Out of ignorance, people have been referring to the Volta Region as Number Nine, apparently because they thought it was the ninth region in Ghana to be created
At independence, there was what could be described as four regions and these were:
The Ashanti Protectorate
The Northern Territories
Trans-Volta Togoland
Other regional demarcations took place after independence, the Gold Coast Colony splitting into the Western, Central and Eastern regions. The Brong Ahafo Region was also carved out of the Ashanti Protectorate with the latter becoming the Ashanti Region, while the Northern Territories got split into the Northern and Upper regions
The Greater Accra Region was created out of the Eastern Region to allow for a better administration of Accra, the capital city, and Tema, the new industrial and port city of the nation
A 10th region, the Upper West, with its capital in Wa, came out of the then Upper Region.
We need to know that the tag ‘Number Nine’ came about because during the first national beauty contest organised on 4th March 1957 to herald Ghana's independence, a 22 year old beauty by name Monica Amekoafia from Hohoe area won the contest to become the first Miss Ghana, was wearing the Number Nine tag and represented Trans Volta Togoland now Volta Region.
No need to sound derogatory or feel ashamed about such a historical feat,but rather be proud of it.
And if they don't know our history, let's us share it with them.
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Ghana's first Miss Ghana (1957), Monica Amekoafia. She represented then Trans Volta Togoland (Volta Region) and was the 9th contestant. A crowd favourite, she will forever go down in history as the woman on whose ticket people from the Volta Region earned the 'Number 9' nickname."
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