Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has confirmed plans to upgrade Ho Municipality to a metropolitan area.

A municipality is a smaller administrative division that typically covers towns, districts, or smaller cities, whereas a metropolitan area generally refers to a large city or a highly urbanized area that may include multiple surrounding municipalities or districts.

According to him, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has made significant strides toward meeting the necessary criteria, with an official declaration expected soon.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Ho Municipal Assembly Complex, Dr. Bawumia said the move follows a request from the Asogli Traditional Council.

"I am happy to say that works are far advanced, and very soon we will have Ho declared a Metro," he stated.

He urged the community to support his agenda of development and reject former President John Mahama's call for resetting the country’s progress.

“This is an upgrade, and we should not reset it back to how it was," he emphasized.

Highlighting the government's equitable distribution of infrastructure, Dr. Bawumia touted their achievements in roads, schools, and public projects as unprecedented in the Fourth Republic.

Divine Bosson, Ho Municipal Chief Executive and NPP Parliamentary Candidate, appealed for voter support, citing the NPP's development projects as evidence of their commitment to the region.

The newly inaugurated two-story Ho Municipal Assembly Complex, which includes offices, an assembly hall, and other facilities, is one of two new complexes built to resolve office space issues in the Volta Region.