The Development focus of the Ga West Municipal Assembly for the next decade is to "Achieve accelerated poverty reduction, shared growth through creation of an enabling environment and empowerment of the vulnerable within the context of good governance and decentralized environment".
This relies on infrastructure development with particular emphasis on "education and health facilities, sanitation, water supply, improved agricultural production and marketing with the ultimate objective of promoting growth and alleviating pover ... more »
about this municipality
The Ga West Municipal Assembly was carved out of the erstwhile Ga municipal which was created in 1988 in pursuance of the government decentralization and local government reform policy. In 2004, the Ga Municipality was divided into two with Amasaman the former municipal capital remaining the capital for the newly created Ga West Municipal.
The Ga West Municipal is the second largest of the six Municipalities & Districts in Greater Accra Region. It lies within latitude 5048’ North 5029’ North and longitude 008’ west and 0 030’ West. The Municipal shares common boundaries with Ga East Municipal and Accra Metropolitan Assembly to the East, Akwapem South, Suhum Kraboa Coalter and West Akim Municipal to the North, Awutu Efutu Senya to the West and the Gulf of Guinea to the South. It occupies a land area of approximately 710.2 sq km with about 1028 communities.
latest news
An office complex under construction in the Medie Electoral Area to host the Kotoku Zonal Council in the Ga West Municipality is nearing completion as the project is currently at roofing level.
GA W: Medie in need of more drainage systems Residents of Medie, a township in the Ga West Municipality, are calling on the government to extend the drainage pattern in the area since the town experiences severe flooding anytime it rains.
GA W: Company pays NHIS premium for fifty people in Ga West As part of its cooperate social responsibility, Engen Oil Ghana Limited, a PETRONAS subsidiary company, has paid premium of the National Health Insurance Scheme for 50 people, including orphans, in the Ga West Municipality.
GA W: Mini bus runs over ‘kose’ seller A mini Nissan Urvan bus this morning run over a ‘kose’ seller (a form of doughnut prepared from beans and served with porridge) killing her and injuring others at Mile 7 near the old Peace FM in the Ga West Municipality.
GA W: New Amasaman market accommodates 230 traders A newly constructed market at Amasaman, the capital of the Ga West Municipality has helped to improve the economic lives of about 230 traders in the area.
