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The Government of Ghana has allocated GHC 20 million for each of the six new regions to aid its smooth take-off.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo disclosed this during a presentation ceremony to mark the creation of the new regions at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.

According to the President, the money allotted for the Regions was contained in the 2019 budget.

"Government will make sure that the desire for growth and progress, which was the underlining reason for the vote for the creation of the North East Region, is met".

The President also added that a Government Committee has been constituted and tasked to ensure rapid development of the new regions.

"In order to maintain the momentum of the success of the popular demand for the creation of the six (6) new regions, I constituted, within one week of the declaration of the results of the referendum, a Government Committee to plan and oversee the rapid development of the new regions," he said.