{"id":374916,"date":"2017-11-18T09:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T09:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=374916"},"modified":"2017-11-27T10:20:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T10:20:05","slug":"list-of-new-districts-municipal-assemblies-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/list-of-new-districts-municipal-assemblies-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"List of new districts, municipal assemblies [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government on Thursday November 16, 2017,\u00a0 laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) for the creation of some new districts in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The LI, which will mature in the next 21 sitting days, seeks to also carve some municipalities from other assemblies, and also elevate some existing districts to municipality status.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists after presenting the LI, the Local Government Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama, said the move is to deepen Ghana\u2019s democratic processes as well as the decentralization system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve decided that we need to deepen our democratic process and decentralization system. There are some districts that have grown. We started district assemblies in 1988, the population of some of the district assemblies have even doubled. And the essence of our local government system is to ensure that all persons in the district participate in the governance system and feel part of the governance system. So we\u2019ve decided to increase the number of districts, the districts that are big, divide them into other districts,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She however clarified that the new districts will not necessarily warrant the creation of new constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, you have Savelugu municipal assembly which includes Savelugu constituency and Nantong constituency. So that you have Nantong at its district, and Savelugu will remain a municipality. But in doing that, we have to come with an LI for Savelugu because you are changing its boundaries and an LI for Nantong, so that\u2019s why the LIs look many,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is an infographic of the new districts and municipal assemblies as well as the elevated districts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-374918 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"972\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-2.jpg 972w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-2-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-2-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-2-922x1024.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-374919 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-3.jpg 909w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-3-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-3-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-3-862x1024.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-374917 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-1.jpg 922w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-1-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-1-768x900.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-districts-and-municipal-assemblies-1-874x1024.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. Allotey &amp; Melvin Clottey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government on Thursday November 16, 2017,\u00a0 laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) for the creation of some new districts in the country. The LI, which will mature in the next 21 sitting days, seeks to also carve some municipalities from other assemblies, and also elevate some existing districts to municipality status. Speaking to journalists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":374470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2419,10,11],"tags":[3,1746,13977,14675,14690],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>List of new districts, municipal assemblies [Infographic] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/list-of-new-districts-municipal-assemblies-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"List of new districts, municipal assemblies [Infographic] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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