sisirease
Unit 1—Abooda
SA.31-SA.71
Unit 2—Sisikaase
A.31-SA.39
Unit 3—Atagyasi
BR.1-BR.20
8. Dompoase
Presby Mission, Dompoase
Unit 1—Presby Mission
PM.1-PM.20
Unit 2—Dompoase
DP.1-DP.20
9. Bungalow
Nsutaso, Assase
Unit 1—Nsutaso
BW.23-BW.42
Unit 2—Assase
BW.1-BW.21
10. Oseinfikyire
Oseinfikyire, Akutuase
37. Oseinfinkyire
Unit 1—Oseinfinkyire
O1.1-O1.37
Unit 2—Akutuase
O1.38-O1.67
11. Roman Mission
Comm. Road, Market Square.
Unit 1—Comm. Road
OR.1-OR.48
Unit 2—Market Square
MT.1-MT.11
TERCHIRE 1. Terchire
Terchire, Kwasuso, Susanmu.
38. Terchire
Unit 1—Terchire
Atoase Area
Unit 2—Kwasuso Area
Unit 3—Susanmu Area
2. Adrobaa
Boase, Besease, Dominase, Domina
New Area 39. Adrobaa
Unit 1—Boase Area
Unit 2—Besease Area
Unit 3—Dominase Old Area
Unit 4—Dominase New Area
3. Subriso/Sukuumu
Subriso/Sukuumu East, Subriso/Sukuumu
West. 40. Subriso/Sukuumu
Unit 1—Subriso/Sukuumu East Area
Unit 2—Subriso/Sukuumu West
Area
4. Subriso No. 1
Subriso No. 1 East, Subriso No. 1
West, Kurofokrom. 41.
Subriso No. 1
Unit 1—Subriso No. 1 East Area
Unit 2—Subriso No. 1 West Area
Unit 3—Kurofokrom Area
5. Dagyamem
Dagyamen East, Dagya- mem
West. 42. Dagyamem
Unit 1—Dagyamem East Area
Unit 2—Dagyamem West Area
DUAYAW- NKWANTA 1. Tromo
Twompi, Abaase/
Cadbury Area, Buokrukruwa.
43. Tromo
Unit 1—Twompi Area
Unit 2—Abasse/Cadbury Area
Unit 3—Buokrukruwa Area
2. Hospital Avenue
Jerusalem, New Town, Bredi.
44. New Town
Unit 1—Jerusalem Area
Unit 2—New Town Area
Unit 3—Bredit Area
3. Asuokwao
Duaden Kyease/Sibirease,
Mission. 45.
Asuokwao
Unit 1—Duaden Kyease/Sibirease
area
Unit 2—Mission
4. Akotosua
Achiase, Nsesreso, Campso
46. Akotosua
Unit 1—Achiase Area
Unit 2—Nsesreso Area
Unit 3—Campso Area
5. Zongo
Old Zongo, New Zongo, Susuanho,
Koforidua. 47. Zongo
Unit 1—Old Zongo Area
Unit 2—New Zongo Area
Unit 3—Susuanho Area
Unit 4—Koforidua
6. Bommoden/Gyaakye
Bommoden, Gyaakye
48. Gyaakye
Unit 1—Bommoden Area
Unit 2—Gyaakye Area
7. Binkyem/Twabiri
Binkyem, Twabiri
Unit 1—Binkyem Area
Unit 2—Twabiri Area
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 nuisances or the
removal of the condition.
4. To ensure the provision of
adequate and wholesome supply of
water throughout the entire
District in consultation with the
Ghana Water and Sewerage
Corporation.
5. To establish, install, build,
maintain and control public
latrines, lavatories urinals and
wash places.
6. To establish, maintain and
carry out services for the removal
of night-soil from any building
and for the destruction and
treatment of such night-soil.
7. To establish, maintain and
carry out services for the removal
and destruction of all refuse,
filth and carcasses of dead
animals from any public or private
place.
8. To regulate any trade or
business which may be noxious or
injurious to public health or a
source of danger to the public or
which otherwise it is in the
public interest to regulate.
