{"id":1261,"date":"2018-03-31T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/?page_id=1261"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:10:29","slug":"functions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/functions\/","title":{"rendered":"Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row row wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left right-to-left\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_custom_heading\" ><h2 style=\"text-align: left !important;font-family:Abril Fatface !important;font-weight:400 !important;font-style:normal\" >Functions<\/h2><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left right-to-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) derives its mandate from Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution, Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) and Legislative Instrument (LI) 1929 (2008) which establishes Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The Assembly is mandated to ensure the overall development of the metropolis through the formulation and implementation of policies, programmes and strategies that promote local governance and service delivery. As the highest political and administrative authority in the Tema Metropolitan Area, its functions include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TEMA-METROPOLITAN-ASSEMBLY_PROFILE-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open for full document<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Functions The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) derives its mandate from Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution, Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) and Legislative Instrument (LI) 1929 (2008) which establishes Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The Assembly is mandated to ensure the overall development of the metropolis through the formulation and implementation of policies, programmes and strategies that promote local governance and service delivery. As the highest political and administrative authority in the Tema Metropolitan Area, its functions include: Open for full document","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Functions | Tema Metropolitan Assembly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/functions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Functions | Tema Metropolitan Assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" 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