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KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

Kwahu Afram Plains North District has a total land area of approximately 2,341.3 km2. The District is bounded by five districts namely, Kwahu Afram Plains South District to the South, in the west by Sekyere Afram Plains and Asante-Akim North Districts in the Ashanti Region, in the north by Sene and Atebubu Districts in the Brong Ahafo Region and in the east by the Volta Lake. The District has a potential large market due to its locational advantage.


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VISION
Active Citizens in a Resilient and Effective Afram Plains.
MISSION
Environment to ensure a higher standard of living for the people .
VALUES
Kwahu Afram Plains North District has a total land area of approximately 2,341.3 km2. The District is bounded by five districts

VEGETATION AND SOILS

The District lies within savannah vegetation zone comprising the savannah transitional zone and savannah woodland characterized by short deciduous fire resistant trees often widely spaced and a ground flora composed of grass of varying heights. The grassland is currently used for cattle rearing.There are few forest reserves covering about 120.8sq km. The forest reserves constitute about 15 percent of the entire surface area of the District. Some commercial tree species found in the forests are Milicia excelsa (Odum), Sterculia rhinopetala (Wawa), Terminalia superba (Ofram), Khaya ivoriensis (African mahogany) and Antiaris toxicaria (Kyenkyen). The major soil group in the District is the Swedru-Nsaba-Offin Compound. Dominating this soil group is the Swedru series which are mainly red silty, well drained, deep gravel-free silty loams and silty-clay loams. The Nsaba series are yellowish red silty clay loam, moderately well drained, very shallow and rocky. The soils are suitable for the cultivation of both food crops (cassava, plantain, yam, cocoyam, maize) and cash crops (cashew, oil palm, citrus,) which are grown in the District. The land in this area is susceptible to wind erosion when the vegetation cover is removed.

RELIEF AND DRAINAGE

The land is generally undulating and rises about 60 meters to 120 meters above sea level. The only high ground is the Donkorkrom plateau. The District is drained by the Afram River in the west, the Volta Lake in the east and the Obosom River in the north which flow continually throughout the year and are used for both domestic and agricultural purposes. Several other seasonal streams are found in the District. The pattern of flow of these rivers is largely dendritic in nature and flow in the North-South direction. The continues flow of the Afram river and the Volta lake offers a great opportunity for farmers and other investors to engage in all year round farming by engaging in small and large scale irrigation respectively. This will ensure the availability of raw materials for agro-base industries domestically and for exports.

GEOLOGY

The Kwahu Afram Plains North District lies in the Southern-most part of the Voltarian Sedimentary Basin, which covers about 45% of the total area of Ghana and extends eastwards into the Republic of Togo. The underlying geology of the Voltaian Basin consists almost entirely of sedimentary rocks; mainly coarse-grained sand stones, clays shales and mudstones of the Devonians or early Carboniferous Age (Junner and Hirst, 1946). The District therefore has geology described as principally Upper Voltarian sandstones consisting of coarse and fine- grained massive sandstones that are thin bedded, flaggy, impure, ferruginous or Field spastic and locally inter-bedded with shale’s and mudstone. The sandstones are found along the boundary margins whiles shale’s and mudstones outcrop within the central part of the District from below the sandstone bed.

TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY

Temperatures are high ranging from 36.60C to 36.80C on the average between February and March respectively. December and January have low temperatures between 19.09C and 20.10C. There is relative humidity high throughout the year, ranging from 68.2% to 71.6% in the dry season and 81.6% to 71.6% in the wet season.

CLIMATE AND RAINFALL

The District falls within the savannah vegetation zone which is associated with two main rainfall seasons occurring in June and October. The first rainy season starts from May to June and the second from September to October. The mean annual rainfall is between 1,150mm and 1,650mm. The dry seasons are distinct starting between November and late February.

Functions Of The District Assembly

Section 12 and 13 of the Local Governance Act, 2016(Act, 936) spelt out the functions of the District Assembly.
1. A District Assembly shall

(a). exercise political and administrative authority in the district;

(b) Promote local economic development; and

(c) Provide guidance, give direction to and supervise other administrative authorities in the district as may be prescribed by law.
2. A District Assembly shall exercise deliberative, legislative and executive functions.
3. Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a District Assembly shall

(a) Be responsible for the overall development of the district;

(b) Formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the effective mobilization of the resources necessary for the overall development of the district;

(c) Promote and support productive activity and social development in the district and remove any obstacles to initiative and development;

(d) sponsor the education of students from the district to fill particular manpower needs of the district especially in the social sector of education and health, making sure that the sponsorship is fairly and equitably balance between male and female students;

(e) Initiate programmes for development of basic infrastructure and provide municipal works and services in the district;

(f) Be responsible for the development, improvement and management of human settlements and the environment in the district;

(g) In co-operation with the appropriate national and local security agencies, be responsible for the maintenance of security and public safety in the district;

(h) Ensure ready access to courts in the district for the promotion of justice;

(i) act to preserve and promote the cultural heritage within the district;

(j) Initiate, sponsor or carry out studies that may be necessary for the discharge of any of the duties conferred by this Act or any other enactment; and
4. A District Assembly shall take the steps and measures that are necessary and expedient to (a) Execute approved development plans for the district

(k) Perform any other functions that may be provided under another enactment.

(b) Guide, encourage and support sub-district local structures, public agencies and local communities to perform their functions in the execution of approved development plans;

(c) Initiate and encourage joint participation with other persons bodies to execute approved development plans;

(d) Promote or encourage other persons or bodies to undertake projects under approved development plans; and

(e) Monitor the execution of projects under approved development plans and assess and evaluate their impact on the development of the district and national economy in accordance with government policy.
5. A District shall co-ordinate, integrate and harmonise the execution of programmes and projects under approved development plans for the district and other development programmes promoted or carried out by the Ministries, Departments, public corporations and other statutory bodies and non-governmental organizations in the district.
6. A District Assembly in the discharge of its duties shall

(a) Be subject to the general guidance and direction of the President on matters of national policy; and

(b) Act in co-operation with the appropriate public corporation, statutory body or non-governmental organization.
7. Public corporations, statutory bodies and non-governmental organizations shall co-operate with the District Assembly in the performance of their functions.
8. In the event of conflict between a District Assembly and an agency of the central Government, public corporation, statutory body, non-governmental organization or individual over the application of subsection (5), (6) or (7), the matter shall be referred by either or both parties to the Regional Co-ordinating Council for resolution.
9. The instrument that establishes a particular District Assembly or any other instrument may confer additional functions on the District Assembly