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April 12, 2025
The Deputy Ranking on the Committee on Security and Intelligence Kofi Amankwa-Manu has commended the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, for visiting Bawku in the wake of the escalating Bawku conflict.
He was however not enthused about alleged comment by the IGP in which he said to have asked the youth to lay down their tools and they would be considered for recruitments.
“I am reading from social media, if that is true then the IGPs visit is rather going to create more problems. To say that lay down your tools and then we would consider you for recruitment is something that one cannot understand. It is important to get all parties involved to lay down their tools; for me it would be absurd to recruit people into the security based on the fact that they have laid down their tools which means If you do not meet the criteria to be recruited into the security service, you would be given the opportunity because you have laid down your tools?”.
He expressed worry over the burning of the House of the Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for the area Mahama Ayariga; and further added that his colleague the Member of Parliament for Pusiga Laadi Ayii Ayamba was also affect and the steps taken by the IGP is a step in the right direction.
The former deputy defence Minister in the Akufo-Addo led administration, who was speaking at a press conference by the Minority in parliament on Friday lamented that the IGP’s call to the youth is not the way to go, because “we all know the sensitivity surrounding the Bawku issue.”
“So, if one ethnic group laid down their tools and they are recruited into the security service, we all know the chaos it is going to create for the nation. The minority would support every move to get solution and bring finality to this conflict in Bawku. As a border town, if care is not taken and we get these armed groupings to use Bawku as a weak point the entire country would be on its knees”.
Meanwhile, the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh adding his voice to the Bawku conflict situation lamented that this is a major statement made by the IGP since he was appointed; and maybe the statement was made just on the spare of the moment and it’s clearly an unfortunate statement. “If any other person says this, no seriousness would be attached to it but from the IGP, the ramification of that statement is so critical”, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com