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removal of what we regarded as an obstructive mechanism in the
way of our development.
By the time the commission of inquiry into the setting up of
Regional Assemblies had made its report and the Assemblies
were established, the strides which the country was making in all
directions and the mood of the people had brought most of the
chiefs to a recognition of the sincerity of the Government and
its development aims. Even the Asantehene began to show
a startling change in attitude, and I know that he is now
completely identified with our independence and shares the
hopes and aspirations of the new Ghana. In this atmosphere of
national unity, the newly-created Regional Assemblies met and
voted themselves out of existence. Through the constitutional
procedure, which we faithfully followed, the instruments were
eliminated which the British had devised to keep us divided and
backward. The establishment and dissolution of the Regional
Assemblies opened the way to constitutional changes in other
directions.