President Akufo-Addo has set up a committee to come out with a development plan for the six newly created regions.
The six new regions were created after a successful referendum on December 27, 2018 and as a result, the Bono East, North East, Ahafo region, Western North, Savannah and Oti are now part of the existing ten regions in Ghana.
Addressing the media on Sunday, the Minister for Regional Development and Reorganization, Dan Botwe, revealed the government is set to give each of the six new regions ¢20m as seed money
“That seed money, that is GH¢20 million is for each of the newly created regions to start setting up. Rent offices, get furniture and do new recruitment. The committee has been put in place to make sure that all these things happen so that there can be a smooth take-off. Mr President has also put in place a committee to really come out with the development plans for these new regions because that was one of their major grievances they had.”
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Even though processes are yet to be finalized for the official creation of the new regions, various towns in some of the areas earmarked for the new regions have begun pushing to be capitals.
In the Bono East area, residents are campaigning to have Techiman named the regional capital while in the Savannah area; some groups are pushing for Damongo to be made the regional capital with others are also pushing for Salaga to be chosen as the capital.
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In the Ahafo area, Goaso, Duayaw-Nkwanta, Bechem and Kenyasi are all competing to be named as the regional capital.
In the Oti area, there is an intense campaign by the chiefs and people of Buem to have Jasikan named the regional capital for the newly created Oti region.
