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General News on Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-02-12
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has chosen Damongo as the capital of the newly created Savannah region after a short event held Tuesday at the Jubilee House in Accra.
He revealed this information at a ceremony to present his constitutional instruments (CI 116) to give effect to the creation of the Northeast region and the savannah.
About Damongo
Damongo is a city and district capital of West Gonja, a district of the Savannah region of northern Ghana.
It houses the suzerain of the kingdom Gonja; Yagbonwura and it is also the capital, the largest city in the district of Damongo, represented in Parliament by Adam Mutawakilu.
Damongo boasts of key tourist attractions like the Mole National Park where visitors are guaranteed to see a myriad of chief animals including elephants.
It also houses the popular Larabanga Mosque and the mystical stone of Larabanga with all the ancient stories that surround them.
Prominent figures born in Damongo or from Damongo include former president John Dramani Mahama; Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin; former Minister of Defense / Health; Benjamin Kunbuor and the former presidential candidate of the People's Congress Party (PCP), Michael Abu Sakara Foster.
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