{"id":592285,"date":"2019-02-15T20:04:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>President Akufo-Addo in a handshake with leader of the delegation from Western North Region.<\/p><div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Sefwi Wiawso is the administrative capital of the newly-"},"modified":"2019-02-15T20:04:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T20:04:14","slug":"sefwi-wiaso-is-capital-of-western-north-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/sefwi-wiaso-is-capital-of-western-north-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Sefwi Wiaso is capital of Western North region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo in a handshake with leader of the delegation from Western North Region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Sefwi Wiawso is the administrative capital of the newly-created Western North region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">President Nana Akufo-Addo made the announcement Friday at a ceremony at the Jubilee House, where he also presented the Constitutional Instrument to give legal backing to the creation of the new region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">The Sefwi-Wiawso was elevated to municipal status in 2012 and its capital is Wiawso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">The ceremony was attended by the delegations of traditional leaders as well as opinion leaders from the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">It is the fifth of the six new regions created to have received the legal instrument after North East, Savannah, Bono East and Ahafo regions received theirs earlier in the week. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">The Oti region\u2019s capital is expected to be presented Friday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Click to watch video of the presentation ceremony<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaPresidency%2Fvideos%2F2007234399582299%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the gathering, the President indicated that the creation of the Western-North Region is a culmination of agitations and pleas by residents of the Northern part of the Region for some 40 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have always wanted it, you made a strong case for it when I visited Bodi on 12th August, 2016, then as presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, and now you have it\u201d, he added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo noted that the northern part of the Western Region is resource-rich, but has not, like most parts of the nation, been developed to its full economic potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt continues to be disturbing that an area possessing an abundance minerals, agro-processing and forestry products, will continue to be one of the least developed areas in Ghana,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the creation of Western-North Region, President Akufo-Addo told the people of the municipalities and districts of Aowin, Bia East, Bia West, Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Bodi, Juabeso, Sefwi Akontombra, Sefwi Wiawso, and Suaman, that the creation of the Region has been done to bring governance closer to them, and accelerate their socio-economic development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe days when a community near Samreboi got flooded, and NADMO representatives could only get there after 7 days, will soon be over,\u201d he assured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the allocation of GH\u00a220 million as seed money for the provision of critical infrastructure to enable Western North Region take off smoothly, President Akufo-Addo indicated that a 7-member Government Committee, chaired by the Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development, Hon. Dan Botwe, MP, to plan and oversee the rapid development of the new regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As has been the case for the other newly created regions, President Akufo-Addo has appointed the current Minister for the Western Region, Hon. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, MP for Sefwi Wiawso, as caretaker Minister for Western North Region, until a substantive appointment is made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSefwi Wiawso has also chosen been as the capital of the new region. I want to assure residents of the Region, however, that Government projects and structures will be equitably spread across the Region,\u201d the President added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He urged residents of Western-North Region \u201cto put your shoulders to the wheel, and ensure that the popular will of the people for the creation of Western North leads to an enhancement in the quality of lives of its residents. I am confident that, together, we can work to bring growth, progress and prosperity to all parts of our country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>See photos of the ceremony:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Western North CI\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550261053_414_267769461601_9264687070416.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2876198566\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Western North CI\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550261053_566_8868275012769_5657542311017.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2133781893\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Western North CI\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550261053_545_4626924635531_9603711380571.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"386412202\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Western North CI\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550261054_55_1093676898214_6432509411385.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2733819414\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Western North CI\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550261054_601_3648291064374_8790820187733.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3990770939\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Western North CI\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550261054_368_2316839319032_5070883684895.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2738190740\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo in a handshake with leader of the delegation from Western North Region. 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