[ 2017-10-24 ]

EC to begin assessment for creation of new districts
The Electoral Commission will from tomorrow
[Wednesday], undertake a field study into the
viability of the creation of more Metropolitan,
Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).

The study is line with government’s proposal for
the government‘s plans to carve out four more
regions from the existing ten.

President Akufo-Addo last week inaugurated a
nine-member Commission of Enquiry to collate data
on the creation of the regions.

Following this, the Electoral Commission has said
it will carry out the study to inform the creation
of the new districts.

In a memo from the Director of Electoral Services
to all Regional Directors, the commission said it
has constituted 10 teams for each of the regions,
to be headed by the Commission member responsible
for the region.

The teams will be made of Directors and Senior
Officers from the Head Office, as well as regional
directors and their deputies.

They are expected to hold consultations with Chief
Executives of the local assemblies, and their
presiding members, members of parliament for the
affected areas, and opinion leaders.

The field study is to consider the population
dynamics in the respective regions, the
geographical or physical features of the areas,
their economic viability, as well as ethnic and
community interests.

It will also consider social infrastructure, and
the centrality and accessibility of the capital.

The teams are expected to make proposals for the
split of bulky electoral areas especially in the
sub-metros.

It is however unclear whether the deputy
chairpersons of the Commission in charge of
operations and corporate service; Sulley Amadu and
Georgina Opoku Amakwah, will be available for the
two-week exercise given that they are yet to
resume from their forced leave.

Source - citifmonline.com

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