Jasikan District is located in the northern sector of Volta Region. The District has a total land area of 1.244.75 sq. km., representing about 6.8% of the fifteen districts in the Volta Region (18.093.27sq krn.). Jasikan, the district capital, lies 260 km North-East of Accra, the national capital. It is strategically located as it provides a good linkage between the South -Eastern part of the country to the Northern Region. The district is bordered on the east by the Republic of Togo, the north by Kedjebi District and the south by Hohoe District. The district capital is Jasikan.
More importantly, the district provides a warm welcome to friends and visitors to the district as well as those passing through to the Kadjebi, Nkwanta North, Nkwanta South, Krachi East, Krachi West Districts and into the Northern Region.
Five parliamentary candidates seeking to win the by-elections for the vacant parliamentary seat of the Buem Constituency in the Volta Region on February 26, 2013 are all geared up for an impressive showing.
Spokesman for former President Jerry John Rawlings, Kofi Adams, yesterday, filed nominations to contest for the seat of the late Volta Regional Minister, Henry Ford Kamal, in the Buem constituency on the ticket of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Some Ultra-modern school structures meant to improve teaching and learning activities in the Jasikan district have been accomplished in several basic schools in certain communities of the district.
Through a District Development Fund(DDF) support the Jasikan District Assembly in consultation with the Ghana Health Service(GHS) is on the verge of completing a Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) zone project at Lekanti.