The Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu VI, has appealed to landlords to co-operate with the Hohoe District Assembly and release parcels of land to it for development purposes.
He also advised the assembly not to think of siting their offices only in the Hohoe township.
He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the elevation of Hohoe District Assembly in the Volta Region to a municipality. This brings to two the number of municipalities in the region. The other one is the Ho Municipality.
The ceremony which also coincided with the first ordinary meeting of the assembly saw the assembly presenting motorbikes to all the assembly members to facilitate their work.
Togbega Gabusu VI asked the assembly to take a second look at their Town and Country Department.
According to him, the department was not living up to expectation, resulting in the haphazard developments, especially in the new settlements.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, congratulated the assembly on its elevation and said this required hard work to justify the confidence and trust the government had reposed in them.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr John Peter Amewu, expressed the hope that the motorbikes would help them to reach out to the remotest parts of their electoral areas.
That, he said, would help the assembly to increase its internally generated revenue to undertake more development programmes.
The Managing Director of Motor Kings Ltd. in Accra, Dr Nong Goa, had earlier presented the keys to the motor bikes to the MCE.
In all, 100 motorbikes were acquired for use by 72 assembly members and women groups in the municipality.
The MCE expressed regret that there was no land for development in the municipality, and that where the assembly found one and had attempted to undertake development projects, legal action had been taken against it.
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