VRCC INAUGURATAES C'TEE ON BIAKOYE DISTRICT (PAGE 16)

Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho

A seven-member committee has been inaugurated by the Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council (VRCC) to look into the controversy over the siting of the capital of the Biakoye District with a view to resolving the issue as quickly as possible to facilitate the take-off of the newly created district.
The members of the committee are the Catholic Bishop of the Keta-Akatsi Diocese, Bishop Adanuti; the Paramount Chief of the Vakpo Traditional Area, Togbega Gbogbolulu; a retired Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice E.D. Adjabeng; the Chief of Nsuta-Buem and member of the Jasikan District Assembly, Nana Odam Siaw; the Chief State Attorney of the Volta Region, Mrs Felicia Otchere-Darko; an assembly member and opinion leader, Mr George Ahiable, and a deputy director of the VRCC, Mr E.A. Gidiglo as member/secretary.
Inaugurating the committee, the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, said the government was extremely worried at the fact that the phenomenon of feuding over the siting of a district capital had occurred for the second time in the region, adding, “This, in a way, is negatively impacting on the overall socio-economic development and progress of our dear country.”
He said the terms of reference of the committee were to determine the merit or demerit in siting the capital of the district at Nkonya Ahenkro and the merit or demerit in the call to resite the capital elsewhere.
Others were to make recommendations to resolve the issue to facilitate the inauguration of the district as early as possible, to make recommendations on how to ensure peaceful co-existence of the traditional communities making up the district and also to make any other recommendation on how to resolve the issue.
The committee has four weeks within which to complete its work and submit its report to the government through the regional minister.
Mr Dzamesi appealed to all chiefs and people in the various communities making up the new district to fully co-operate with the committee to ensure that the committee discharged its work satisfactorily within the time frame given it.