Regional Communication team members of both the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region have registered their displeasures in the ongoing conflict within the Bawku Municipality and its environs as they call peace.
Both parties registered their displeasure on the Apexnews Ghana program dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST” with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen on Monday, September 12, 2022.
Sharing his view on the ongoing Bawku conflict, the NDC representative and a regional member of the communication team Jambeidu Mbawini Sadat said: “In terms of infrastructure Bawku is on a verge of collapsing, in the aspect of agriculture Bawku is on the verge of collapsing, when you look at our educational system, we are already in a collapsing state which is not good to be very good for us growing up and most especially what I love in the Regional Minister statement was where he talked about school children whose future have been truncated”.
Mr. Sadat revealed, that for the past year, there are some areas within the Bawku municipality and its environs in which children do not even go to school.
“Then if children can stay at home for over a year without going to school, then where lies their future? It means that these children who would be the future leaders of tomorrow such as future President, Ministers and so on, their education have been truncated because of the conflict that is currently ongoing in Bawku” he stressed
He further added, “In terms of infrastructure Bawku is on a verge of collapsing, in the aspect of agriculture Bawku is on the verge of collapsing, when you look at our educational system, we are already in a collapsing state which is not good to be very good for us growing up and most especially what I love in the Regional Minister statement was where he talked about school children whose future have been truncated”.
However, to him, he doesn’t want people to see what is happening in Bawku as a conflict.
“ We should find a way we can come together to mend our differences”
Meanwhile, a regional member of the governing New Patriotic Party communication team Daniel Animah described the ongoing conflict in Bawku as unfortunate.
According to Mr. Animah, instead of them coming together to talk about developmental issues that affect their daily lives and things that the government is doing to better the lives of ordinary Ghanaians, the region keeps going back and front with regard to the issue of Bawku which he thinks is very unfortunate.
“I think the people of Bawku should give peace a chance just like the people of Doba and Kandiga has done. We cannot as it were replace anything with peace. When conflict like this happens, you might not know the effect. The security agencies that patrol the town, the intelligence agencies that patrol the town are all been fed from the little IGF and the little amount the district assembly has”
Bawku in recent times has seen several attacks resulting in the loss of lives and properties in the area. Those traveling to Bawku on daily basis fear for their lives as they travel because one cannot tell what will happen the next minute.
However, in a recent engagement with members of the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) the Chairman of the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC), Stephen Yakubu has said, the conflict in Bawku and its environs has reached its peak with incidents of attacks and counter-attacks perpetrated on the daily basis.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
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