The dubious economic case for creating new regions
April 10, 2018 J. Atsu Amegashie Prof of Economics University of Guelph Ontario Canada In fulfillment of his campaign promise of creating six new regions or facilitating the process for the possible creation of six regions, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, created the position of minister of regional re-organization and development and, in accordance with article 5(2) of the Constitution, he also "appointed a commission of inquiry to inquire into the demand and to make recommendations on all the factors involved in the creation, alteration" of the new regions. The Commission -- chaired by Justice Stephen Brobbey, a retired Supreme Court judge -- is soliciting the views of the general public. Proposals to split regions in Ghana are not new. During his vetting in parliament, Dan Botwe, the minister of regional re-organization and development, said that the NDC proposed five new regions while the NPP proposed four new regions. He referred to this as “a meeting of ...