The Chief of Tamale, Dakpema Na Alhassan Dawuuni, has advised people in leadership positions not to influence the youth to engage in negative acts that will derail Ghana's development. He urged politicians who were always sponsoring the youth to purchase weapons and ammunitions to desist from that because one day, such weapons and ammunitions would be used against them, saying, "He who pulls the sword dies by the sword." He said, "As leaders we should be able to solve common problems such as poverty, hunger, unemployment, disease and malnutrition, instead of using our positions to influence the youth for acts of violence". Na Dawuni gave the advice in Tamale when Mr Bernard Morna, the General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), paid a courtesy call on him. He said everybody was crying for peace but in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa, people were still up in arms against their brothers. The chief stressed the need for leaders, especially those in Ghana, to live exemplary lives for the youth to emulate. "There is no place better than home so we should not create bitter conditions that would let our people continue to live in fear and deter investors into the country to open jobs for the youth," he stressed. He said it was the poverty levels in northern Ghana which made the youth vulnerable to monetary influence for acts of violence, and that was why the Dakpema Educational Fund was launched, last year, to help brilliant, needy children to continue with their education. Na Dawuni said though the fund was receiving patronage, it was not enough to assist many needy children to enhance their education. He, therefore, appealed to all bodies to contribute to improve education in the north. Mr Morna condemned the recent acts of arson in Garizhegu where a chief was allegedly murdered by some angry youth, and called on the security personnel not to shield any one found culpable. Mr Morna said, "Killing one another is not the solution to the problems facing us as northerners. Poverty, unemployment and disease are the enemy we should fight in order to develop our communities". He commended the Chief for his peace and development-oriented initiatives, and said the PNC would strengthen the chieftaincy institutions, especially those with development agendas, when the party wins power in 2012. Mr Morna advised the youth, especially those recently arrested in Tamale, when they were transporting ammunitions to Bunkprurugu, to mention the names of politicians who were behind them to expose them. Source: GNA