{"id":197,"date":"2017-03-08T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T12:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localgovernment.crunchpress.com\/dummy\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:49:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column el_id=&#8221;text-align: justify;&#8221;]\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"about-section\">\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"element_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"heading-style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>KWAHU WEST <span>MUNICIPALITY<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p>The Kwahu West Municipal Assembly was carved out of Kwahu South District as Kwahu West District in August, 2004 by a Legislative Instrument 1589. It was however upgraded to a Municipal status in July, 2007 by Legislative Instrument 1870. It has Nkawkaw as its administrative capital; which is the second largest urban towns in the Eastern Region. It has 214 settlements within its jurisdiction. The Municipality\u2019s capital, Nkawkaw is located about 241 kilometres north-west of Accra. According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census, the Municipality had a population of 93,584. The sex distribution of the population indicates that the male population constitutes 44,875 (48%) and female population constitutes 48,709 (52%). In 2018 the population of the Municipality is projected as 144,409 of which Fifty-two percent (51.7%) resides in the urban localities whilst forty-eight percent (48.3%) resides in rural localities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t  <strong class=\"name\"><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-frame\" style = \"background:url(https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kwahu-members.jpg) no-repeat left top\"> <a href=\"#\" class=\"btn-play\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#myModal\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"modal fade\" id=\"myModal\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sx0EP44Wlg4\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1526391791563{margin-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;More about KWMA&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;warning&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; i_align=&#8221;right&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-chevron-right&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;flipInY&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fkwahuwest.gov.gh%2Findex.php%2Fabout-us%2Fabout-kwma%2F|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489042136408{margin-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"ask-question\">\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"element_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <h2>FREQUENTLY ASK <span>QUESTION<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-box\"> <div class=\"thumb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yaw-addo.jpg\" alt=\"img\"><\/div> <div class=\"thumb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/muslim-community.jpg\" alt=\"img\"><\/div> <div class=\"thumb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/discussion.jpg\" alt=\"img\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \n<pre><div class='cp-accordions'> \r\n\r\n<\/div><\/pre>\n\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"facts-figures\">\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"element_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"holder\" style = \"background: #000 url(https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/facts-bg-1-1024x180.png) no-repeat left top\/cover\">\n\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\">\n              <div class=\"box \"> <strong class=\"number\">2007<\/strong> <span>Established<\/span> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\">\n              <div class=\"box \"> <strong class=\"number\">414<\/strong> <span>KM Square<\/span> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\">\n              <div class=\"box border-none\"> <strong class=\"number\">144,409<\/strong> <span>Total Population<\/span> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"team-section\">\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"element_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <h2>YOUR <span>ELECTED OFFICIALS<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"frame\"> <img width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MCD-245x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-245x300 size-245x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"team-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/team\/2329\/\">Rev. Daniel Nkrumah<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"title\">Municipal Coordinating Director<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"frame\"> <img width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ing_Odjidja-245x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-245x300 size-245x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"team-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/team\/richard-nii-odjidja\/\">R. Nii Odjidja<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"title\">Municipal Works Engineer<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"frame\"> <img width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC_0019-245x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-245x300 size-245x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"team-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/team\/emma-awusi-arthur\/\">Emmanuel Awusi Arthur<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"title\">Municipal Procurement Officer<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"frame\"> <img width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC_0998-245x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-245x300 size-245x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"team-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/team\/bright-bosompem\/\">Bright Bosompem<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"title\">Municipal Budget Analyst<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"btn-row\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/management-team\/\" class=\"btn-style-2\">Management Team<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489388612669{margin-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<section class=\"governor-message\">\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"holder\" style = \"background:url(https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/governor-message-bg-1024x341.jpg) no-repeat left top\/cover\"> \n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"image-frame animated fadeInLeft\"><img src=\"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mce-message-layer-bg-1024x422.png\" alt=\"img\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t  <h2>MCE&#039;S<span> FEW WORDS<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t  <blockquote> <span>&#8220;<\/span> It&#8217;s a Fresh Day\nAnother Fresh Beginning and\nWith HIS Abundant Benevolence we stride into 2018 with all strength and positivism!!!\nHappy New Year to you all!!! <em>&#8221;<\/em> <\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t  <h4>By Hon. Yaw Owusu Addo<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t  <strong class=\"name\">Municipal Chief Executive<\/strong> <\/div>\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column el_id=&#8221;text-align: justify;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1526391791563{margin-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;More about KWMA&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;warning&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; i_align=&#8221;right&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-chevron-right&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;flipInY&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fkwahuwest.gov.gh%2Findex.php%2Fabout-us%2Fabout-kwma%2F|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489042136408{margin-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489388612669{margin-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kwahuwest.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}