The Electoral Commission of Ghana has begun processes to create 25 new constituencies.
The new constituencies include the one from the Guan district after voters in the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lipke and Lolobi (SALL) Traditional Areas were allowed to vote in the Buem constituency for the 2020 Presidential elections but were not allowed to participate in the Parliamentary elections.
On the Order Paper of Tuesday, October 31, 2023, that move to create new constituencies has been given a boost after it was tabled for consideration.
The Order Paper addendum captures the creation of the new constituencies.
The said Constitutional Instrument titled “Representation of the People (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Amendment) Instrument, 2023,” is expected to be laid before the house by the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
This amendment aims to establish 25 additional constituencies, in addition to the existing 275 constituencies in the country.
The Electoral Commission (EC) had previously indicated its ongoing efforts to create new constituencies.
“We are in the process of creating some new constituencies and Guan District is one of them. If not because parliament is on recess, we should have started the process in parliament,” Dr Bossman said in an earlier interview on Accra-based TV3 last month.
Dr. Bossman disclosed that the Guan District is among the areas set to receive a new constituency, as the Commission initiates the process of creating new constituencies for the 2024 elections.
