Health Minister-designate Alex Segbefia has asked indigenes of the Volta region to take advantage of his appointment in government to develop their region.

According to him, although he will be minister for all Ghanaians, he is mindful of the fact that he hails from the Volta region and therefore has a responsibility towards people from that region.

“When ministers are being appointed, it is done on the basis of regional balance.

“And so there were many people who could have been chosen for this position but the lot fell on my head and so I do not look at it as a personal achievement but a regional achievement,” the former deputy defense stated when he addressed a gathering at the Dunenyo festival of the people of Tadzewu in the Ketu North district of the Volta region.

He continued: “ And so the region must understand that although I am minister of health for the whole country, I am also a minister of health who hails from the Volta region.

“Ministerial position are like football coaches and so you do not know when you will be changed so if you do not use me while I am there, don’t blame anybody tomorrow”.