Chiefs and elders of the Sissala East Municipality have petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to create the Sissala South District, with Welembelle as its capital.
The petition, presented by Kuoro Professor Baduawaali II, President of the Sissala Council of Chiefs and Paramount Chief of Welembelle, was forwarded through the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Charles Puozuing Lwanga.
It said a committee formed in 2018 to prepare proposals for the new district completed its work. Still, implementation stalled due to the absence of official 2020 census data required for district creation.
The chiefs cited the municipality’s vast size—5,092.8 square kilometres—as a major development constraint, noting that despite being a key producer of maize, soya beans and yams, the area lacked adequate administrative support.
The petition said Welembelle already had basic infrastructure, including a polyclinic, police station and schools, to support an immediate take-off.
Mr Lwanga assured the chiefs the petition would be delivered to the President. He invited the public to the unveiling of a regional development plan on January 31, which the President is expected to inaugurate.
