Hon. Paul Evans Aidoo Regional Minister	Deputy Reg. Minister

The Brong Ahafo Region was created on 4th April 1959 (by the Brong Ahafo Region Act No. 18 of 1959). The Act defined the area of the Brong Ahafo Region to consist of the northern and the western part of the then Ashanti Region and included the Prang and Yeji areas that before the enactment of the Act formed part of the Northern Region. Before the Ashanti Empire was conquered by the British in 1900, the Brong and Ahafo states to the north and northwest of Kumasi (the capital of Ashanti empire and the present Ashanti Region) were within the empire.

Nana Akumfi Ameyaw III traces his ancestry to King Akumfi Ameyaw I (1328-63), under whose reign the Brong Kingdom with its capital at Bono Manso grew to become the most powerful kingdom of its time. Indeed oral tradition has it that nearly all the different groups of the Akans, including the Asante, trace their origins to Bono after migrating from the “north”.

• NKWANTA S: 20 laptops supplied to schools
  

  Member of Parliament for Nkwanta South, Gershon Gbediame has secured 20 laptops for some schools in his constituency.

• TECHIMAN N: Govt approves GHs42m for admin block for new assemblies
  

  The Government has approved GHȼ 42 million for the construction of administrative blocks for all the newly 46 district assemblies created last year.

• SUNYANI W: New Presiding Member elected
  

  Nana Kwaku Asante Nketiah, a 63-year-old educationist was on Monday elected as the Presiding Member of Sunyani West District Assembly by a popular acclamation.

• ASUTIFI: Illegal mining threatening the existence of Gyedu residents
  

  Residents at Gyedu, one of Newmont’s Ahafo Mine host communities in the Asutifi District of Brong-Ahafo Region, say they live in fear because the activities of illegal miners are threatening their very existence.

• TANO N: Young girls trained in soap making
  

  Young girls in the Tano North District of the Brong Ahafo Region have been equipped with employable skills in soap making.

• DORMAA: Hairdressers schooled
  

  Beauticians and Hairdressers in Dormaa Ahenkro have undergone a six day capacity training workshop to equip them with best onward practices to boost their businesses.

• KINTAMPO S: GH˘30,000 abattoir for Jema inaugurated
  

  Mr Kwadwo Nyame Datiakwa, Kintampo South District Chief Executive, has called on butchers to be wary of communicable diseases in animals they slaughter for human consumption.

• JAMAN S: MP vows to stop galamsey activities
  

  MP for Jaman South, Hon. Yaw Afful has vowed to do everything possible to stop the influx of galamsey activities in the area.

• ATEBUBU: 21 contest For Atebubu-Amantin DCE position
  

  Twenty-One persons including two women are vying for the position of Chief Executive for the Atebubu-Amantin district.

• ATEBUBU: Assembly holds first meeting
  

  The Atebubu-Amantin District Assembly has held its first ordinary meeting for the year in Atebubu at which various issues affecting the development of the district was discussed.