Volta Region


Volta Region, is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-ethnic and multilingual, including groups such as the Ewe, the Guan, and the Akan peoples. The Guan peoples include the Lolobi, Likpe, Akpafu, Buem, and Nkonya people, et al. This region was carved out of the Volta Region in December 2018 by the New Patriotic Party

Background

The Volta region was formed by the state union of the former British Togoland which was part of the German protectorate of Togoland. It was administered as part of the Gold Coast by the British and later renamed Trans-Volta Togoland.

Demographics

The native and largest ethnic group of the Volta Region are the Ewe people. They consist of several sub groups such as the Anlo Ewe, Tongu Ewe, Wedome and Avenor Ewe. Other ethnicities include the Guan people, the Akan people, and the Gurma people.

Administration

The Volta region is run by a Regional Coordinating Council and a District Assembly. The RCC is made up of the Volta Regional Minister who is the political head and his deputy as well as representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs, the District Chief Executives of the Volta region, the Presiding Members of the 12 Districts Assemblies and representatives of the various decentralized Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the Volta region. Each district is run by a District Assembly.

Regional Commissioners and Ministers

The current Regional Minister, Archibald Letsa was appointed in February 2017.

Districts of the Volta Region

Before the regional demarcation in December 2018, the region had 25 districts consisting of 5 municipal and 20 ordinary districts with all the administrative changes as of December 2012. After the census, the Oti Region was carved out of it, reducing the size of the region and the number of administrative districts to 18.
The following districts are now within the boundaries of the Oti Region which was formally created on 15 February 2019.
DistrictCapital
Biakoye DistrictNkonya Ahenkro
Jasikan DistrictJasikan
Kadjebi DistrictKadjebi
Krachi East DistrictDambai
Krachi Nchumuru DistrictChindiri
Krachi West DistrictKete Krachi
Nkwanta North DistrictKpassa
Nkwanta South DistrictNkwanta

Constituencies

The Volta Region had 19 constituencies in the election in December 2000 and 24 constituencies in December 2004 parliamentary election. Four new constituencies were created by the Electoral Commission prior to the December 2012 parliamentary election, increasing the number of constituencies to 26.

Education

Universities

Togoland Congress

The Togoland Congress was a political party formed in 1951 to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state. The party was defeated in the May 1956 UN plebiscite in British Togoland, which resulted in the unification of British Trans-Volta Togoland with Gold Coast, which later became independent as Ghana.
On 9 May 1956, a vote was conducted to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland. The native and dominant ethnic group, the Ewe people, were divided between the two Togos. British Togoland inhabitants voted in favor of state union with the Gold Coast, and the Togo Ewe state was incorporated with Gold Coast.
There was vocal opposition to the incorporation of Togoland into modern Ghana, from the Ewe people who voted against in British Togoland, as the Ewe wanted the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state.
Recently, a campaign for the cessation of some part of the Volta Region from Ghana to be known as "Western Togoland" is being led by a group calling itself Homeland Study Group Foundation. The group is led by Charles Kormi Kudzodzi.

Tourism

Recreation areas

;Museum
;* Volta Regional Museum

Mountains

;Waterfalls