Kufuor meets Asantehene ...

...express confidence in Yendi Mediation team

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday said the government was hopeful to get the best customary and historical advice from the three-member Yendi Mediation Team.

It has become necessary for the government to approach the three prominent traditional rulers in the country to assist it find solution to the sad situation in the Dagbon State, President Kufuor said when he welcomed the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the Second, the third member of the Mediation Team at the Castle, Osu.

The other two members are the Naayiiri Gamni Muhammadu, Paramount chief of the Mamprugu Traditional Area and the Yagbon-Wura Bawa Doshie the Second, Paramount Chief of Gonja Traditional Area. President Kufuor expressed his appreciation to the Asantehene for honouring the invitation at a short notice.

He said the other two members of the Team on Wednesday held separate meetings with him at the Castle. President Kufuor said during separate meetings with the factions involved in the conflict at Yendi it was clear they both were desirous to have a peaceful resolution of the problem.

Okyeame Boakye Yam, Asantehene's linguist, said the Asantehene was privileged to be a party to finding a solution to the Dagbon crisis. The Asantehene later had separate consultations with the Nayiri and the Yagbon-Wura in their hotels in Accra.

The maiden meeting of the Mediation Team takes place in the afternoon at the State House after which it would have separate meetings with the delegations of the Andani Gate and the Abudu Gate. The team would later have a meeting with the Presidential Fact-Finding team on the Dagbon crisis after which it would present its report to the government.