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President Akufo-Addo during a handshake with the head of the delegation of the Northwest region.
Sefwi Wiawso is the administrative capital of the newly created North West Region.
President Nana Akufo-Addo made the announcement Friday at a ceremony at the Jubilee House, where he also introduced the Constitutional Instrument to legally support the creation of the new region.
Sefwi-Wiawso was raised to municipal status in 2012 and its capital is Wiawso.
The delegations of traditional chiefs as well as the opinion leaders of the region attended the ceremony.
This is the fifth of six new regions created to receive the legal instrument after the Northeast, Savannah, Bono East and Ahafo regions earlier in the week.
The capital of the region of Oti should be presented Friday afternoon.
Click to watch the video of the presentation ceremony
Addressing the meeting, the President said that the creation of the West-North region is the culmination of unrest and pleas of northern residents of the region for about 40 years .
"You always wanted it, you defended it well during my visit to Bodi on August 12, 2016, and then as a presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party, and you have it now. ", he added.
President Akufo-Addo noted that the northern part of the western region is rich in resources but that it has not yet been fully exploited, like most parts of the country, to its economic potential.
"It is still worrying that a region with an abundance of minerals, agro-food and forestry products, continues to be one of the least developed regions of Ghana," he said. declared.
When creating the North-West region, President Akufo-Addo informed residents of Aowin, Bia East, Bia West, Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Bodi, Juabeso municipalities and districts. Sefwi Akontombra, Sefwi Wiawso and Suaman, who created the region to bring governance closer together and accelerate their socio-economic development.
"The time when a community near Samreboi has been flooded and NADMO representatives can only go there after seven days will soon be over," he said.
In addition to allocating 20 million GH ¢ as seed money for the establishment of critical infrastructure to take off from the North West region, President Akufo-Addo said that 39, a seven-member government committee, chaired by the Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, The Hon. Dan Botwe, MP, to plan and oversee the rapid development of the new regions.
As for the other newly created regions, President Akufo-Addo has appointed the current Minister of the Western Region, the Hon. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, MP for Sefwi Wiawso, as Alternate Minister of the North West Region, until the appointment of a substantive member.
"Sefwi Wiawso has also been chosen as the capital of the new region. But I want to badure the people of the region that the projects and structures of the government will be distributed equitably throughout the region, "added the president.
He urged residents of the Northwest region "to put their shoulders to the wheel and to ensure that the popular will of the people to create the Northwest will lead to an improvement in the quality of life of its residents. I am confident that together we can work to bring growth, progress and prosperity to all regions of our country. "
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