
List of Department/Agencies/Services over which The Assembly has oversight responsibility
(a) Civil Service Department For administrative effectiveness, the District Chief Executive is supported by a Central Administrative Secretariat and other units and decentralized departments.
Selected Agencies Selected Agencies in the Akuapem North District include the following: i) National Electoral Commission ii) National Commission for Civic Education iii) National Youth Council iv) National Disaster Management Organisation v) National Service Secretariat vi) Centre for National Culture vii) Commission on Human rights and Administrative Justice viii) Ghana Library Board ix) National Board for Small Scale Industries
Services These are made up of the following: i) Ghana Education Service ii) Ghana Health Service iii) Ghana Police Service iv) Ghana National Fire Service v) Audit Service vi) Statistical Services
Human Resources Analysis (a) Total Staff strength list at 31st December 2007 (Appendix ‘A’) Staff Distribution - Male Female = 50:31 - Senior Junior = 10:71 - Senior Male = 7 - Junior Male = 43 - Senior Female = 3 - Junior Female = 28 Age Distribution 20 – 35 = 9 36 – 45 = 14
INFORMATION FROM AKUAPEM NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY WHO IS THE DCE, DCD PM AND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS (ANY NEWS AND PICTURES) a) Hon. Goerge Opare Addo – DCE – DCD b) Modesta Bokuma DCD c) Hon. Nana Addo Gyau Akabisa II – Presiding Member d) Membership of Assembly – 80
WHAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE THERE IN THE DISTRICT
- Akuapem North Assembly General Administration
- District Planning Co-ordinating Unit
- Statistical Services Department
- Birth and Death Department
- Information Service Department
- Controller and Accountant General Department
- Assembly work Department and PWD
- Department of Feeder Roads
- Department Rural Housing
- Department of Town and Country Planning
- Department of Parks and Gardens
- Department of Social Welfare
- Department of Community Development
- Department of Forestry, Game and Wild Life
- Environmental Health Division of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
- Department of Crop Research
- Department of Animal Health and Production
- Department of Fisheries
- Department of Agricultural Extension Services
POPULATION INFORMATION A total population of about 4, 753 made up of 48,942 and 55,811 females by the 2000 population and housing census, with growth rate of 1.8%.
MAJOR TRIBES, ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES There are three major ethnic groups in the district. a) The Akuapem Speaking Twi b) Guan speaking groups c) Okeres who speaks kyerepong Other settlements like ewes, Krobos and people of Northern extraction in the district.
SETTLEMENT There are 248 settlements in the district
BOARDERS OF DISTRICT It is located in the South-Eastern part of the region and bounded in the north-east by the Yilo Krobo District. North-west by the New Juaben Municipality, south-west by the Akuapem South District ad on the west by the Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District. It is situated on the Akuapem – Togo Range with a general altitude of between 38 1m and 487m with the highest peak reaching 500m.
MAJOR TOWNS AND VILLAGES Akropong is the District Capital Other major towns are Mampong, Adukrom, Larteh Abiriw, Awukugua, Mamfe and Dawu. Akuapem Mountains
Vocations in the Districts a) Civil Servants b) Teachers c) Agricultural Officer d) Farmer and Poultry Farmers e) Carpenters and Mechanics f) Business people and Entrepreneur g) Hawkers and Traders
For tables refer to pdf file attached
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