President John Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has taken steps to restore peace in the Sawla-Bole area of the Savannah Region following renewed clashes between the Gonja and Brifor communities in the area.
The President received a briefing from the National Security Coordinator and the Minister for the Interior on developments in the Sawla-Bole area of the Savannah Region, upon his return from a state visit to Singapore.
While in Singapore, the President spoke by telephone with the Yagbonwura, Jira Bikunuto Jewu Soale I, to discuss steps to end the conflict and restore peace between the Gonja and Brifor communities.
As part of the peace-building effort, President Mahama has dispatched a government delegation, led by Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, to meet the Yagbonwura and other key stakeholders in the area.
Security has been reinforced with the deployment of an additional detachment of police and military personnel to the area.
President Mahama has urged all parties to support the initiatives underway to end the conflict and restore normalcy.
The President has further directed the government delegation to work with the regional security council, traditional leaders, and community stakeholders to promote dialogue and peacefully resolve outstanding disputes, to restore peace and uphold law and order.
Meeting
Meanwhile, a high-level government delegation, led by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, landed in Damongo yesterday and held a closed-door meeting with the Overlord of Gonja, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I, as directed by the President.
The delegation, according to reports, convened at the Jakpa Palace, the official seat of the Yagbonwura, to engage with traditional and community leaders as efforts are underway to find a lasting solution to the conflict in the region.
The delegation included the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. William Agyapong; Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno; Director-General of Prisons, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie; Comptroller-General of Immigration, Samuel Amadu Basintale and Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Lawrence Kwaku Gbetanu.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak