President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a nine-member Commission of Inquiry to see to the creation of at least five new regions.
The Commission would be chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge, Justice S. A. Brobbey
The country currently has 10 regions with the Greater Accra being the capital.
The Commission of Inquiry are expected to tour the country especially the Volta, Brong Ahaof, Northern and Western regions to gather the necessary information for the landmark exercise.
Other members of the Commission are: Dr. Grace Bediako, former Government Statistician; Maulvi Mohammed Bin-Salih, AMEER, Missionary in-charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana; Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, former Vice Chancellor, KNUST; and Ms. Gladys Gillian Naadu Tetteh, a local government expert.
The rest are: Mr. Robert Ajene, retired Director of Education; Dr. David Wellington Essaw, Senior Research Fellow, University of Cape Coast; Prof. George Owusu, Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, (ISSER)/Director, Centre for Urban Management Studies, University of Ghana; and Ms. Josephine Hughes, legal practitioner.
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