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The Parliament House of Ghana is the official seat of the Speaker of Parliament of the country and also serves as Parliament of Ghana. [1] It also has offices which serve temporal offices of certain members of parliament .
At the time Ghana became an independent country, there were 104 seats in parliament. This increased to 198 after 1965 when Ghana became a one party state. At the start of the Second Republic in 1969, the number of seats were increased to 140. This did not change further until the start of the Fourth republic when it was increased from 140 to 200.
Job 600 was constructed to serve as the venue for the 1965 meeting of the Organization of African Unity.It is estimated to have cost more than £4 million. [5] Dr. Nkrumah believed that the building would showcase Ghana as a country with the potential and ability to host international events, and a demonstration of Africa's growing technical capabilities.
Postal codes were adopted in Ghana on 18 October 2017, following the launch of the National Digital Address System. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As a joint venture between Ghana Post (with support from the Government of Ghana]) and Vokacom Ltd as GhanaPost GPS , the Digital Address System assigned postal codes and unique addresses to every square in Ghana.
The Gold Coast was renamed to Ghana and granted independence on Wednesday, 6 March 1957, while retaining the British monarch as head of state. The Legislative Assembly was renamed National Assembly. After the approval of a new Republican constitution, Ghana officially became a republic on 1 July 1960 with Kwame Nkrumah as its President .
The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary elections in late 1992.
Hough is one of Cleveland's oldest neighborhoods, named after Oliver and Eliza Hough, who first settled in the area in 1799. [5] The neighborhood was incorporated into the city of Cleveland in 1873. [6] At the start of the twentieth century, Hough was a community for primarily affluent white residents. [6]
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