{{Short description|Municipal capital in Ashanti region, Ghana}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
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'''Ejisu''' is a city in Kumasi located along the Kumasi-Accra highway about 20 km from Kumasi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ejisu-Juaben|url=https://mofa.gov.gh/site/sports/district-directorates/ashanti-region/162-ejisu-juaben|access-date=2022-02-05|website=mofa.gov.gh}}</ref> It is the capital of [[Ejisu-Juaben Municipal District|Ejisu Municipal Assembly]], a [[municipal]]ity of the [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti Region, Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mlgrd.gov.gh|title=Home - MLGRD|website=www.mlgrd.gov.gh|language=en|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Ejisu MP engages 100 youth in aquaculture|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/ghana-news-ejisu-mp-engages-100-youth-in-aquaculture.html|location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=2021-05-30|newspaper=[[Daily Graphic (Ghana)|Daily Graphic]]|language=en-gb}}</ref> This municipal is one of the 30 administrative and political Districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and it was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1890.<ref name="Ejisu Municipal Assembly">[http://ejisu.ghanadistricts.gov.gh Ejisu Municipal Assembly infosite], ejisu.ghanadistricts.gov.gh; accessed 12 March 2017.</ref> In 2020, the ''Nkosuohene'' of Ejisu was Nana Kofi Poku.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-28 |title=Ejisu SHTS Assistant Head who locked up students cited in another video depicting maltreatment - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/ejisu-shts-assistant-head-who-locked-up-students-cited-in-another-video-depicting-maltreatment/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, the Chief of Ejisu was Nana Afrane Okese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-03 |title=Municipal Assembly staff clash with workers constructing wall for Ejisu SHTS - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/municipal-assembly-staff-clash-with-workers-constructing-wall-for-ejisu-shts/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2024, the Municipal Chief Executive of the town was Mr Samuel Oduro Frimpong.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2024 |title=Ejisu Municipal Assembly working to restore academic activities at Ejisu SHTS |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1296837/ejisu-municipal-assembly-working-to-restore-academ.html |access-date=7 March 2024 |website=Modern Ghana}}</ref>
== Education ==
* [[Ejisu Senior High Technical School]] * [[Ejisuman Senior High School]] * Ejisu Experimental Basic School<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Ejisu SHTS students displaced after rainstorm ripped off roof of boys dormitory |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2024/03/ejisu-shts-students-displaced-after-rainstorm-ripped-off-roof-of-boys-dormitory/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref> * Ejisu Krapa M/A Basic School and JHS<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=150 students displaced as rainstorm rips off dormitory at Ejisu Secondary Technical School |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/150-students-displaced-as-rainstorm-rips-off-dormitory-at-Ejisu-Secondary-Technical-School-1919774 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-03 |title=Heavy rains displace students in Ashanti Region - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/heavy-rains-displace-students-in-ashanti-region/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Ejisu Roundabout.jpg|thumb|Ejisu Roundabout]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Ashanti Region}}
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[[Category:Populated places in the Ashanti Region]]
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