The Greater Accra Region is the smallest of the 10 administrative regions in terms of area, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres or 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the second most populated region, after the Ashanti Region, with a population of 2,905,726 in 2000, accounting for 15.4 per cent of Ghana’s total population.
The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 10 districts namely, Accra Metropolitan, Adenta Municipal, Ashaiman municipal, Dangme East, Dangme West, Ga East Municipal, Ga South Municipal, Ga West Municipal, Ledzokuku-Krowor municipal, Tema Metropolitan.
Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Area, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves.
The major ethnic groups are the Akan (39.8%), Ga-Dangme (29.7%) and Ewe (18%). The Gas however form the largest single sub-ethnic grouping, accounting for 18.9 percent. Christians constitute the largest religious group (83.0%), followed by Moslems (10.2%), people who profess no religion (4.6%) and adherents of traditional religion (1.4%).
With regard to marital status, 50.0 per cent of persons 15 years and older are in formal or informal cohabiting unions, while an additional 9.6 per cent have once been in a marriage. A slightly higher proportion of females than males are in marital unions; 51.5 per cent compared to 48.5 percent. In spite of the minimum legal age of 18 years prescribed for marriage, there is an indication that some persons aged 12-17 years do marry. The proportion of persons aged 12-17 years who are married or in consensual unions is 1.7 percent, compared to a national average of 6.4 percent.
Stakeholders in education within the Ashaiman Municipality have been charged to get actively involved in the administration of schools to help promote education in the area.
Government has ordered immediate investigations into damning revelations of child neglect and massive corruption amongst staff of the Osu Children’s Home in Accra.
A trader, Martha Yakubu, who allegedly mixed a local concoction known as “Okumadada” with acidic battery liquid and administered an enema to an eight-year-old girl on Tuesday has appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra for negligently causing harm.
The timely intervention of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service on Tuesday saved a Kumasi bound petrol tanker loaded with 36,000 litres of petrol from catching fire on the Tema Motorway.
Senate Club, an Abeka-based Muslim non-governmental organization, has inaugurated a committee to educate Muslim youth against cybercrime (commonly known as “Sakawa”) and other negative tendencies.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Armah Ashittey, has assured that government would re-negotiate with the landowners of O’Reilly Senior High School for at least three years extension.
The First Lady, Ernestina Naadu Mills, has expressed concern about the little or no attention at all given to cancer as a disease compared to malaria, HIV and AIDS, and other communicable diseases.
To raise revenue for the development of the municipality , the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly has officially opened a marriage registration office within the assembly’s premises.
Personnel from the Vetting and Crime Analysis (VCA) Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has organized a swoop on secondhand phone dealers and recovered 369 used mobile phones suspected to have been stolen from robbery victims.
