VRCC inaugurates C'ttee on Biakoye District

Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho

A seven member committee has been inaugurated by the Volta Regional Coordinating Council(VRCC) to look into the controversy over the siting of the Biakoye district capital with the view to resolving the issue as quickly as possible to facilitate the take off of the newly created district.
Members are the Catholic Bishop of the Keta-Akatsi Diocese, Right Reverend Bishop Adanuti; paramount chief of Vakpo traditional area, Togbega Gbogbolulu; a retired supreme court judge, Mr Justice E.D Adjabeng; Chief of Nsuta-Buem and member of the Jasikan district assembly, Nana Odam Siaw; the Chief State Attorney of 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 over the fact that the phenomenon had occurred for the second time in the region adding that, “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 of siting the capital of the district at Nkonya Ahenkro , to determine the merit or demerit of the call to resite the capital of the district elsewhere.
Others are to make recommendations to resolving the issue to facilitate the inauguration of the Biakoye district assembly as early as possible and to make recommendations as to how to ensure a peaceful coexistence of the traditional communities making up the district and also to make any other recommendations as to the resolution of 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 of the various communities making up the new district to fully cooperate with the committee to ensure that the committee discharges its work satisfactorily within the time frame given them.