Even before the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) government begins work on the creation of new regions, an influential Paramount Chief in the Volta Region, is proposing how the demarcation of the region should be done.
According to the Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu IV, the proposed creation of a new region out of the Volta Region should begin from Asikuma Junction.
Making a strong case for his proposal, Togbega Gabusu IV said “when coming to the Volta Region and you enter from Accra, you will see that when you get to Asikuma you will realize that all regions have been laid out perfectly well.
Veering through the right, you will be going to Southern Volta and veering through Asikuma and Peki and the others, will give you another region.” Asked whether Peki and Hohoe should be in this new region, he said “that is what it should be, for convenience.”
This according to him, will provide a fair division between the North and South.
He said residents in the region will be willing to support this intervention, adding that “I have contacted my people in Kpando and others before, and I know they will be most willing to form a region in Akatsi and not only in Hohoe alone…”
Asked whether he will lobby for Hohoe to be the capital of the new region, he said: “It depends; to create a regional capital a lot of things should be taken into account.
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