The Eastern Region, with an area of 19,323 square kilometres, occupying 8.1 per cent of the total land area of Ghana, is the sixth largest region of the country. A total of 2,106,696 population for the region, representing 11.1 per cent of Ghana’s population. It is the third most populous region, after the Ashanti and Greater Accra.
The population is made up of 49.2 per cent males and 50.8 per cent females, giving a sex ratio of 96.8 males to 100 females.
The Kwahu-West Municipal Assembly has entered into a Build, Operate and Transfer (B0T), agreement with three investors to construct a 1.4 million Ghana Cedi two-storey 141 lockable stores at its new bus terminal at Nkawkaw.
The Kwahu West Municipal Assembly has commenced a ground-breaking move to put up new stores and markets within the newly constructed seven hundred thousand Ghana cedis lorry park at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.
The Medical Director of the Koforidua Regional Hospital has denied reports that two people died from riots that broke out during the by-election at Atiwa.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ward Chairman for Adamorebe near Aburi in the Akuapem South Municipality, has appealed to the Eastern Regional Minister to urgently provide security to curb the activities of landguards in the area.
Eleven young men who allegedly attempted to vandalize the vehicle of Ms. Anita Dosoo, the National Women’s Organizer, National Democratic Congress (NDC), at Abomosu have sustained various degrees of injuries when they got hit by the vehicle in the process.
The Electoral Commission has declared the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) the winner of Tuesday’s by-election held at Atiwa in the Eastern Region.
The Volta River Authority (VRA) will undertake its annual maintenance and modification on the six generating units at the Akosombo Generating Station, from Wednesday, September 1 to December 31.