The creation of new regions in Ghana will
enhance the economic opportunities as well as promote effective governance, the
minister-nominee for Regional reorganization Dan Botwe has
said.According to him, the creation of new regions by the New Patriotic
Party (NPP) government was not for political advantage but help ensure even
distribution of development across the country.
Appearing before
Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday [January 30] Dan Botwe showed how
the division of the new region using the Ghana map.
” It should be clear
to us that some of the things politicians do in creating areas for political
advantage is very temporal. He said the NPP created new constituencies and yet
lost them later in elections. The NDC also created 45 new ones and also later
lost the political advantage. The real issue should be development-led creation
of districts and constituencies and not politics-led demarcations,” he
said.
He told the committee that he believes the implementation of the
plan will be easier considering the fact that the previous government who are
now in opposition had also considered the split some of the country’s
regions.
He pledged to closely work with chiefs and traditional authority
to ensure the project was successful.
“I feel I’m lucky to be heading
this ministry because it looks like there is a meeting of minds on this area.
The NDC mentioned it in their manifesto and the NPP and the President also
believe there is the need to create more regions, so we all agree with this,” he
said.
Dan Botwe insisted that although his duty is an expensive venture,
its must not be abandoned, because it has many advantages to the beneficiary
regions.
Dan Botwe noted that all new regions will get various state
development vehicles such as Regional Coordinating Councils and a regional house
of chiefs to guide the region’s development.
“A new region means several
state institutions will have to be created such as Police, Fire Service, health
posts and all these generate jobs and enhance development.”
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