Former President John Dramani Mahama
Former President John Mahama has announced that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will divide the Aowin Constituency into two if he is elected president in the upcoming December 7 elections.
This follows a request from the Aowin Traditional Council to decentralise local government and enhance local development.
Responding to the request during a recent community engagement at Enchi as part of his campaign tour of the Western North Region, the NDC flagbearer acknowledged that the district, with 181 polling stations, is large and a split is necessary.
“The Aowin Constituency is too large. It has 181 polling stations,” he stated.
He asserted that as a new government is about to be elected, the constituency should be divided with the help of the population census already conducted by President Akufo-Addo’s administration.
“As the new government is coming up, there will be a need for demarcation of districts. As the population census is done, we will demarcate constituencies that have a large number of people,” he explained.
He further stated that this demarcation will occur when the NDC is voted into power, with the help of the Member of Parliament for Aowin, Oscar Ofori Larbi.
“I have faith that this demarcation will happen while the NDC is in government with the help of Oscar,” he concluded.