Oti Region

Oti Region
Region
Kyabobo National Park near the border with Togo
Kyabobo National Park near the border with Togo
Location of Oti Region in Ghana
Location of Oti Region in Ghana
CountryGhana
CapitalDambai
Districts9[1]
Government
 • Regional MinisterDaniel Machator[2]
Population
 • Total742,664[3]
Time zoneGMT
Area code031

The Oti Region is one of the six newly created regions of Ghana[4][5] in December 2018.[6][7] The region was carved out of the Volta Region and will be in fulfillment of a campaign promise made by New Patriotic Party. Prior to the 2016 Ghanaian general election, the then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo declared that when elected, he would explore the possibility of creating new regions out of some of the existing regions in Ghana in order to bring government closer to citizens.[8] The Region was inaugurated on May 14, 2019. It has Dambai as its Regional Capital.[7] The people of Oti region have for more than 60 years always wanted to have a region of their own before its creation in 2018 by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government in December 2018.[9]

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