By Francis Kobena Tandoh
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday called for peace and reconciliation among the chiefs and people of Bawku in the Upper East Region.
Speaking at the Jubilee House after receiving the Bawku Peace Mediation Report from the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Mahama stressed the need to reconcile the feuding factions involved in the conflict.
“The outcome of the report is not a winner or a loser issue, but how to reconcile the two factions for peace,” said President Mahama.
He emphasized that Bawku township has the potential to be one of the most vibrant cities in the country but expressed worry that conflict has hindered its progress.
President Mahama assured the government would work towards working with the recommendations of the mediation committee to ensure lasting peace in the area.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who led the high-level mediation process, emphasized that the outcome of the mediation process must be binding on all parties involved, underscoring the need for collective commitment to the recommendations contained in the report.
“I’m here to present the facts as they are for us to have peace. I’m not here to give a judgment as to who was right or wrong. The report should bind on all of us. I have explained to the various parties. It was mediation, not arbitration,” said Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
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 northern border with Burkina Faso. End item
Source: Ghana Eye Report
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