VR suffered some of the worst atrocities - NRC Chairman

Ho, Jan. 19, GNA - Mr Justice K. E. Amua-Sekyi, Chairman of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) on Monday observed that contrary to public perception, the Volta Region suffered some of the most horrific human rights atrocities during periods of unconstitutional rule.
He made the observation when members of the Commission, which would begin public hearings in Ho on Tuesday, paid a courtesy call on the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kwasi Owusu-Yeboa at the Residency on Monday. "There is no ethnic tinge to whatever happened, every ethnic group suffered" Justice Amua-Sekyi said, adding that worst things happened in the Volta Region. It is an indication that no ethnic group had any advantage over others during those times, he held.
Justice Amua-Sekyi said the extension of the Commission's mandate made it possible for it to be closer to the people in their respective regions to have a feel of the Commission's work and its concerns. He said the Commission's sitting in the Volta Region was the beginning of similar sittings in other regions yet to benefit from such sessions.
Mr Owusu-Yeboa assured the members that the region would cooperate with the Commission during the period it would stay in Ho. He expressed the hope that the Commission's stay would afford them the opportunity to understand the nature of the people of the region whom many have held misleading notions.