News:
April 9, 2014
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu Constituency, Solomon Namliit Boar says the imposition of the curfew in connection with the Nankpanduri communal violence was long overdue.
The MP raised concerns with the timing of the curfew. He wondered why a curfew would be announced at a time calm has rather returned to the area, when it could have been announced during the heat of the conflict.
The MPs comments come on the heels of an earlier curfew imposed on the community and its environs by the Interior Minister, Kwesi Ahwoi on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC).
Reacting to issues on the ground on Joy news, the MP said citizens in the community are in a state of shock, when the announcement was made as they blamed the authorities for allowing the conflict to worsen before attempting to solve it.
The residents are even angrier with the imposition because they do not understand why Nakpanduri would be slapped with a curfew when the conflict actually took place in the East Mamprusi District, he stated.
Meanwhile lots of residents have fled the conflict area, where about 101 houses had been burnt down and over a thousand people rendered homeless.
In the interim, the district National Disaster Mobilization Organization (NADMO) is currently registering victims of the conflict to arrange some relief items for them.
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