Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Authority is a former district council that was located in Western Region, Ghana. Originally created as a district council in 1975. However, on 1988, it was split off into two new district assemblies: Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District (capital: Sekondi-Takoradi) and Ahanta West District (capital: Agona Nkwanta). The district council was located in the southeast part of Western Region and had Sekondi-Takoradi as its capital town.
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Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District is a former district that was located in Western Region, Ghana. Originally created as a metropolitan district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Authority Council; which was later renamed as Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District in 1994. However, on 29 February 2008, it was split off into two new districts: Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District and Shama District. The metropolis was located in the southeast part of Western Region and had Sekondi-Takoradi as its capital town.
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Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Or It was formerly part of the then-larger Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District in 1988, which was created from the former Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Authority Council, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Shama District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District. However on 15 March 2018, the western part of the district was split off to become Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal District; thus, the remaining part has been retained as Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District. The metropolis is located in the southeast part of Western Region and has Sekondi-Takoradi as its capital town.
The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District has a Political and Administrative structure. The Political Structure is composed of the General Assembly of fifty-seven members, comprising thirty-six elected members and Seventeen appointed members, the Metropolitan Chief Executive and three Members of Parliament as members of the Assembly.
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Bisa Abrewa Museum is a museum with sculptural representations of wood, clay, cement, paintings and photographs in Nkontompo in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region, Ghana. The museum has about 2,200 artifacts relating to heroes of Africa. Also sculptural pieces and photographs of the civil rights movement and other Black personalities in the French, Portuguese and Spanish Caribbean.
The Museum is believed to be one of the world's largest private collections of artifacts, audio visual and sculptures representing the African story. It was inaugurated by the first lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akuffo Addo, government officials and traditional leaders on July 28, 2019.
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Fijai Senior High School, formerly Fijai Secondary School, is a co-educational senior high school located in the Western Region of Ghana. The name Fijai is from the native dialect "Afei Gyae Me", which literally means "Now, leave me alone".
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St. John's School is an all-boys' second-cycle Roman Catholic school located at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. The current curriculum falls within the Senior High School system in Ghana, with overall oversight by the Ghana Education Service. Graduates of St. John's School are known as "Old Saints".