General News of Thursday, 27 December 2018Source: mynewsgh.comMahama votes in referendum for proposed Savannah Region in BoleJohn Dramani MahamaFormer President John Dramani Mahama is expected to cast his ballot in the ongoing referendum for the creation of the proposed Savannah Region in Bole in the Northern Region this morning, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. The ex-president who endorsed the decision to carve the Savannah Region from the current Northern Region, has been one of the major contributors to the course of the project by donating a total of GH¢50,000. MyNewsGh.com reported earlier how Former President John Dramani Mahama first donated an amount of GH¢30,000 to be distributed to the various districts across the proposed Savanna Region in the heat of community campaigns and sensitization. In addition to the GH¢30,000, the member of Parliament for Bole -Bamboi, Hon Yussif Sulemana on behalf of the former President donated GH¢ 10,000 to the Bole District referendum campaign team on Tuesday December 25, 2018. The Districts which form part of the proposed Savanah Region are: Sawla- Tuna- Kalba, Bole, West Gonja, North Gonja, Central Gonja, East Gonja and Kpandai districts.

Source: GhanaWeb December 27, 2018 06:22 UTC