Dambai named capital for Oti region

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The president Nana Akufo Addo has announced Dambai as the capital for the last of the six regions.

The North East, Savannah, Bono East, Ahafo and Western North regions, received theirs earlier in the week.

Ghana now officially has 16 administrative regions following the successful presentation of the Constitutional Instruments (C.I) that gives legal backing for the six newly created regions.

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On Friday, February 15, 2019, President Nana Akufo-Addo publicly presented the C.I to delegations of chiefs and opinion leaders from the Oti region at a ceremony at the Jubilee House, to complete the pack.

It comes after the successful referenda on December 27, 2018, in these areas which saw an overwhelming endorsement of ‘YES’ for the creation of the new regions.

Each of the New regions has been allocated a seed capital of GH¢20million to facilitate their development agenda.

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Perhaps the most controversial of all the new regions, Oti dominated the news for several weeks due to the strong opposition mounted by residents from the southern part of the Volta region from which the Oti has been curved.

Dambai is located on the eastern coast of the Volta Lake and is the fastest growing town in the Volta Region of Ghana.