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22-538: Akatsi South Municipal is one of eighteen districts in Volta Region , Ghana . Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Akatsi District on 10 March 1989, which was created from the former Anlo District Council, until the northern part of the district was split off to create Akatsi North District on 28 June 2012; under the government by then-president John Atta Mills . Thus the remaining part has been renamed as Akatsi South District. The district assembly

44-737: A District Assembly. The RCC is made up of the Volta Regional Minister who is the political head and his deputy as well as representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs , the District Chief Executives of the Volta region, the Presiding Members of the 12 Districts Assemblies and representatives of the various decentralized Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the Volta region. Each district

66-721: A presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: The following districts are now within the boundaries of the Oti Region which was formally created on 15 February 2019. There are 18 constituencies in the region after the Oti Region was carved out of it. Previously Volta Region had 19 constituencies in the election in December 2000 and 24 constituencies in December 2004 parliamentary election . Four new constituencies were created by

88-588: A vote was conducted to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland . The native and dominant ethnic group , the Ewe people , were divided between the two Togos . British Togoland inhabitants voted in favor of state union with the Gold Coast, and the Togo Ewe state was incorporated with Gold Coast. There was vocal opposition to the incorporation of Togoland into modern Ghana, from

110-420: Is led by Charles Kormi Kudzodzi. 7°00′N 0°30′E  /  7.000°N 0.500°E  / 7.000; 0.500 Oti Region The Oti Region is one of the six newly created regions of Ghana in December 2018. The region was carved out of the Volta Region and will be in fulfillment of a campaign promise made by New Patriotic Party . Prior to the 2016 Ghanaian general election ,

132-473: Is located in the southeast part of Volta Region and has Akatsi as its capital town. Akatsi South District was officially elevated to a municipality on October 5, 2020, when Legislative Instrument (LI) 2420 was passed by the Ghanaian parliament and signed into law by President Nana Akufo-Addo. The elevation was a result of the municipality's economic and social development, as well as its strategic location in

154-455: Is run by a District Assembly. The current Regional Minister, Archibald Letsa was appointed in February 2017. Before the regional demarcation in December 2018 , the region had 25 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 5 Municipal and 20 Ordinary Assemblies) with all the administrative changes as of December 2012. After the census, the Oti Region was carved out of it, reducing the size of

176-611: The Electoral Commission prior to the December 2012 parliamentary election , increasing the number of constituencies to 26. The Volta Regional Hospital is located at Ho. It is popularly referred to as Trafalgar. The inception of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Ho has led to it being redesignated as the Ho Teaching Hospital in 2019. Other government run health facilities in

198-743: The Ewe , the Guan , and the Akan peoples. The Guan peoples include the Lolobi , Likpe , Akpafu , Akyode , Buem , Nyagbo , Avatime, and Nkonya . This region was carved out of the Volta Region in December 2018 by the New Patriotic Party. The people of the Volta Region are popularly known as Voltarians ( French : Voltaiens . This group includes the Ewes, Guans and other minor tribes living in

220-520: The Ewe people who voted (42%) against in British Togoland , as the Ewe wanted the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state (modern Togo ). Recently, a campaign for the cessation of some part of the Volta Region from Ghana to be known as "Western Togoland" is being led by a group calling itself Homeland Study Group Foundation. The group

242-549: The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government in December 2018. The execution of plans for the creation of the regions was seeded to the newly created Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development which is under the leadership of Hon. Dan Botwe . Government of Ghana ministry charged with the responsibility of supervising the creation of new regions in Ghana. In March 2017,

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264-632: The Volta Region (Togoland / British Togoland) are the Ewe people (68.5% of the population). They consist of several subgroups such as the Anlo Ewe , Tongu Ewe, Wedome Ewe, Ave Ewe and Avenor Ewe . Other ethnicities include the Guan people (forming 9.2% of the population), the Akan people (8.5%), and the Gurma people (6.5% of the population). The Volta region is run by a Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and

286-455: The Volta Region. This Volta Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta ) is one of Ghana 's sixteen administrative regions , with Ho designated as its capital . It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta . Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-ethnic and multilingual, including groups such as

308-624: The Volta Region. The people of the Volta Region are popular known for their rich cultural display and music some of which include Agbadza , Borborbor and Zigi. The Volta region was formed by the state union of the former British Togoland which was part of the German protectorate of Togoland . It was administered as part of the Gold Coast by the British and later renamed Trans-Volta Togoland . The native and largest ethnic group of

330-692: The capital are the Ho Municipal Hospital and the Ho Polyclinic. Hospitals in the region include: The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state. The party was defeated in the May 1956 UN plebiscite in British Togoland , which resulted in the unification of British Trans-Volta Togoland with Gold Coast, which later became independent as Ghana. On 9 May 1956,

352-541: The central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: The Oti Region is bordered on the north by the Northern region , to the south by the Volta Region, and to the west by the Volta Lake. It has 9 districts. The Oti Region is much drier than the rest of the southern areas of Ghana, due to its proximity to

374-536: The hot Harmattan wind from the Sahara blows frequently between December and the beginning of February. The temperatures can vary between 14 °C (59 °F) at night and 40 °C (104 °F) during the day. The Ghana Geological Survey Authority has discovered large quantities of Iron ore deposits in Akokrowa, a farming community in the Oti Region of Ghana. The iron ore, according to the geological investigation,

396-633: The ministry sent the blue print for the creation of the region along with others to the Council of State . The council met over 36 times from the time of submission to August 2017. The final stage for the creation of the region was decided through a referendum by the people within the catchment of the new region. A referendum on 27 December 2018 approved the creation of Oti Region. On election day, 323,708 out of 366,481 (88.33% voter turnout) registered voters cast their votes. A total of 319,296 (98.64 per cent) voted Yes and 2,878 voted No (0.89 per cent) while

418-441: The north. The vegetation consist of mostly of grassland, especially savanna with clusters of drought-resistant trees such as baobabs or acacias . Between December and April is the dry season . The wet season is between about May and November with an average annual rainfall of 750 to 1050 mm (30 to 40 inches). The highest temperatures are reached at the end of the dry season, the lowest in December and January. However,

440-403: The number of rejected ballots was 951 (0.24 per cent). The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into Nine (9) Municipal and District Assemblies (M/DAs) (made up of 4 Municipalities and 5 District Assemblies). Each Municipal and District Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing

462-460: The region and the number of administrative districts to 18. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 18 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 6 Municipal and 12 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by

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484-430: The then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo declared that when elected, he would explore the possibility of creating new regions out of some of the existing regions in Ghana in order to bring government closer to citizens. The Region was inaugurated on May 14, 2019. It has Dambai as its Regional Capital. The people of Oti region have for more than 60 years always wanted to have a region of their own before its creation in 2018 by

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