Rise Up, Hold Each Other’s Arms And End This War! – Bawku Residents Told
Nana Ofori Owusu, the National Chairman of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has expressed worry over the continuing conflict in Bawku in the Upper East Region.
The Bawku conflict has resulted in the deaths of many people and several others incurring various degrees of injuries.
Recent incidents at Bawku involved some persons engaging in a shootout, putting the residents in perpetual fear for their lives.
Commenting on the conflict, Nana Ofori Owusu wondered the people expect development when they are destroying their community.
He noted that Bawku is underdeveloped due to the tensions and asked the residents and the leaders in the nation to ensure peace in the area.
He stressed it is precarious for every person in the country if Bawku remains unsafe.
“We, as Ghana as a totality, must see that an attack on any of us is an attack on all of us. If someone has discomfort or living in virtually a war zone, are you safe? You are not safe!”, he exclaimed.
The PPP National Organizer appealed to the people to find a lasting solution to their dispute, saying “how can you grow up in the same community, you don’t have good drinking water, that affects all of you. You are not getting good schools, that affects all of you. You are getting good roads, that affects all of you”.
He continued; “You are not access to funding, that affects all of you and instead of looking at the things that are common to all of us for us to fight against to better our way of living, we are rather looking at each other to bring each other down, to harm each other and to do all of these things. At some point, the responsibility of the community must come to bear and the community must rise up and hold each other’s arms to bring about the solution.”
Nana Ofori made these submissions on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” show Monday morning.
Source: Ghmessenger.com
