Dambai is capital of new Oti region

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

On Friday, February 15, 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.

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

Each of the New regions has a seed capital of GH¢20million set aside by the president to facilitate their development agenda.

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.