Central Administration
The Central Administration is headed by the District Coordinating Director (DCD) and is mandated to co-ordinate and implement central government policies, projects and programmes at the local level.
The department guides policy formulation, planning and decision-making at the Assembly. As part of its responsibilities, Central Administration acts as a liaison between Heads of other governmental and non-governmental agencies and the District Chief Executive, it ensures fair distribution of financial and material resources of the Assembly in consultation with the District Chief Executive.
The District Co-ordinating Director who is the Head of the Department serves as a Secretary to the General Assembly which is the highest decision-making body and is the chairperson to the District Planning and Coordinating Unit (DPCU).
He / She serves as an advisor to the District Chief Executive (DCE). He ensures the effective functioning of all other decentralized Departments and Agencies guarantee easy access to their services in the district.
The Department has the following units:
CLIENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT
This Unit exists to receive complaints about members and services, create awareness and inform the public of the Assembly's Programmes and activities. It is the platform to engage and communicate between the Assembly, the citizenry and stakeholders. It sensitizes the public on the mandates and responsibilities of Hon. Members, staff and all actors to enable residents hold them accountable. The unit establish for purposes of receiving feedback and complaints for Public Relations and Complaints Committee (PRCC) activities.
PLANNING UNIT
​The Unit is headed by a Development Planning Officer. The Planning & Coordinating Unit is responsible for providing leadership in the planning, implementation and evaluation of development projects and programmes in the Assembly. The Unit is responsible for preparation of Medium Term Development Plans, Annual Development Action Plan and Progress Reporting. It also monitors and supervise all ongoing projects and programmes in the district.
BUDGET UNIT
The Budget Unit is responsible for:
* Preparation of Annual budget
* Provision of technical guidance to Management on budgetary matters;
* Establishing database for financial planning and resource mobilization;
* Updates financial records of all projects.
PROCUREMENT & STORES UNIT
The unit Plans and coordinates the activities of the Procurement and Stores. It mandated to handle all procurement and store related activities through the Assembly’s Annual Budget. The Unit is responsible for the following:
* Manages the development and implementation of the procurement plan
* Provides inputs for the preparation of the annual budget.
* Liaises with service providers and other stakeholders to undertake procurement activities.
* Ensures that the procurement activities are in harmony with the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663)
* Supervises stores management and assets disposal
* Preparation and submission of Annual and Periodic Reports to the Public Procurement Authority (PPA)
INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT
The Unit is mandated to provide reliable assurance and consulting services to management on the effectiveness of the control system in place to mitigate risk and promote the control culture of the institution. The Unit also performs the following:
* Reviews and updates audit programs;
* Provides technical leadership in setting up of the entity’s Audit Committee;
* Reviews and ensures the execution of annual risk-based audit plan;
* Reviews audit assignments conducted;
* Reviews and submits audit reports for the consideration of management;
* Designs and implements an effective internal control system;
departmental heads
The Afadzato South District Assembly has 32 assembly members.
This compromises of 22 elected members from the electoral areas & 10 gov't appointees.