A Ghanaian living in the U.S. yesterday bantered with President Akufo-Addo over the creation of the Oti region out of the Volta region.

A commission of enquiry set up by the President recommended the creation of six new regions after vetting petitions presented for same.

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The electoral commission following that has organized a limited voters registration exercise in the affected areas ahead of a referendum in December.

But at a meeting with the Ghanaian community in Washington D.C. a concerned Voltarian named Kossi Nuterkpor told the President that the approach for the referendum was wrong and described the move as “land grabbing.”