Boundary disputes cited as reason for delay in 2010 Census release
The Technical Committee charged to come out with proposals on how to resolve boundary disputes in 70 districts have presented an interim report to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in Accra. The boundary disputes had virtually made it impossible for the Ghana Statistical Service to release the 2010 Population and Housing Census at the district level, though provisional results at the national level had long been provided.
Presenting the report the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Raymond Bagulo Bening, said the body received maximum cooperation from the various district assemblies. He said the committee is yet to do the work on the conclusions of the report and would make it available to the public on demand.
Prof Bening noted that some of the disputes arose because Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies cross boundaries to other areas to collect revenue for their developmental projects, which should not be the case. The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, commended the committee for their efforts to address the boundary disputes.
He congratulated the members for adopting the participatory approach in their study, and appealed to traditional authorities to foster unity in the creation of new districts.
Source : GNA/GBC
