Bawku women happy with curfew as husbands stay home

Some married women in Bawku have said they were now happy with the curfew imposed on the township owing to the ethnic clashes, because their husbands stayed home to help them in their household chores.

The women, who, according to the GNA wanted to remain anonymous, said prior to the curfew, their husbands stayed late outside and by the time they came home, they the women were fast asleep with the children.

They said the curfew had compelled them to complete their daily chores early to have enough time to sit with their husbands and the children.

In another development, the Bawku East District Co-ordinating Director, Mr Ibrahim Alhassan, said the conflict had adversely affected the revenue of the District Assembly.

He said revenue sources were mainly the markets but prevailing conditions had prevented traders from selling their wares and the few who patronised the markets were not willing to pay tolls.

Mr Alhassan could not, however, tell how much was lost but said that would be determined at the end of this month when the assembly's trial balance would be prepared.

Though commercial activities were gradually booming back, smugglers found it difficult to operate, because security forces searched all vehicles, entering or leaving Bawku.

Some smugglers, who brought in goods from Togo or Burkina Faso twice a day, now found it difficult to do so.