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Akufo-Addo to set up Commission on creation of new regions
President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as mandated by the constitution of Ghana, is expected to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the need for the creation of new regions.
This comes after the Council of State, unanimously, informed the President that there is a substantial demand for the creation of new regions, after studying petitions for the creation of new regions which were forwarded to the Council.
The Council has, therefore, advised President Akufo-Addo to appoint a Commission of Enquiry “to inquire into the need and to make recommendations on all the factors involved in the creation of the new regions.”
President Akufo-Addo thanked the council for the expeditious manner in which it has assisted the Presidency in the task of populating the Executive and State institutions of the country and Described the gesture as and an indication of the Council of State’s determination to work closely with the Executive to the benefit of the Ghanaian people.
“I am emboldened in taking this step (creating new regions) by the support that you have emulated in the response to my request. I think that the quality of people who are assembled in this Council of State, expressing themselves unanimously on this, is a very important development in the history of our country, and I have to express my gratitude towards you for doing that,” the President said.
President Akufo-Addo expressed hope that when established, “the Commission of Inquiry would also work as expeditiously as the Council of State.
”I think that matters like this are matters that ought to be determined with dispatch, so that the body politic of Ghana can gain some stability in knowing exactly what is the next step ahead of us”, he noted.
