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The Chiefs and people of Lambussie Traditional Area in the Jirapa/Lambussie district of the Upper West Region on Thursday appealed to the President to create a new district for them to speed up the development of the area.Making the call during the maiden working visit to the area by Mr George Hikah Benson, the Upper West Regional Minister, Kuoro Iddrisu Bamie, Paramount chief of the area regretted that the Jirapa/Lambussie District Assembly was not being fair to them in the distribution of development projects although the area constituted about half the size of the district.He said before the country's independence, the native authorities of Lawra, Nandom and Lambussie constituted the Lawra Confederacy District Council as equal partners with fairness and equity in the distribution of projects.Since then Lambussie has been tacitly considered a minority group in terms of ethnicity and population under Lawra district….The people urged the government to repair the bridge at Piina that spans the road used by vehicles from Nandom to get to markets at Fielmuo, Samuo, Suke and Tumu and speed up the processes that would see Piina community and the Piina Senior Secondary School provided with electricity.Mr. Benson, who was accompanied by Mrs. Winifred Dyaka, the Deputy Regional Minister urged the people to live together in peace devoid of ethnic sentiments, which he noted, did not promote orderly development.He said the area has been earmarked to benefit from one of the Jubilee Schools precisely a Jubilee Secondary/Technical School and reiterated the NPP government's commitment to ensure that no area was neglected in the distribution of the national cake.The Regional Minster inspected a three-unit residential facility that has been constructed by the District Assembly to accommodate some of the Police Personnel in the town.Source: GNA
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