Minister of Regional Re-Organisation and Development, Dan Kweku Botwe, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add has received three petitions from Brong Ahafo Region to partition it into three different regions.
According to him, if the commission of inquiry instituted by the President approves it, then Brong Ahafo will be divided into three.
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in accordance with Article 5 of the Constitution, inaugurated a 9-member Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the need and substantial demand, and to make recommendations on all the factors involved in the creation of a region or alteration of regional boundaries.
The 9-member Commission is chaired by Justice S.A. Brobbey, a retired Supreme Court Judge, and has Dr. Grace Bediako, Maulvi Mohammed Bin-Salih, Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Gladys Tetteh, Robert Ajene, David Wellington Essaw, Prof. George Owusu, and Ms. Josephine Hughes as its members.
President Akufo-Addo, pursuant to paragraph 3 of Constitutional Instrument, No. 105, gazetted on Thursday, 12th October, 2017, also appointed Mr. Jacob Saah, a lawyer with great interest in this aspect of “our governance,” as the Secretary to the Commission.
The inauguration of the Commission of Inquiry was conducted at the Presidency on Thursday, 19th October, 2017.
It would be recalled that on 26th June, 2017, President Akufo-Addo referred the petitions from persons and organisations in the Western, Volta, Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions to the Council of State for advice.
Subsequently, on 15th August, 2017, the Council of State, after a thorough examination of the matter, unanimously stated that in its view, there was the need and substantial demand for the creation of new regions, and advised the President to proceed with the processes involving the creation of new regions.
Speaking to journalists, Dan Botwe announced that the Commission was working on the three petitions from the three different people in Brong Ahafo.
“And if the commission is satisfied that there is substantial demand then, they will approve it to pave way for the creation of two other regions in Brong Ahafo,” he said.
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