Tuesday, November 18, 2008

BAWKU NABA SAYS POLITICAL CLASHES IS UNNECESSARY

The Bawku Naba, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoga II has bemoaned the unnecessary confrontation clashes among political parties’ supporters resulting into deaths and injuries.

He said he felt disappointed at this negative phenomenon which was disintegrating people with common vision and destiny instead of uniting them for national development.

Naba Asigri explained a local adage to the effect that even dogs have now joined forces in their neighbourhood to protect themselves and fight evils that evade their communities so wondered why people who are rational beings would kill or injury themselves in the name of winning power to rule.

He advised political parties’ leaders and their supporters to learn from animals as they co-exist in peace and unity for development.

He made these remarks when a team of pastors were at his palace to pray for the chief and his council for peace before, during and after the general elections considering the just ended tribal conflict in Bawku.

The Paramount chief of the area noted that politics was not a “do and die” affair but a healthy competition to lead the nation and added that God had already chosen who would lead our great nation after President Kufuor’s term expire in January next year so the confrontation and clashes would not change God’s Plan.

He explained that what happened in Bawku would not have happened if majority of the inhabitant were Christians “my name is George and you all know what that means, the Bible has the truth and we must all preach that truth,” he concluded.

The Deputy Co-coordinator of the Bawku Municipal Assembly Mr. David Naa-Ire was full of praise to the effort of the pastors since the eruption of the conflict some eight months that helped in maintaining the relative peace we are enjoying now.

He promised them of the Assembly’s readiness to assist in any direction in order to consolidate the peace as the December 7 elections approaches.

Preaching at the evening session to climax the one week fasting and prayers, a visiting Pastor from Nigeria, Bishop Bernard Ogbedada assured the inhabitants of the land to have faith in the Lord because God has already answered their prayers.

“Don’t be afraid, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, God Himself is fighting for the battle of Bawku”’ he assured.

Quoting Exodus 14:13, from the Holy Bible, Bishop Ogbedada indicated that it had been decreed that Bawku and its environs would be peaceful forever.

He explained that the Bawku conflict went beyond physical battle blaming the Pastors for not doing well spiritually to nip in the bud the conflict.



Godwin Nkunu
ISD- BAWKU

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