Restore telephone lines in Bole

Tamale (Northern Region) -- Brigadier George Aryiku, General Officer Commanding the Northern Command, has appealed to Ghana Telecom to restore telephone lines for the use of security personnel stationed at Bole to monitor the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire.

He said for security reasons, Telecom should consider the use of the facility by the security personnel on the ground, while government takes measures to pay-off the debt it owns the company.

Brigadier Aryiku made the appeal at a news briefing in Tamale on the general security situation in the Northern Region on Saturday.

He urged journalists to help in their reportage on Dagbon to unite the people for development, saying, "Let fairness and ethics of your profession guide you when filing stories on Dagbon".

The GOC reminded people of Dagbon that real peace would come from them and not the government, noting that government's duty was to facilitate the peace process to complement their efforts.

He therefore, advised them to be mindful of their actions, utterances at public places and the way and manner they organise press conferences in order not to jeopardise the prevailing fragile peace in the area.

Brigadier Aryiku assured the people in Dagbon that the government would do all that it could to protect them and called for co-operation from the stakeholders in the area to sustain the prevailing peace in the communities.