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May 21, 2018
Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu in the Volta Region has said meeting the Committee of Inquiry in relation with the creations of the new regions would not make any difference.
According to the Adaklu legislator, this is not the first time that such an exercise is going to take place in the country and added that there is not wisdom in the current exercise, as the Ashanti Region which is one of the biggest is not being divided.
“Volta Region which is relatively small you want to divide it base on what criteria, this creation of new Regions is politically motivated to a large extend, the current government had made up its mind already we do not have any impact to make”, he lamented.
He further pointed out that, the committee would come and tell MPs what they want to do, since a decision on what they want to do had been arrived at already, just that MPs must ensure that whatever government wants to do should be supported by law, what we need in this country is not the creation of new Regions.
According to the Adaklu legislator, this is not the first time that such an exercise is going to take place in the country and added that there is not wisdom in the current exercise, as the Ashanti Region which is one of the biggest is not being divided.
“Volta Region which is relatively small you want to divide it base on what criteria, this creation of new Regions is politically motivated to a large extend, the current government had made up its mind already we do not have any impact to make”, he lamented.
He further pointed out that, the committee would come and tell MPs what they want to do, since a decision on what they want to do had been arrived at already, just that MPs must ensure that whatever government wants to do should be supported by law, what we need in this country is not the creation of new Regions.
Creating new regions from existing ones would not solve many of our problems it would rather add to the cost of government because once you create a new region it comes with its attendance cost, currently our debt keeps ballooning, he pointed out.
The Commission of Inquiry had to postpone its early meeting with MPs from Regions where, MPs had new regions to be created from.
Mr. Governor Kwame Agbodza noted that creation of new regions means more Ministers and their deputies, we are not on the right path in managing this country efficiently.
Already we have almost thousand (1,000) staffers at the Presidency 110 Ministers is it not enough?
By:Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com