Low Turn Out At Western & Central NRC Office

Seven persons including a woman have lodged complaints at the Western and Central Regional Zonal office of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) at its first sitting at Takoradi.

The zonal officer of the NRC, Mr. James B. Acquah-Harrison told the GNA in an interview at Takoradi that a woman was the first to report at the Commission's secretariat at the old GNTC building. Mr. Acquah-Harrison said lack of publicity on the venue for the NRC in the regions might have resulted in the low turnout on Tuesday. He said chiefs, interest groups, Churches, the district assemblies and voluntary organisations are the main focus of the Western and Central zonal offices.

According to him, these groups would be relied upon to convince their members, who were abused or deprived of their rights during military and other regimes to come to the secretariat to lodge complaints. Mr. Acquah-Harrison said the commission is not a court but a forum for injured, aggrieved and persons with hurts and assured people of the Western and Central Regions that information or complainants submitted to the NRC would be confidential.

He was quick to add that these notwithstanding, the NRC could summon anyone to appear before it to give evidence, to make the work of the Commission easy and efficient. He added that the commission is here to identify hurts, find means of avoiding and alleviating them for a peaceful co-existence

Seven persons including a woman have lodged complaints at the Western and Central Regional Zonal office of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) at its first sitting at Takoradi.

The zonal officer of the NRC, Mr. James B. Acquah-Harrison told the GNA in an interview at Takoradi that a woman was the first to report at the Commission's secretariat at the old GNTC building. Mr. Acquah-Harrison said lack of publicity on the venue for the NRC in the regions might have resulted in the low turnout on Tuesday. He said chiefs, interest groups, Churches, the district assemblies and voluntary organisations are the main focus of the Western and Central zonal offices.

According to him, these groups would be relied upon to convince their members, who were abused or deprived of their rights during military and other regimes to come to the secretariat to lodge complaints. Mr. Acquah-Harrison said the commission is not a court but a forum for injured, aggrieved and persons with hurts and assured people of the Western and Central Regions that information or complainants submitted to the NRC would be confidential.

He was quick to add that these notwithstanding, the NRC could summon anyone to appear before it to give evidence, to make the work of the Commission easy and efficient. He added that the commission is here to identify hurts, find means of avoiding and alleviating them for a peaceful co-existence