The Central Gonja district is one of the twenty six (26) districts of the Northern Region. It was carved out of the West Gonja district in 2004 as part of the government’s efforts to further decentralize governance.
The Central Gonja district is located at the southern end of the Northern region of Ghana. It shares boundaries in the north with the Tamale metropolis, the Kintampo North district of the Brong-Ahafo Region in the south, East Gonja district in the East and the West Gonja district in the West.
It covers a total land area of 8,353 Km2, representing 12% of the total landmass of the Northern Region.
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday announced that government has embarked on a number of programmes that would improve the sheanut industry and uplift women in the country from abject poverty.
Six unit classroom blocks have been constructed in Central Gonja District in the Northern Region in each of the flood affected schools in the District.
Vice President John Dramani has said the provision of electricity to rural communities would form a major component of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).
Less than 40 per cent of the residents of Central Gonja District, in the Northern Region, have access to potable water whiles the remaining 60 per cent compete with cattle for dammed rain water.
A two-day workshop to promote dialogue and empower chiefs, opinion leaders and religious bodies to resolve the protracted chieftaincy dispute in the Central Gonja District was held at the weekend in Buipe, the district capital.
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