Awoshie

Awoshie is a town located in Ga central and Ablekuma North Municipal Districts[1] [2] of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Awoshie
Country Ghana
RegionGreater Accra Region

Politics

Awoshie is in two different constituency, namely : Anyaa - sowutuom constituency and Ablekuma North constituency headed by Honorable Shirley Ayorkor Botwe[3] and Honorable Nana Akua Owusu-Afriyie respectively, both Members of the New Patriotic Party. The constituencies are boundary by the Lafa river. The Chief of Awoshie/ Lafa is Nii Kwatekwei I Awoshie Lafa Mantse and his Stool Queen Naa Afie Tawiah Awoshie/Lafa Manye


Traditionally, most of the lands of Awoshie are under the Gbawe Kwatei Family Stool Lands[4].

Education

Awoshie has both Basic and Secondary institutions. These institution are government and private owned. Notable among them are :

Odorgonnor Senior High School[5] (Government owned)

Apostle Sarfo School of Arts and Sciences (private owned)

Edge Hill Senior High School.(private owned)[6][7]

Pank senior High School.[8]

Health

Amoah Hospital and Mary- Lucy Hospital located in Awoshie Station and Awoshie Last Stop respectively are the hospitals located in Awoshie. A clinic is under construction at Adaa maame. There are other private owned clinics and maternity homes.

Economy

Awoshie is a busy town with most people staying up late either to buy or sell. The streets are studded with lots of food joints with waakye and rice being the most common during the day time. The nights are alive with music from various clubs, pubs and so on. Notable among these is Park and Pork, located on the Mangoase junction.

Awoshie happens to be a residential area with most of women engaged in one form of trade or the other. Typically, a day in Awoshie begins at 4am when market women start leaving their homes to the roadside to join buses mostly headed for Accra central. A few join buses headed for other markets such as the Kasoa, Madina markets and so on. Men, on the other hand, are usually preparing to drive the market women to town around this time. As the day grows and more market women have been conveyed to their destinations, the way is clear for others like hawkers, mobile money agents, food vendors, students, cobblers etc

References
  1. "Ga Central municipality - Ghana Statistical Service" (PDF).
  2. "Ablekuma North MP cut sod for clinic". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. "Anyaa- Sowutuom MP Donates to PUC".
  4. "Report of the Rights and Resources Initiative and the Land Policy Initiative Regional Workshop with African Land Commissions on Securing Community Land Rights" (PDF).
  5. "Odogornno @ 77: a peep into its success". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  6. "Educational Institutions". www.centralregion.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  7. "References ยป Schools/Colleges". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  8. "List of Secondary Schools in Ghana". www.ghanaschoolsnet.com/. Retrieved 12 August 2011.


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