Paramount Chief and President of the Somé Traditional Council in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region, Torgbiga Adama III, has appealed to the government to consider splitting the municipality.

Torgbiga Adama appealed on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at a durbar of the chiefs and people of Somé at Agbozume, the traditional capital to climax the area's socio-cultural and development festival, Sométutu Zâ.

The Paramount Chief noted that the call for the split had been pending for some years and urged government representatives present at the durbar, including dignitaries from the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MCRA) to take the issue up on a ticket of urgency.

He said: 'I am appealing to the Electoral Commission (EC) and government on the need to divide the Ketu South Constituency/Municipality - Indeed, this issue has been pending since the time of Dr.