Speaking at the third public consultative exercise held by the nine-member Commission of Enquiry at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East District, Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II explained that the move will fast-track the region’s development. 

[contextly_sidebar id=”2iTDtbWNMS60WpTXuUbbwoGqh8GTaquW”]“It’s been sixty years since Ghana attained independence but our roads, particularly in Wassa Amenfi have been very bad…If I want to travel to my own hometown Wassa Manpong, I have to go through Ayenfuri, and then continue to Diaso. Meanwhile, there is a 30-minute route that is in a deplorable state so today, I have had to travel 2 hours before I can travel the same distance I could have done within 30 minutes”.  

Okuamoah Sekyim II further noted that “it has also been difficult getting support from the central government over the years to our district so if the government says it wants to split this region so it can extend support to us effectively, I think it is a good call and we must all support it”.

Other residents and stakeholders who had come from the Amenfi West and Central Districts also threw their weight behind the creation of another region from the Western Region.

“I work at the district education office at Asankragua but I can also agree to the split of the region because of the difficulty it is to exchange correspondence from the north with the south. The split could fast-track development and many hours will not be wasted just on travelling. I fully support the split,” one resident said.

There were others who despite agreeing that the region be split, did not want the capital situated in the Sefwi part of the region.

Others also felt the move will have traditional implications on the power and territories of Wassa Amenfi Traditional area, while some called for the three Amenfi Districts to be added to the Southern part of the region.

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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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According to him, he has scheduled a meeting with the Council of State on the matter on August 15, 2017.

Akufo-Addo said this on Monday at Bibiani when he met the chiefs and people of the Bibiani Anwhiaso-Bekwai district in Western Region on day one of his three-day tour of the region.

The President said that a referendum will be held after all the internal and constitutional processes is completed.

“After the Council of State has written to the presidency on their positive recommendations, a commission of inquiry will come around to seek the views of the people in the region. I will then write to the Electoral Commission to begin the processes for a referendum when your views support the creation. Already, signals I have picked from the Council of state indicate a positive support for the go ahead. A meeting is scheduled to happen on the 15th August, for deliberations on the proposal. We are at the advance stages,” President Akufo-Addo said.

He also responded to the request from the paramount chief for the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area, who is also the president of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II that the Bibiani Anwhiaso Bekwai should be upgraded to a municipality.

“The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima in either September or October announced the start of the processes to uplift the status of the district to a municipality. I am really working on the work you entrusted me with,” he added.

President Akufo-Addo, during the election season promised to divide the region into Western North and South.

He also promised to do same for other regions including the Volta Region.

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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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