Youth Association calls for more police personnel in Gonjaland

Tamale, Aug. 2, GNA - The Gonjaland Youth Association has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to post more police personnel to the six districts in the area to help to improve law and order.

The Association said the security situation in Gonjaland was disturbing considering the rising number of chieftaincy disputes and the menace of the Fulani herdsmen.

It made the appeal in the press release copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and signed by its Secretary-General Mr Dramani Dari over the weekend.

The Association noted that there were only a total of 56 police personnel in all the six districts of Gonjaland and said the situation was worrying considering the numerous flash points in the area.

Touching on education, the Association noted that although government had made several interventions to improve upon the quality of education in the area, the standard of education continued to fall and therefore appealed to the government to consider establishing a Teacher Training College in Gonjaland.

The Association also appealed to government to increase the budgetary allocation to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and to fast track its implementation to “dispel the notion that Ghanaians are only good at policy formulation but flop in implementation”.