Accra Metropolitan Assembly

[1] The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has a general assembly which is constituted by about 102 members: two-thirds are elected representatives and one-third are government appointees.

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has (18) Statutory Departments; some of which are state entities decentralized and incorporated into the Local Assembly structure.

Some of these Departments oversee other functional units.

[1] The president of Ghana nominates a person for the office of Metropolitan Chief Executive.

[1] Then the nominee must be approved by at least two-thirds of the general assembly membership.