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General News of Saturday, June 1st, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-06-01
Minister of Defense Dominic Nitiwul
Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwul will no longer lead efforts to end the protracted conflict in Chereponi in the Northeast region.
According to him, his leading role came to an end after gathering a group of opinion leaders from the Konkomba and Chokosi factions, as well as religious, and taking them to the conflict zone to dialogue with the communities. last week.
It was a telephone conversation with Samson Lardy Anyenini, the host of JoyNews TV / Joy FM's weekly badysis program on Saturday.
Minister Konkomba said last Friday that his successful mission of dialogue with his compatriots and Chokosis showed that his ethnicity did not constitute an obstacle to peace.
"He [Nitiwul] said after mobilizing and successfully bringing together the opinion leaders of the different groups to go speak directly with people. [They are] having an audience and resulting in what he maintains, that's what led to the calm that we have experienced so far.
"He will not be in the vanguard for the future. The process would be finished without him at the front, "Samson said after making an appeal to the minister.
The latest wave of violence in the Konkomba-dominated district, where Chokosis remains the minority, was the third of these incidents in the past five months. Two people died. The record of the fighting includes the loss of property, the delay of development and the humanitarian challenges.
The dispute is related to a parcel of land that would be two acres. But the land has ancestral meaning and has become a question of identity.
Calls for rebadignment
The minister was called to recuse himself from any role in resolving the conflict because of his attachment to one of the warring factions.
Earlier in the program, Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd), a security badyst and conflict resolution expert, said the minister should not direct mediation, with some believing that his compatriots could benefit from some protection because of his position as President. Defense Minister.
Festus Aboagye (retired)
According to him, although opinions may be derived from simple perceptions, they should be taken seriously because they are "very important" in the mediation of conflicts.
The badyst, who attributed the root of the conflict to the collapse of the Ashanti kingdom during the colonial regime, favors the selection of someone who can bring a balance in efforts to end the crisis.
Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte
Similarly, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, a researcher at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, also spoke about the program.
"If he [Defence Minister] I can not recuse myself, I think the government will do a lot of good by rebadigning it, "he said.
Defective and unfair calls
However, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, co-member of the jury, opposes these arguments by insisting that Mr. Nitiwul's position as Defense Minister can not be challenged in the context of the violent conflict.
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako
Although the editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper agreed that the minister should not be part of political mediation, he decided not to reallocate his appeals.
"It's an erroneous conclusion … it's so unfair," Baako said.
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