The Chiefs and People of the Buem Traditional Area have expressed gratitude to President Akufo-Addo for facilitating the constitutional process which may lead to the creation of the new Oti region.
According to them, they felt the need to have a region for themselves to halt the continuous deprivation and underdevelopment being suffered by the people.
They subsequently petitioned the two leading Presidential Candidates in the 2016 Presidential Election – then President John Mahama and candidate Nana Akufo-Addo – for the creation of the new region on assumption of office.
A statement issued by the Buem chiefs said the people of the Oti enclave formally presented their petition for a separate region to the President on assumption of office.
According to them, negative propaganda and threats of conflicts surrounding the creation of the region should be ignored in the interest of development.
The statement assures the rest of the Volta Region, and indeed, the whole country, the people of Oti come to the table with open arms, no hidden agenda.
It said Government has no hand in the resolve except activating the required constitutional processes. It also advised those in unnecessary opposition to stop beating empty war drums when there is no precipitation for war.
