District Assemblies to be dissolved on 31 July

All the 110 Metropolitan, Municipals and District Assemblies are to be dissolved by mid-night of Wednesday 31 July to pave way for new district assembly elections. "Accordingly, all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies in Ghana would cease to have effects as presently constituted by midnight of Wednesday 31 July".

A statement issued and signed by Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, in Accra on Wednesday said the dissolution notice was applicable to all corresponding sub-structures, notably the Zonal, Sub-Metropolitan, Urban, Town and Area Councils and Unit Committees.

This, the statement said, was in accordance with Article 246 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Local Government Act 1993 Section 5(3) which states that the life span of the district Assembly is four years. It said all presiding members were to ensure that the final sessions or meetings of the Assemblies were convened for the purposes of dissolution on or before Wednesday 31 July.

The Electoral Commission of Ghana is organising District Assembly elections on 30 July, this year and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural development is making preparation to inaugurate the new District Assemblies, within the shortest practicable time, the statement noted.