Dan Botwe justifies creation of new regions with Ghana map

Europa

January 30, 2017 5:30 PM

Mr Botwe, who was on his feet at some part of the vetting, requested the permission of the committee and took members through the various regions and their specific challenges.

The minister-designate for Regional Reorganisation and Development Dan Kwaku Botwe seems to be well-prepared for his new role as he displayed a huge map of Ghana before the Appointments Committee Monday to justify the creation of new regions.

According to him, several scholars have researched the creation of regions, with some recommending as many as 20 regions instead of the current ten.

“I feel I’m lucky to be heading this ministry because it looks like there is a meeting of minds on this area. The NDC mentioned it in their manifesto and the NPP and the President also believe there is the need to create more regions, so we all agree with this,” he said.

He said he will ensure that chiefs and all stakeholders are involved in the exercise in order to build consensus on the need for new regions.

President Akufo-Addo, during the 2016 electioneering, promised to create four new regions.

“The four regions that we have chosen are those that we want to reshape and create new regions out of them. We’re talking about the Western North region which I committed myself to and the manifesto also committed itself to, the creation of the Ahafo region out of the Brong-Ahafo, another express commitment on my part and backed by the manifesto, the northern region.

“Even on the thank you tour, that I took there a couple of weeks ago, there was an express demand that there should be a region created out of the eastern corridor by the Chiefs and people there, and then the Volta region where there has been a long-standing demand for the creation of the Oti region,” Akufo-Addo said.

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