By Francis Kobena Tandoh
In an effort to rebuild the Bawku township, President John Dramani Mahama has directed the establishment of a one billion Ghana cedi, or approximately $86,854,767, revitalization fund to reconstruct the conflict-ravaged town of Bawku in the Upper East region, according to the presidency on Wednesday.
A statement signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, spokesperson to the president and minister for Government Communications, comes on the back of a report submitted by the King of Ashanti, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II-led mediation report to Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday.
The minister explained that the fund, to be disbursed from 2026 to 2028, aims to rebuild critical infrastructure, including roads, healthcare, education, and irrigation facilities, to restore Bawku as an economic hub in the northern part of the West African country.
According to the presidential spokesperson, the fund will be managed by a high-level committee chaired by the country’s finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson.
The government of Ghana has accepted the Bawku mediation report on the conflict-ravaged town, a statement by the presidency announced on Wednesday.
According to the government, the report provides a “comprehensive, fact-based, and forward-looking roadmap” for lasting peace in the conflict-ridden area.
The Bawku conflict is a long-standing chieftaincy and ethnic dispute primarily between the indigenous Kusasi and the settler Mamprusi communities in and around the Bawku municipality of Ghana’s Upper East Region, near the border with Burkina Faso.
Periodic escalations have led to deaths, injuries, displacement, curfews, and significant economic and social disruption. Enditem
Source: Ghana Eye Report
Find the statement issued by the Presidency Communications below;
