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SENE E: Sene DCEs commends President for proposed Bono East Region

The District Chief Executives (DCEs) of Sene East and Sene West both along the Eastern corridor of the Brong Ahafo Region have commended the President and the Commission of Inquiry for the recommendation to create the Bono East Region.

Date Created : 7/10/2018 7:18:46 AM : Story Author : Kombat B. Maxwell/Ghanadistricts.com

Techiman, Kintampo North, Kintampo South, Pru East and West, Sene East and West, Nkoranza North and Atebubu/Amantin and Nkoranza South Municipals in the Brong Ahafo Region constitute the area demanding the creation of the Bono East Region from the existing Brong Ahafo Region.

The Commission has since presented its recommendations to the President recommending 6 more regions to be created.

The DCEs made the commendation on the sidelines of a Town Hall Meeting organized by the Ministry of Information (MOI) in collaboration with the Information Services Department (ISD) with support from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (ML&RD) at Kwame Danso in the Sene West District and Kajaji in the Sene West District.

Hon. Abraham Mbanye, DCE for Sene East in an interview with Ghanadistricts.com commended the President and Justice Allan Brobbey commission for the recommendation and said the creation will bring development to the door steps of the people.

He pledged his outfit’s readiness to champion publicity to make the YES vote a reality.

For his part, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sene West, Hon. John Nyarba called for unity and collaboration from all stakeholders in the area to make the creation a reality.

He said benefits of the creation will not be limited to only one party and urged residents to turn up in their numbers for the referendum.

Earlier in his address, the Regional Information Officer (RIO), Imoro Ayibani said the purpose of the programme was to offer residents the platform to interact with government functionaries and duty bearers at the local level to seek answers to issues of national importance as well to generate feedback to fine tune prospective policies.

He tasked participants to be insightful and engage management of the assembly by asking questions and seeking clarifications on issues that border their mind.

The Omanhene of Bassa Traditional Area, Nana Owusu Sakyi III on behalf of residents, welcomed the idea and appealed to the assembly, opinion leaders and stakeholders to step up advocacy and publicity campaign on the YES vote in support of the creation of the Bono East Region since the commission and government has given its approval for the creation.

He tasked all to promote peace and unity to foster sustained development of the area.