A Former National President of the Gonjaland Youth Association, Alhaji Bakari Sadiq Nyari has said that it was time for Gonjas to use their time tested and rich traditional, chieftaincy and intellectual experiences to help bring Dagombas back together as one people with a common destiny.
According to Alhaji Nyari, the National Executives of the Association had done some relevant assessments and had realized that the Dagbon Crisis was not beyond solution, and as a result, had already initiated talks with the two main leaders of both the Abudu and the Andani royal families.
Speaking at a ceremony at the Pioneer Guest Lodge in Tamale to hand over office to one Dr. Edward Adam Haruna as new President of the association, the Out-gone President emphasized that the level of cooperation, understanding and responses received from those leaders after the talks, clearly attested to the fact that the people of Dagbon were ready to embrace peace and unity.
Mr. Kofi Iddi was elected as National Vice President, Dramani Dari, as General Secretary, Amin Mohammed-Treasurer and Akiibu Zackaria as National Organiser.
He therefore assured Ghanaians that both the past and the new executives of the Gonjaland Youth Association, which comprises of some revered traditional leaders and people of high repute, would collectively come out with a “master plan” that would lead to the restoration of peace in Dagbon.
Meanwhile, the Dagbon Traditional Area has been in turmoil since year 2002 after the Late King of the area, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II was murdered together with 40 of his kinsmen.
However, successive governments’ inability to find lasting solution to the crisis has incontrovertibly become a great source of worry to the other ethnic groups in the Northern Region.
The Ethnic groups are obviously not only ashamed by the dispute, but the level of disunity, hatred, antagonism, insecurity and most especially how it has completely affected the socio-economic development of the region.
The Dagbon Chieftaincy Crisis has since gone through different level of redress including the Wuaku Commission, Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s Committee of Eminent Chiefs and the Accra Fast Track High Court and even currently at the Appeals Court, but all to no avail.
That notwithstanding, Alhaji Nyari and his team of executives strongly believe that with their new “intellectual” approach and cooperation from the affected people (Dagombas), the Dagbon matter could come to rest.
As a result, the National, Regional and District Executives of the Gonjaland Youth Association, one of the most vibrant and unified youth groups in Ghana, have announced their intentions to institute measures to reunite the Dagombas who now see themselves as people from completely two different gates (Abudu and Andani) so as to redeem the image of the north and also enhance development.
The New National President of the Association, Dr. Edward Adam Haruna in his acceptance speech assured all Gonjas in and outside Ghana of his administration’s preparedness to solidly unite the people for common purpose of attracting the needed development.
He passionately commended the out-gone executives for their stewardship and pledged to build upon their good foundation.
Dr. Haruna who also consented to the move by the out-gone President to help resolve the Dagbon crisis, expressed the need for all the tribes in the Northern Region and Ghana as a whole to come together to make Ghana a better place to live or do business.
He called on government to tackle the poor road network in the Gonja area and northern Region at large, and also provide the requisite infrastructure and economic development.
However, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Central Gonja, Sualisu Be-Awuribe took the opportunity to inform the executives about the numerous infrastructural projects of the government under the better Ghana agenda.
He noted that the President, John Evans Atta Mills would by June this year cut sod for the construction of the Fufulso-Damango-Sawla-Wa road and those at the Eastern Corridors including Tamale-Salaga-Makango, Yendi-Bimbilla-Wulensi road and many others to boost economic activities.
The DCE also hinted that the Savannah Cement Company (SAVACEM) has started productions in commercial quantity, whiles a Cotton Processing Factory is also under construction in Buipe by the government.
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