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Mr. Salifu Saeed, Northern Regional Minister and President of REGSEG
As part of efforts to implement the Roadmap for a Peaceful Resolution of the Dagbon Headship Crisis, the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has begun engaging stakeholders with various groups. of interest in the region.
This is to reach a consensus on the success of the program on the completion of the last funerary rites of Ya-Na Mahamadu Abdulai and Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II at the former Gbewaa Palace, Yendi's traditional headquarters. Subsequent enskinage of a new Ya-Na to direct the affairs of the Dagbon Kingdom to greater heights.
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According to REGSEC, "this will offer a new Ya-Na the opportunity to restore lasting peace in Dagbon and Dagbon to resume its legitimate place as a bastion of tradition and culture".
He therefore called for restraint, caution and circumspection in the statements and actions of individuals and groups "at this crucial moment".
He further called on "everyone to act in such a way as to ensure the maintenance and improvement of the existing peace so that Dagbon can regain his past glory".
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This was contained in a statement signed by REGSEC President Salifu Saeed, who is also minister of the Northern Region, and addressed to the media in Tamale last Monday.
Measures
According to the statement, the stakeholder meetings were part of the measures and actions undertaken by the council to ensure the proper implementation of the road map for peace in Dagbon, a document that was presented to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, at the Jubilee. House in Accra on November 21, 2018 by the Committee of Eminent Chiefs led by Asantehene.
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REGSEC has had a fruitful dialogue with local ulemas and imams (religious clerics) on their role in using their pulpits to preach peace before, during and after traditional events.
The council also held talks with media representatives, the main actors in the region, to seek their cooperation and support throughout the process.
He added that the council had conducted similar discussions with other stakeholders and the public to seek their support, involvement and participation in promoting harmony in the region.
"The Northern Region cherishes peace and our people want a peace that allows them to improve their living conditions and development.
We call for giving peace a chance, because that's what Dagbon needs now, "he added.
Call for calm
REGSEC further urged the public to ensure that the funeral rites and subsequent bagging of a Ya-Na are smooth and without disruption.
While calling for peacekeeping before, during and after the rites, he also warned that it would be any individual or group of people intending to foment any trouble to derail the road map.
"We want to make it clear that security agencies are very alert and willing to deal decisively with any individual or group that will attempt to create confusion about the implementation of the roadmap.
Any person or group of this type will have to book when he engages in acts likely to undermine the prevailing peace, "he added.
REGSEC, however, has ensured that all peace-loving people feel free and safe to carry out their normal duties without fear.
Peace
After decades of long leadership feuds between the Andani and Abudu Royal gates in the traditional Dagbon area, the path is now open for a peaceful process that could lead to the closure of a new Ya Na in the region.
In an unprecedented initiative following the badbadination of Ya Na Yakubu Andani II on March 27, 2002, three prominent leaders, led by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu ll, presented a roadmap that outlines the processes agreed upon by Andanis and Abudus. . the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Jubilee House in Accra.
The Committee of Eminent Chiefs, together with the Andani and Abudu Royal Gates, has set the dates for the Na Mahamadu Abdulai funeral ceremonies to be held from December 14 to 28 this year.
After a week of respite, the Andanis will also organize the last funeral rites of Ya Na Andani ll from 4 to 19 January 2019.
Subsequently, four recognized elders will isolate and consult the oracles to guide them in the selection of a new Ya Na for the kingdom, according to Dagbon's customs and tradition.
This process will start from the first Friday after the end of Ya Na Andani's funeral.
Many people hailed the roadmap as an unprecedented initiative and a great relief for the people of Dagbon and Ghana as a whole.
The Committee of Eminent Chiefs was set up by former President John Kufuor in 2002 to find a lasting solution to the protracted dispute between leaders of the Danube chieftainship after the murder of the Ya Na.
It is composed of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II; Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa I and Nayiri, Naa Bohogu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga.
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