The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has spoken of its readiness to help secure “enduring peace” in Bawku, using its “voice and platform” to run and sustain the advocacy.
The promise, contained in a communiqué co-signed by its National President, Efua Ghartey, and National Secretary, Kwaku Gyau Baffour, is part of a number of resolutions the association passed at its 2025 mid-year conference held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra on Saturday, 26 April 2025.
It commended the “urgent and genuine” mediation efforts being made to resolve the chieftaincy-related conflict and underscored the importance of peace, dialogue and national unity.
The association welcomed the involvement of eminent chiefs across Ghana in the mediation efforts, saying their “wisdom, neutrality, and traditional authority are critical in fostering reconciliation and lasting peace.”
It also entreated all parties to give peace a chance by giving the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and all traditional authorities engaged in the mediation process the necessary support and by accommodating the outcome of the mediation efforts.
The communiqué said the association passed the resolutions “noting with deep concern the conflict in Bawku, and recognising its devastating impact on lives, property, and national cohesion.”
The association also expressed its readiness to support “any constitutional and legal measures necessary” to restore peaceful co-existence in the municipality.
Source: Edward Adeti/Media Without Borders/mwbonline.org/Ghana
