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The government has scheduled Friday, October 8, 2021 to inaugurate the Guan District Assembly.
Guan District includes areas such as Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) and will be inaugurated by the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development.
Members of the SALL Enclave Assembly in the Oti region expect the new district to attract considerable attention and development projects.
Santrokofi Gbordome Assembly member Philip Kweku Adom congratulated the residents of the district for patiently waiting for a district assembly.
“Congratulations to everyone for the patience they have shown during all this time and the maximum tolerance,” he said.
He was optimistic that development would not focus solely on Likpe following his choice as the district capital.
“Just because the district capital is Likpe doesn’t mean everything has to be centered there. This is a major concern for me. “
Guan District in Oti Region was established following a legislative instrument tabled in Parliament by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in 2019.
The area was previously part of the municipality of Hohoe.
The inhabitants of the aforementioned traditional areas have been without an administrative district since 2019 after the Oti region was removed from the Volta region.
They say the delay in inaugurating the neighborhood has delayed development in the area.
For this reason, eligible voters in the areas of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi were only allowed to participate in the presidential election but could not vote in the legislative elections because no constituency had been created. for them.
Residents of Guan District who were unable to vote in the legislative elections on December 7, 2020, subsequently filed a complaint with the Supreme Court demanding, among other things, the application of their basic human rights to vote.
Guan District comprises 13 electoral constituencies and will be Ghana’s 261st district.
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