Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed optimism that he will help bring lasting peace to Bawku and its environs.
The respected traditional ruler indicated that he was confident recent mediation talks with feuding factions will bring peace to the area.
His remarks come after the peace mediation efforts which started last week were temporarily postponed due to the complexities surrounding the long-standing chieftaincy dispute.
Speaking at a meeting with a delegation from the UK Advanced Command and Staff Course at the Manhyia Palace, the Asantehene noted that “We need peace to develop. My duty, together with the traditional authority, is to make sure that there is peace everywhere. Therefore, we make sure that we adjudicate issues when there are conflicts everywhere so that the government can also have peace to do its work.
“Recently there has been some communal conflict within the upper part of Ghana, closer to Burkina Faso (Bawku), but we are putting in every effort to ensure there is lasting peace,” he added.
