Leadership
Elizabeth Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey
Governance
Accra is the capital of both the Greater Accra Region and the country. It is located on the southern part of Ghana along the Gulf of Guinea. Having experienced significant growth, it is now the economic and administrative hub of Ghana. Accra Metropolitan Assembly is the political and administrative authority for the city of Accra.
Appointed by the President subject to approval by Accra Metropolitan Assembly members.
Accra Metro Assembly website: https://ama.gov.gh/themayor.phpv
Accra Metropolitan Assembly has 16 departments and other units with Heads of Departments who all report directly to the Metro Coordinating Director (MCD) and ultimately to the Metro Chief Executive (Mayor).
Accra Metropolitan Assembly website: https://ama.gov.gh/theassembly.php
Departments
1. Budget & Rating
2. Central Administration
3. Department of Education
4. Disaster Management & Prevention
5. Finance
6. Food & Agriculture
7. Human Resource Department
8. Legal Department
9. Metro Public Health Department
10. Metro Transport
11. Physical Planning
12. Social Welfare & Community Development
13. Urban Roads
14. Waste Management
15. Works Department
16. The Ga Mashie Development Agency (GAMADA)
Accra Metropolitan Assembly website: https://ama.gov.gh/departments.php
The General Assembly represents 3 sub-metros and has 34 members comprising 20 Elected Members, 10 Government Appointees, 3 Members of Parliament and the Metro Chief Executive/Mayor who also chairs the Executive Committee.
Accra Metro Assembly’s Fourteen (14) Sub-Committees include:
- Social Services
- Finance & Administration
- Development Planning
- Revenue Mobilization
- Justice & Security
- Education
- Works
- Environment
- Youth, Sports & Culture
- Trade, Tourism &Industry
- Disaster Management
- Food & Agriculture
- Health
- Women & Children
Accra Metropolitan Assembly website: https://ama.gov.gh/theassembly.php
Finances
GHS 23,591,276
USD 4,409,209 (2020)
Accra Metropolitan Assembly. 2020. Annual Report. Page 36. Available: https://ndpc.gov.gh/media/GR_AMA_APR_2020.pdf
- Property rates
- Service Fees
- Business licences and construction permits
- Fines/penalties
- Rentals
Accra Metropolitan Assembly website: https://ama.gov.gh/documents/LGB_No._00_%E2%80%94_AMA_FEE_FIXING_2022(1).pdf
1. Manufacturing
2. Wholesale and retail trade
3. Agriculture
4. Forestry and fishing
5. Services
Greater Accra Region website: http://www.gtarcc.gov.gh/index.php/about-gar/5/
Development Profile
Accra-Age-Pyramid
Age Pyramid
Population Trends
Population Trends
21,243 people/km2
Population Trends
110,083
Population Trends
23.44 km2
Population Trends
563,679
Population Trends
497,943*
Population Trends
1,665,086
Population Trends
Informal Economy
Informal Economy
Unemployment
Unemployment
80%
Informal Economy
23.1%
Unemployment
Education: Literacy Rate
Literacy Rate
HDI Score
Human Development Index Score
Human Development Index Definition
The HDI score, ranging from 1 (best score) to 0 (worst score), summarises the average achievement across three basic dimensions of human development:
• A long and healthy life (life expectancy at birth)
• Knowledge (mean years of schooling for adults 25 years and older; expected years of schooling for children of school entering age)
• A decent standard of living
89%
Education: Literacy Rate
0.632
HDI Score
Basic Services: Sanitation
Sanitation
Basic Services: Waste
Waste
Electricity
Electricity
Housing: Access
Access to Housing
Spatial Development: Maps
Urban Area Maps
Transport: Median Travel Times
Average Travel Times
Transport: Modes
Modes of Transport
Water
Water
25%
Basic Services: Waste
2,385 tonnes
Basic Services: Waste
130,160 m3
Water
2%
Water
10%
Water
88%
Water
25-60
Water
60-120
Water
5%
Basic Services: Waste
9%
Basic Services: Sanitation
70%
Basic Services: Waste
48%
Transport: Modes
6%
Transport: Modes
4.1%
Transport: Modes
12%
Transport: Modes
29.9%
Transport: Modes
15%
Basic Services: Sanitation
76%
Basic Services: Sanitation
140,000 m3
Basic Services: Sanitation
97.2%
Electricity
Main Sources
Electricity
Urban Development Challenges
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