The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central in the Upper East Region, Mahama Ayariga has assured that, together with other parliamentary candidates on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), they will take every step to achieve the creation of a new political and administrative region named as the Kusaug Region in the Bawku area.
He said the boundaries of the new proposed region to be carved out of the Upper East Region will cover the six districts when the NDC wins the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The new region to be created in the Bawku area, and to be named as Kusaug Region, will encompass the Zebilla, Binduri, Garu, Tempane, Pusiga and Bawku District and Municipal assemblies.
“The creation of the region will therefore be our key preoccupation upon NDC winning the next election,” Mr Ayariga stated in a letter dated July 1, 2024, addressed to the Zugran of the Kusaug Traditional area.
The people of the area had made the proposal and Mr Ayariga was responding with the assurance.
Already, former President John Dramani Mahama who started his campaign tour of the Upper East Region on Saturday (August 3, 2024), speaking to the Bawku Naba at his palace said he was aware of the proposal and a subsequent letter Mr Ayariga had sent to the Speaker of Parliament about the proposal.
Mr Mahama said “it is possible” to create the proposed Kusaug region and that considering the requirement for the creation of a new region, such as land size and population, the population in the Bawku area in the Upper East Region and that of the land size far exceeds that of the North East Region.