General News of Tuesday, 17 January 2017Source: Graphic.com.ghCreation of Ahafo Region: Akufo-Addo must remain focused - NPP chairmanAsutifi North Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Francis Opoku SarfoThe Asutifi North Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Francis Opoku Sarfo, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to focus on his campaign promise to create the Ahafo Region out of the existing Brong Ahafo Region. The creation of the Ahafo Region will be part of three new regions promised by the President. Speaking to the media at a thanksgiving service the NPP held at Kenyasi Number Two in the Brong Ahafo Region, Mr Opoku Sarfo said over the years, the people in the Ahafo area had not fully benefitted from the governance system. He said nananom and the entire electorate in the Ahafo area voted massively for President Akufo-Addo and the NPP and what was left was for his government to fulfil that promise. Nomination of ministersMr Opoku Sarfo appealed to the President to remember the people of Ahafo in his ministerial appointments.

Source: GhanaWeb January 17, 2017 19:20 UTC