SONA 2024: Bawku Crisis Luring Mischief Makers and Extremists- Prez

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is quaking in his boots over the current unrest in battered Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

According to the President, the state of the town must be a concern to all Ghanaians with the search for an amicable solution expedited as it continues to grow into an “alluring magnet to mischief makers and extremists”.

Addressing the nation on the state of the country on February 27, the Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Armed Forces said “The tragedy is not only that a thriving and dynamic town is being reduced to a wasteland of destruction and distrust, we are spending money and energy that would have been better spent on development needs of Bawku, providing security to keep brothers and sisters from killing each other.

“Mr Speaker, what should concern all of us and not just the people of Bawku is that, in its current state, Bawku is an alluring magnet to mischief makers and extremists operating a few kilometres across from the border.”

As part of government effort to resolve the protracted dispute, he said his government had established a special Bawku Taskforce, intensified engagements with the factions, suspension of four (4) radio stations, that have been broadcasting incendiary language and propagating hate speech and established specialised Courts in Accra and in Kumasi to deal expeditiously with criminal matters emanating from the Bawku conflict.