Publish Brobbey report on creation of new regions – Minority

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate publication of the Justice Brobbey Commission report which recommended the creation of six additional regions in Ghana.

According to Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, it is in the interest of transparency for the recommendations and other details of the commission’s report to be made public.

The Justice Brobbey Commission was set up to look into the requests for the creation of new regions and has presented its report to the government.

Addressing the press, Haruna Iddrisu indicated that it is not right for Parliament to consider a constitutional instrument when there is no report before the House.

“It is in the interest of good governance, openness; truthfulness and transparency that the report of the Commission of Inquiry is made public to enable the nation to verify that the constitutional instrument before Parliament is truly reflective of the contents of the commission’s report.”

“It must be opened up to the entire nation to enable us to gain insights into the thinking of the Commission and the constitutionality of its recommendation, and to determine whether the constitutional instrument laid in parliament truly reflects the recommendations of the commission,” he added.

Background

Processes are currently underway for the creation of six additional regions in the country following a recommendation by a commission of inquiry.

The commission submitted its report to the president a few months ago.

The 19-member Commission after holding nationwide consultations urged the government to create the administrative regions to be known as Oti, Ahafo, Brong East, Western North, North East, and Savanna.

A referendum is expected to be held in the selected areas before the new regions are created.

But some stakeholders in some of the areas especially from parts of the Volta Region are opposed to the move.

Government and the Electoral Commission have already been slapped with two different suits over the issue.

source: citinewsroom