La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly: History
The La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly is one of the newly created districts established and simultaneously inaugurated on 28 June 2012 under the Legislative Instrument (LI 2133).
Under the local government arrangements when the Accra city council was created in 1953, six area councils were established namely Ablekuma, Ashiedu Keteke, Ayawaso, Okaikoi, Osu Klotey and Kpeshie (which comprised Teshie, Nungua and La). This system operated until 18 March 1989 when Accra was elevated to metropolitan district status and the area councils became sub-metropolitan district councils under Legislative Instrument 1500 of the new Local Government System (PNDCL 207) Act 462.
In 2003, part of the first schedule of the Accra Metropolitan Legislative Instrument of 1995 (LI 1615) was amended and replaced with Legislative Instrument 1722 of 2003 which led to the creation of 7 more sub-metropolitan district councils out of the existing 6. The Kpeshie sub-metropolitan district council was split into the Nungua, Teshie and La sub-metropolitan districts; the Ablekuma sub-metropolitan district council was split into the Ablekuma North, Ablekuma Central, and Ablekuma South sub-metropolitan districts; the Ayawaso sub-metropolitan district council was split into the Ayawaso Central, Ayawaso East, and Ayawaso West sub-metropolitan district council; and the Okaikoi sub-metropolitan district council was split into the Okaikoi North and Okaikoi South sub-metropolitan district council. This intervention was informed by the need to break up the district into smaller sectors to facilitate good governance.
In 2012, to promote efficiency in the administrative machinery and also meet the ever pressing demands for amenities and essential services, the La sub-metropolitan district council was carved out of the Accra Metropolitan District and upgraded to a Municipal status as the La Dade Kotopon Municipal District under Legislative Instrument 2133.