Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs

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The Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs is a statutory traditional authority body in Ghana that brings together paramount and divisional chiefs from the Greater Accra Region to deliberate on customary matters and advise on regional governance.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Regional House of Chiefs ⓘ
statutory traditional authority body ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroups Dangme people ⓘ
Ga people ⓘ
associatedWith chieftaincy institution in Ghana ⓘ
category Government of Ghana institutions ⓘ
Traditional councils in Ghana ⓘ
composedOf divisional chiefs in Greater Accra Region ⓘ
paramount chiefs in Greater Accra Region ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
governanceLevel subnational ⓘ
governsDomain chieftaincy affairs ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
traditional governance ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver recognized traditional areas in Greater Accra Region ⓘ
hasFunction advises government on matters affecting chieftaincy in Greater Accra ⓘ
codification of customary law at regional level ⓘ
maintains register of stools and skins in the region ⓘ
participates in national consultations on traditional governance through the National House of Chiefs ⓘ
registration of chiefs within the region ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Greater Accra Region ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus constitutionally recognized body ⓘ
hasRole advises on regional governance ⓘ
deliberates on customary matters ⓘ
interprets customary law within its jurisdiction ⓘ
preserves customs and traditions of ethnic groups in Greater Accra Region ⓘ
settles chieftaincy disputes at regional level ⓘ
hasTypeOfMember divisional chief ⓘ
paramount chief ⓘ
languageUsed Dangme ⓘ
English ⓘ
Ga ⓘ
legalBasis Chieftaincy Act of Ghana ⓘ
Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
locatedIn Accra ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Greater Accra Region ⓘ
partOf National House of Chiefs (Ghana) ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Ghana ⓘ
Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (Ghana) ⓘ
regionServed Greater Accra Region ⓘ
scope regional ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
traditional authority system ⓘ
subjectTo National House of Chiefs (Ghana) ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana in matters of law ⓘ
worksWith Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council ⓘ
district assemblies in Greater Accra Region ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ga Mantse → associatedInstitution → Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs ⓘ
subject linked to: Ga Mantse (Ga king)
Ga-Adangbe → hasInstitution → Dangme Traditional Council ⓘ
linked to: Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs
Ga Traditional Council → subordinateTo → Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs ⓘ
National House of Chiefs of Ghana → supervises → Regional Houses of Chiefs of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs
Osu Traditional Council → recognizedBy → Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs ⓘ
Ada Traditional Council → partOf → Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs ⓘ