The Sekyere East District was created in 1988 and is one of the 27 districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It has Effiduase as the district capital. Located in the North-eastern part of the region, it lies approximately between Latitude 6° 45’ - 7° 32’ North and Longitude 0° 22’ West. The district shares common boundaries with some districts in Ashanti Region.
They include, Afigya Sekyere to the West - West, Sekyere West to the West, Ashanti Akim North to the South-East and Ejisu-Juaben to the South-West. It also shares boundaries with Sene and Atebubu Districts in the Brong Ahafo Region and Kwahu North District in the Eastern Region. Sekyere East District is the largest of all the twenty seven (27) Districts in Ashanti and covers a total land area of about 4,231.4sqkm.
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This district has great potentials eventhough its bedeviled with quite a number of problems thus inadequate potable water supply, sanitary facilities and health facilitie,Poor and inadequate social infrastructure like roads, housing and lorry parks and inadequate economic infrastructure like markets and electricity.
The population is also increasing by the days and the increase has been attributed to the increased number of settler farmers from Northern Ghana into the Afram Plains portion of the dist ... more »
latest news
The District Chief Executive for Sekyere East Solomon Adjei Mensah has indicated his administration’s commitment to complete all ongoing developmental projects in the area by the end of the year.
SEKYERE E: DCE justifies call for BNI probe into fertilizer sales The DCE for Sekyere East in the Ashanti Region Solomon Adjei Mensah has denied allegations that he supervised the sale of subsidized fertilizers in the open market instead of distributing to farmers.
SEKYERE EAST : 5 schools to benefit from school feeding Five additional schools within the Sekyere East District in the Ashanti Region are expected to benefit from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) to boost the quality of education in the area.
SEKYERE EAST : Akwamu Effiduase gets new fire tender Fire service personnel in the Akwamu Effiduase Electoral Area can now afford to smile as government procures a brand new fire tender to alleviate the stress personnel go through in the discharge of their duty.
SEKYERE EAST : Assembly moves to support security agencies As part of measures to promote security in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region the assembly has embarked on a massive rehabilitation works on the District Police Station in order to place the Police personnel in a better condition to fight crime.
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