Audio By Carbonatix
Residents of Agogo in the Asante-Akim North District have urged the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to act decisively to evict all Fulani herdsmen and their cattle from the area.
They said the Council should show the political will to implement the recommendations made by the 11-member committee it set up to work out an exit plan for the nomads.
The committee in its report presented to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah on June 21, advised that the REGSEC used force to throw them out because of their refusal to relocate.
Many of the people who spoke to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said they did not want a repeat of the past experience where directives and threats to remove the herdsmen and their animals were never carried out.
Mr Pesse Danquah, a member of the committee, however, has given assurance that this time round the story is going to be different.
He, therefore, counseled the people to remain patient and exercise restraint until the deadline of the one month period granted the herdsmen to voluntarily leave.
It would be recalled that a Kumasi High Court on January 20th ordered the REGSEC to take immediate and decisive action to flush out all cattle from the Agogo Afram Plains.
The Council on February 7 inaugurated an 11-member committee to come out with an evacuation plan for the herdsmen by April 30, but it could not complete the assigned job by the end of the period.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Cabinet approves facility manager for Borteyman Sports Complex – Kofi Adams
3 minutes -
Sanitation is improving; critics may be ‘living in another world’ – Salaga South MP replies Bekwai MP
9 minutes -
Government must do more to tackle sanitation crisis – Bekwai MP
10 minutes -
World Cleanup Day: GFF begins sanitation education in local communities
28 minutes -
EU Ambassador, IGP discuss stronger cooperation on policing and security
38 minutes -
Africa Nations Volleyball Championship: Ghana set up quarterfinal clash with Cameroon after beating Chad
54 minutes -
Meet Dr Benjamin Appiah Osei — Ghana’s three-time tourism awards winner
1 hour -
UEFA & CONCACAF demand Fifa pays $10m to all 211 members
1 hour -
Inter fight back again to snatch draw at leaders Roma
1 hour -
Suzuki proves worthy replacement for Martinez at Villa
2 hours -
Brighton humbling ‘a big lesson’ for Arsenal – Arteta
2 hours -
Arsenal handed first loss by brilliant Brighton
2 hours -
VIDEO: Akwatia MP ‘clashes’ with Kofi Bentil over 3.9-tonne cocaine seizure
2 hours -
Ratcliffe ‘must go’ says Man Utd Muslim fan group
2 hours -
Ignite Social Enterprise targets global market for locally manufactured Ghanaian products
2 hours