The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the people of the Oti Region to get unite for the development of the region.

He says the multiplicity of ethnic groupings in the region should be the basis for unity rather than division among them.

The President made the remarks when he addressed chiefs and people in the Nkwanta south municipality during a sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the regional office for the ministry of food and agriculture in the Nkwanta south municipality.

The Oti Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana and it forms part of the six newly created region out of the existing ten regions.

The New region was created on February 15, 2019, with the Constitutional Instrument (C.I) 112 after the people in the catchment of the region voted YES for the creation of the Region with 98.64%.  323,708 out of the 366,481 voters cast their ballots in a referendum on December 27, 2018.

Oti Region has its capital as Dambai and has eight Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) under its jurisdiction.