District Assemblies
The local government system consists of a Regional Co-ordinating Council, a four-tier Metropolitan and a three-tier Municipal/District Assemblies Structure. The District Assemblies are either Metropolitan (population over 250,000), Municipal (population over 95,000) or District (population 75,000 and over). There are 3 Metropolitan Assemblies, 4 Municipal Assemblies and 103 District Assemblies:ROLE
A Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assembly is:a.Created as the pivot of administrative and developmental decision-making in the district and the basic unit of government administration.
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b.Assigned with deliberative, legislative as well as executive functions.
c.Established as a monolithic structure to which is assigned the responsibility of the totality of government to bring about integration of political, administrative and development support needed to achieve a more equitable allocation of power, wealth, and geographically dispersed development in Ghana.
e.Constituted as the Planning Authority for the District.
SUB-BODIES
These are the Urban/Town/Zonal/Area Councils and the Unit Committees. In the performance of its function the District Assembly works through the Executive Committee. This includes the Social Services Sub-Committee, Works Sub-Committee, Finance Administration and Development Planning Sub-Committee among others.The Executive Committee is presided over by the District Chief Executive and consists of not more than one-third of the total members of the Assembly excluding the Presiding member. http://www.ghanadistricts.com/
THE DISTRICTS OF GHANA
|
Region |
No. of Districts |
| Ashanti Region |
21 |
| Volta Region |
15 |
| Greater Accra Region |
6 |
| Eastern Region |
17 |
| Upper East Region |
8 |
| Upper West Region |
8 |
| Central Region |
13 |
| Brong Ahafo Region |
19 |
| Northern Region |
18 |
| Western Region |
