{"id":238525,"date":"2016-08-12T14:49:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=238525"},"modified":"2016-08-12T14:49:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T14:49:46","slug":"ill-create-another-region-from-western-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/ill-create-another-region-from-western-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ll create another region from Western – Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Presidential candidate for the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, has promised to create another region from the Western Region, should he emerge winner in the December polls.<\/p>\n
“The northern part of the region [Western North] has to get its own region if Akuffo Addo becomes the next President of Ghana,” he said.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Y8HqInxJgzxnIpSQO3B17anLpXjl0U3y”]He explained the move will facilitate development in the northern part of the Western Region.<\/p>\n
Speaking at Juaboso as part of his five-day visit of the region, Nana Addo explained that government will follow all the “constitutional provisions to get this new region.”<\/p>\n
Nana Addo believes an independent Western North Region will enhance the governance of the region.<\/p>\n
Nana Addo’s promise adds to the many proposals to carve\u00a0another region out of the Western Region, because of the distance between northern and the southern part \u00a0of the region.<\/p>\n
Among those who have proposed the creation is the former Western Regional Minister in the Kufour administration Joseph Boahen Aidoo.<\/p>\n
He argued that the distance between the north and south makes it difficult to effectively run the region.<\/p>\n
Petition Mahama to create new regions \u2013 Minister\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n