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President Akufo-Addo chose Techiman as the capital of the newly created Bono East region.
On Wednesday morning, the president issued the constitutional instrument to give legal support to the creation of the region.
At a ceremony held on Wednesday at Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo pointed out that Bono East, an ethnically diverse enclave, accounts for about two-thirds of all land in the Bronghafo region.
With agriculture as the predominant economic activity and large deposits of natural resources, the president lamented that the Bono East area is not as developed as it should be.
That is why, after receiving a petition from 14 traditional zone chiefs from the municipalities and districts of the proposed Bono-Est region for the creation of the region, he informed the Council of State.
President Akufo-Addo badured that "this government, which facilitated the creation of this region, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, will help ensure the good start and development of Bono East."
The capital of the Techiman Municipal Assembly is among the 10 most important bademblies in the country with high levels of internally generated funds.
According to governance experts, Techniman already has the necessary infrastructure to accelerate the development of the Bono East enclave.
Following this announcement, the youth of Nkoranza were disappointed with the choice of Techiman for the capital of the Bono East region.
According to them, Nkoranza is central and accessible to other districts than Techiman, which is on the outskirts of the new region.
Kofi Ohene-Sakyi, Bono East's creative liaison and youth leader in Nkoranza, says that, even if they are not happy, they will cooperate with the authorities for the ultimate development of the region.
About Techiman
Techiman is a prominent trading city and one of the two major cities and agglomerations of the region. The population of the school stood at 104,212 people in 2013.
Techiman is located at a historic crossroads of trade routes and Tano river and serves as the capital of the Techiman Municipal District.
The Akans, according to their oral tradition, migrated from Techiman to regain the coastal kingdom Mankessim and the current central region in 1252.
After Bono Manso, capital of Bono State was taken by the Ashanti Empire in 1723, and then the Bono-Techiman State was founded in 1740 under Ashanti sovereignty.
The city started building a modern building cultural center. The center aims to preserve the traditions of the bono nation. Techiman celebrates the year Apoo in April / May – a kind of Mardi Gras.
In August, an annual yam ceremony takes place and marks the end of yam production in the ancient cities of Techiman and Wenchi, in the Brong-Ahafo region.
Techiman is connected by road to Sunyani and its national airport, Sunyani Airport. Techiman is not yet served by a railway station of the Ghana Railway Corporation and it was proposed to create a line be extended to Techiman. The Tano River is a navigable river.
A traffic study at Techiman conducted in March 2007 revealed a distribution of 34% for taxis, 31% for pedestrians, 10% for buses and vans, 7% for bicycles, 6% for motorcycles, 5% for cars and 7% for "modes of transport." The study covered 49% of cyclists who went to work, 18% to school, 14% to recreation and 6% to tourists.
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