Administrative and Institutional Arrangement

In development planning, projects are seen as the cutting edge of development. Since development is not only multidimensional but also inter-disciplinary, it requires the involvement of several specialists in development decision-making process.

It is therefore important that the clearly defined administrative or institutional structures indication the various levels of interaction between them are known to aid the successful implementation and operation of project.
This section of the development plan discussed the composition and structure of Akatsi South Municipal Assembly and other related institutions.

Town/Area Councils and Unit Committees

The area Councils and Unit Committees are the lowest level of local government structure. The Local Government Establishment Instrument of 1990 established these.

The Town/Area Councils are not independent of the Municipal Assembly; accordingly assisted by the Municipal Assembly, perform the following functions among others

* Perform the functions of town and village development
* Enumerate and leep all records of ratable persons and properties in the Municipality and collect revenue due to the Assembly
* Assist in prevention or eradicating public health hazards
* Discuss local problems and take action to solve them
* Be responsible for the day -to -day running of the units.

The Council is made up of all the Paramount Chiefs of the two Traditional areas, some selected chiefs and other co-opted members. The council is chaired permanently by the Paramount Chief of the Avenor Traditional Area and has two sub-committees, namely judicial sub-committee and finance sub-committee