9. To provide for the inspection
of all meat, fish, vegetables and
all other foodstuffs and liquid of
whatever kind or nature intended
for human consumption whether
exposed for sale or not; and to
seize, destroy and otherwise deal
with all such foodstuffs or liquid
as are unfit for human consumption
and to supervise and control the
manufactures of foodstuffs and
liquids of whatever kind or nature
intended for human consumption.
10. To provide, maintain,
supervise and control
slaughter-houses and pounds and
all such matters and things as may
be necessary for the convenient
use of such slaughter-houses.
11. To prevent and deal with the
outbreak or the prevalence of any
disease.
12. To prevent the spread of and
exterminate tsetse-fly,
mosquitoes, rats, bugs and other
vermin.
13. To prohibit or regulate the
making of burrow-pits or other
excavations.
14. To establish and maintain
cemeteries.
15. To provide crematoria where in
the opinion of the Assembly it is
expedient so to do.
16. To regulate or prohibit the
sinking of wells and provide for
the closing of wells.
17. To establish, maintain and
control pounds, seize and impound
any stray animal and provide for
the payment of compensation for
damage done by such animal.
18. To provide that the owner or
occupier of any land or tenements
maintain clear and keep free from
vegetation, the roads, streets or
paths adjoining his land or
tenements.
19. To provide for the control,
destruction and licensing of dogs.
20. To provide for the control,
regulation, inspection,
supervision and licensing of—
(i)
social halls, dance halls and
places of entertainment;
(ii) lodging and eating houses;
(iii) any premises or land in or
upon which any profession,
occupation trade or business is
carried on;
(iv) such occupations as the
Secretary may specify in an
Instrument from time to time.
21. To establish and operate
clinics and dressing stations in
consultation with the Ministry of
Health.
22. To construct, repair 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 premises to do any of the
following acts:
(i)
to remove, lower or trim to the
satisfaction of the Assembly any
tree shrub or hedge overhanging or
interfering in any way with the
traffic in any street or with any
wires or works thereof;
(ii) to remove any dilapidated
fence or structure abutting on any
public place;
(iii) to paint, distemper,
white-wash or colour-wash the
outside walls or roof of any
building forming part of the
premises;
(iv) to tidy the premises; and
(v) to move any derelict car or
other vehicles.
(2) In the event of the owner
failing to comply with a notice
from the Assembly requiring him
to perform any of the acts
specified in sub-paragraph 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 Serivce;
(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 of licensed
vehicles as defined in the Motor
Traffic Ordinance.
74. To license any vehicle used
for taxi, bicycle, motor bicycle
and to prescribe the fees to be
paid in respect of any such
bicycle or vehicle.
75. To establish, acquire and
maintain transport services by
land or water, including ferries.
76. To establish, maintain and
control parks for motor and other
vehicles.
77. To establish, and maintain in
consultation with the Posts and
Telecommunications Corporation,
Postal Agencies where necessary.
78. To lay down rules and
regulations in respect of private
and public property to ensure
adequate fire protection.
79. To prevent and control fire
outbreaks including bush fires.
80. To promote the development of
all sports within the area of
authority of the Assembly.
81. To organise sports activities
within its area of authority and
to provide such facilities as may
be recommended by the national
body responsible for sports.
82. To perform as agents of the
national body responsible for
sports in maintaining such sports
facilities as may be assigned to
it by the national body.
83. To advise to the exclusion of
all others on all matters of
sports relating to its area of
authority.
84. To prohibit, restrict,
regulate and license the
manufacture, distillation, sale,
transportation, distribution,
supply, possession and consumption
of akpeteshie, palm-wine, and all
kinds of description of fermented
liquor usually made by citizens of
Ghana or adjacent countries.
85. To license petrol service and
filling stations within the
District.
86. To provide information
centres, where necessary in
consultation with the Ministry of
Information.
KWAMENA AHWOI
P.N.D.C. Secretary Responsible for
Local Government
Date of Gazette Notification: 29th
December, 1989. |
