CHIEFS ADVISED TO RESOLVE DISPUTES IN WA WEST (PAGE 23)

THE District Chief Executive (DCE) for Wa West in the Upper West Region, Mr Seidu Tungbani, has urged traditional authorities in the area to endeavour to resolve their disputes.
That, he stressed, would help accelerate the developmental efforts of the district.
He said chiefs served as symbols of unity and so any attempt to derail the chieftaincy institution would consequently affect the socio-economic lives of their people.
Mr Tungbani was speaking at a peace durbar at Wechiau, the district capital. The durbar was organised by the Youth Network for Human Rights and Democracy (Youth-Net), a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the German Development Services (DED).
Mr Tungbani said peace was a vital ingredient for the nation’s sustainability and that efforts at peace building and social dialogue were very crucial for development.
“It is important that the youth constitute themselves as peace ambassadors for national integration a social transformation”, he added.
The DCE observed that most youth had blindly copied some negative cultures and lifestyles which had dragged them into all kinds of shady activities that were alien to the values of the Ghanaian society.
Mr Tungbani commended the organisers for the durbar since it would go a long way to promote peace in Wa West.
The Coordinator of Youth-Net, Mr Paul Boamah Sefa, appealed to chiefs and other opinion leaders to help entrench democracy at the grassroot level.
On his part, the President of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs, Naa S.D. Gore II, pledged the support of the chiefs to bring development to the area.