Okere District
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Okere District | |
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.svg) Districts of Eastern Region | |
  Okere District Location of Okere District within Eastern | |
| Coordinates: 6°4′43.68″N 0°1′2.28″W / 6.0788000°N 0.0173000°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region |  Eastern |
| Capital | Adukrom |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 51,675[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Okere District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Akuapim North District in 1988, which was created from the former Akuapim District Council; until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 15 March 2012 to become Akuapim North Municipal District. Most common language is Gwan.
However, on 15 March 2018, the northeast part of the district was split off to create Okere District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Akuapim North Municipal District when the Legislative Instrument (L.I) 2342 in 2017 in pursuance to the Government's Decentralization Policy and Local Government Reform Policy[2] was implemented to split off the Okere District from the Akuapim North Municipal District. The municipality is located in the southeast part of Eastern Region of the Republic of Ghana and has Adukrom as its capital town.
May 14, 2025, Mr. Eric William Ayettey, was appointed by President John Mahama to lead the Okere District as its new District Chief Executive. The confirmation which was supervised by the Electoral Commission of Ghana, saw that Mr Eric William Ayettey had 26 votes in favour of his appointment.[3]
September 27, 2021, Daniel Kenneth was appointed as the District Chief Executive of the Okere District.[4][5]