Northern House of Chiefs calls on police to stop rebellious activities of youth

The President of the Northern regional House of Chiefs, Na Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga has called the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to as a matter of urgency intervene to stop with immediate effect the unwarranted rebellious activities of the youth in the region.

He said the security agencies must ensure the emerging phenomenon of the youth parading the streets on unlicensed motorbikes, creating insecurity and heavy traffic is nib in the bud.

Addressing the chiefs at the first General Meeting of the House, Na Bohagu Mahami Sheriga also called on chiefs and opinion leaders to give the security agencies their support to deal with such lawlessness.

The general meeting of the house is to deliberate on matters concerning the chieftaincy institution as well as assess progress of work, Challenges and way forward.

Na Bohagu Mahami Sheriga stated that much has been done by the house in resolving most of the pending chieftaincy disputes in the region, hoping that with a concerted effort the house will be able to dispose many of the disputes.

According to him, chiefs are the repository of the culture and tradition of the people and should not allow it to be whittled down by foreign cultures and influences.

Speaking on peace towards the 2016 election, Na Bohagu Mahami Sheriga said Ghanaians must jealously safeguard the peace the country is currently enjoying and urged political parties to conduct their campaigns on issue based devoid of personal attacks and character assassination.

He also urged the Police and Military to be fair and firm in dealing with crimes and not look at it from political angles.

Alhaji Abdul-Basit Fuseini, Deputy Northern regional Minister addressing the House on behalf of the minister, acknowledged the house for their commitments and sacrifices to bringing the people together which have sustained relative peace and unity in the region.

According to him even though there is relative peace, there are still some pockets of outstanding disputes in the region.

He mentioned the Dagbon chieftaincy disputes, the Bimbilla and the emerging chieftaincy disputes in Kabilma and Damongo in the GonjaLand.