Member of Parliament for he Kintampo North constituency, Joseph Kwame Kumah, on Wednesday displayed what can be described as a high sense of responsibility and care when he ran to Parliament for intervention over an looming clash in his constituency.
He did this through a statement on the floor of the House which attracted further support and commendation of fellow Members of Parliament who contributed to the statement.
Hon. Samuel Atta Akyea, Haruna Iddrisu and many others found the statement worthy for which they contributed their voices. Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Samana Kingsford Bagbin has since referred the statement and made an urgent and called on the Ministers of the Interior and National Security to appear in Parliament and offer explanations on the situation there.
He also called for the involvement of Parliament in the issue.
Urgent Need For Peace In Kintampo
Titled “Urgent Need for peace in the Kintampo North Constituency,” Hon. Kumah sought to bring to the attention of Parliament to a serious matter rearing its ugly head in Kintampo, which is capable of breaking the peace the people of Kintampo have been enjoying for years.
Mr. Speaker, the Paramount Chief of Mo, Nana Kweku Dankwa III, and The President of the Mo Traditional Council has asked for a period within November to December to perform rituals to cleanse accidents and other negative incidents in the Municipality especially in the Mo settlements areas which part of Kintampo Township is included.
On the other hand, Shrakyi Fangrima, The President of the Wangara Community in Ghana, also has his Annual Klubi Festival within same few days in the time frame clashing.
These two ceremonies at the same time is what is about causing the conflict in Kintampo.
A one-time enviable society is about to collapse due to a threatening peace. A municipality that has a unique location, strategically situated for all year –round Agricultural, Aquaculture, Animal Husbandry, Multiple tourist sites and Diverse cultural society is about to be destroyed due to simple but complex external manipulations trying to bring the said society to its knees. We refuse to join the unpalatable chronicle of towns on the table of conflict.
Kintampo North Municipality’s uniqueness stemmed from the fact that almost all tribes in Ghana can be found with peaceful coexistence and intermarriages for centuries yet beginning to face human –influenced conflict.
Mr. Speaker, I beg to advice, never has any group of people ever benefited from war or conflict without some regrets of had I known.
Mr. Speaker, the municipality is one of the least developed when it comes to road and other infrastructural projects, perennially accident –prone but lack a common Trauma Center, full of thousands hectares of arable rice lands, yet untapped, fertile lands for yams, cassava and other crops which almost all bigwigs in the municipality cultivate on large scales.
Why should we sit down for Kintampo to be torn apart? RESEC and MESEC MUST NOT STRUGGLE TO FIX WHAT IS HAPPENING.
Let’s all be fair to all the factions so that in the end, everlasting peace will be the winner.
Finally, let those who have lost a loved one take heart, and those injured be healed by His Grace. Kintampo North Municipality needs an industrial revolution, not conflict resolution.
Mr. Speaker, I have consulted the Peace Council both Regional and National, to quickly intervene in the Kintampo issues for the parties to use dialogue and mediation for everlasting peace and prosperity in Kintampo.
Mr. Speaker, to conclude, the center of the nation must not be allowed to be tensed up, for if things are allowed to fall apart, commuters from all walks of life who fly from Accra to Paga, and the neighboring countries would suffer. Also, businesses would suffer and there would be negative consequences on the government’s meager resources.
Thank you.
By S.O Ankamah