Kumawu District 1.22. Kumasi at a Glance ῆ Kumasi is located centrally in the Ashanti Region - an important transport and commercial hub for both domestic and international traffic. Districts in Brong Ahafo Region and Their Capitals. Offinso Municipal District 1.26. (metropolis, municipalities and districts) ῆAdministered by the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council headed by the Regional Minister, Hon Eric Opoku. Obuasi Municipal District 1.25. Offinso North District 1.27. In Greater Accra, the following areas will be affected: Accra Metropolis Tema Metropolis Tema West Kpone Katamanso Krowor Ledzokuku Adentan Ashiaman La-Nkwantanang-Madina La-Dade-Kotopon Okaikwei North Ablekuma North Ablekuma West Ablekuma Central Ayawaso East Ayawaso North Ayawaso West Ayawaso Central Ga North Ga West Ga South Ga Central Ga East Korle-Klottey Weija/Gbawe Awutu Senya East, In the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area, the Kumasi Metropolis and Asokwa will be affected.SuameOld Tafo Oforikrom Asokore Mampong Kwadaso Atwima Nwabiagya Kwabre EastEjisuAfigya-Kwabre South Bosomtwe Atwima Kwanwoma Atwima Nwabiagya North. The Vice-President said roads were an important and essential component in the socio-economic development of the country, which was why the government had decided to embark on massive road infrastructure improvement in the country from now till the end of next year. Mampong Municipal District 1.24. The metropolises and municipalities benefiting from the project are the Kumasi metropolis and the Oforikrom, Suame, Kwadaso, Asokwa and New Tafo municipalities. Bolgatanga youth protest deplorable roads, Bawumia inspects 3rd medical drone centre, FDA Board is investigating bribery allegation, UN saddened by death of Ex-President Rawlings, Akufo-Addo declares 7 day national mourning, Rawlings to be given 'befitting' state burial, Illegal Wildlife: Detection Dog Makes Arrest, George Weah mourns former President Rawlings, A nation mourns while battling a pandemic. Ghana Districts - Districts Ashanti Region (Kumasi) Kumasi Metropolitan District, KUMASI Adansi North District, FOMENA . Also affected are residents in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and contiguous districts, for a period of two weeks or 14 days subject to review. Afigya-Sekyere District, AGONA . Amansie East District, BEKWAI . He said if the pilfering of materials was allowed to continue, the situation would only be made worse for the public, who are the end users of the enterprise. Mr Amoako-Attah also warned workmen not to steal the work materials and sell them at cheap prices to community members close by. Ahafo Ano North District, TEPA . Sekyere South District Brong Ahafo Region . C 2006 A Public-Private Program between Min of Local Government & Rural Dev. and Maks Publications & Media Services However, according to President Akufo-Addo, “if you must go out, it must only be to get essential items such as food, water, medicine, undertake banking transactions, or to use public toilet facilities. Ahafo Ano South District, MANKRANSO . Riders of motorbikes are not allowed to carry any additional person, and all intra-city passenger vehicles, such as trotros and taxis, must reduce the number of passengers in order to observe appropriate social distancing and hygiene protocols. He said Kumasi, being the second largest city in the country, required a matching road network to facilitate easy movement and the transportation of goods and services. Amansie Central District, JACOBU . “The ministry observed at three of its project sites that the workmen had stolen some of the work materials and sold them to people in nearby communities at rates lower than the market price,” he said. “The President was not joking when he declared 2020 as the year for roads,” he said. The project, which is estimated at 55 million Euros, is under the ‘Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructures of Kumasi Inner Ring Road and Adjacent Streets’ project and will be completed within a year. Some residents in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), which include Awutu Senya East will be affected. The Ga West Municipal District has a unique sister city relationship with Ga East, South, and Central. Kwabre East District 1.23. Ga West lies within longitude 0°12 west and 0°22 West and latitude 50°48' North, 5°39 North and it is along the Kumasi Accra route. He said Kumasi, being the second largest city in the country, required a matching road network to facilitate easy movement and the transportation of goods and services. Speaking at the same ceremony, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwesi Amoako-Attah, said the ministry was in the process of coming up with a new contract agreement that would make contractors liable for the maintenance of the roads they constructed for the rest of their life span should the roads develop defects within its first year. But, as much as possible, stay at, home.”, He added, “that there shall be, during this period, no inter-city movement of vehicles and aircraft for private or commercial purposes for the areas of the restrictive measures, except for vehicles and aircrafts providing essential services and those carrying cargo.”. “So far, Kumasi has benefited from 70 kilometres of asphalt roads and it is envisaged that by the close of 2020, 200 kilometres of town roads in the metropolis and its environs would have received a facelift,” he said. “The ministry is no longer going to tolerate shoddy work from any contractor and will make sure that the people have value for money,” he said. He said there were road works going on simultaneously in all the 16 regions and the 260 districts in the country, all geared towards improving the country’s road infrastructure. 28 March 2020 1:21pm. Sekyere East District 1.30. Dr Bawumia said the need for good roads was of crucial importance to the populace and the government had decided to meet that need. Using the example of the city of Kumasi, the “Municipal Waste Management in Kumasi” project aimed toward the development of action-oriented strategies and concepts for effective waste management in all Ghanaian municipalities. List of municipalities affected by partial lockdown. Kumasi Metropolitan District 1.21. That, he said, was to ensure that contractors did a good job and did not saddle the government with the obligation of maintaining the roads after they (contractors) had done shoddy works on them. All commercial vehicle stations shall observe appropriate hygiene protocols and social distancing. Sekyere Central District 1.29. Source: Abubakar Ibrahim | Myjoyonline.com . “So far, Kumasi has benefited from 70 kilometres of asphalt roads and it is envisaged that by the close of 2020, 200 kilometres of town roads in the metropolis and its environs would have received a facelift,” he said. Adansi South District, NEW EDUBIAASE . Sustainable Economic Development to Secure Future Job Prospects, Supporting the Start-up Ecosystem in Kumasi, Safety at Work and Environmental Protection in the Informal Recycling Sector, Capacity Building in Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Ghana, Specialist Programme: ‘Resource Recovery – Made in NRW’, WACEE’12 – Platform for Sustainable Economic Development, Appraisal mission – Supplying Power from Renewable Energy, Creating a Testing and Development Laboratory, GIZ projects in the Ghana-NRW partnership. The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawamia, last Friday cut the sod for the rehabilitation of a total of 100 kilometres of road network in the Kumasi metropolis and five other municipalities in the Ashanti Region. 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President Akufo-Addo has announced that effective Monday, March 30, at 1 am under the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012), there will be restrictions on the movement of persons in some parts of the country. This means that everyone resident in these areas must stay at home for the next two weeks or 14 days. It lies between longitudes 0.15W and 2.25W, and latitudes 5.50N and 7.46N. Sekyere-Afram Plains District 1.28.