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The Paramount Chief of the Wassa Amenfi Traditional Area, Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II, has welcomed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) plan to create a new region from the Western Region.
The chief described the NPP’s idea as a good one that will bring the needed development to the northern part of the region.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said at Juabeso in his five-day tour to the Western region, promised to create the 11th region out of the Western Region.
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However, the Deputy Water Resources, Works and Housing Minister, Sampson Ahi, who’s also the MP for Bodi in the Western Region, rubbished his promise at a political gimmick.
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According to him, the idea of the new region was never part of Akufo-Addo’s agenda, saying he made the promise because residents in the Northern part of the Western Region are yearning for it.
Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II finally called on a Nana Addo to appoint members from the western Region into his cabinet if he wins.