Major Samuel K Amponsah (rtd), NDC-Mpohor Wassa, was the toast of the Majority in Parliament on Friday as he defended the President's hesitancy to visit crisis stricken Dagbon.
He said; "the time is not right for the President to visit the area. He has security advisors and men on the ground. It would be suicidal for him to ignore professional advice just to please a section of the population."
The member was contributing to the debate for the resolution requesting the House to grant government power to extend the State of Emergency in the Dagbon Traditional Area. He said": The President is not an ordinary man. His security equals the stability of the whole country. If he should stumble now it would be a serious issue and a disgrace to the entire country."
Major Amponsah said the State of Emergency was necessary to control the movement of arms and to stop the various factions from regrouping. "National security issues must be treated with all the seriousness they deserve. The Dagbon crises is a national problem and all should support government," he noted.
Mr Cletus Avoka, Bawku West, called for the celebration of the funeral of the chiefs, who died with the Ya-Na so that their appointed regents would be used as points of contact by government in reaching down to the ordinary person.
He asked government to rehabilitate houses that were burnt during the clashes," because they hold the memories of the bitter day." The member called for the removal of the Yendi District Chief Executive from office since he is a major "stumbling block" to peace and reconciliation.
"When a list of names was given to government as those of suspects of the unresolved assassination of the Ya Naa, government did not bother. I thought that those people could have been arrested, their statements taken and given bail. If anyone is peeved it is because this simple action was not done," he said. Mrs Amma Benyiwa-Doe, Gomoa West, said no one had visited the 28 widows of the Yaa Na noting that, "they were worried, sad and confused when we saw them".
