Yagbon-Wura Bawa Doshi II, the Paramount Chief of the Gonja traditional area, has advised all Gonjas to be mindful of their utterances that could lead to more clashes within the Dagbon traditional area, or among Dagombas in other parts of the Northern Region.

The Gonja king, who is one of the eminent kings mediating in the Dagbon crisis, told his people to help rebuild and unite the Dagombas more than ever before. “Dagombas are our brothers and if we cannot do something to heal their wounds, we should not do something to open their wounds,” he cautioned.

The Yagbon-Wura gave the advise in an address read on his behalf at the annual Easter Conference organised by the Gonjaland Youth Association (GYA) at Salaga in the Northern Region. The Gonja king appealed to his sub-chiefs to nominate intellectuals to “small skins” as chiefs within their area of jurisdiction.

He was of the view that this could help salvage the downward trend of education characteristic of the Gonja traditional area. High on the agenda at the three-day conference was the creation of a new region in the Northern Region. According to the GYA, the Northern Region is the largest region with a vast stretch of land which needs development but which the government finds difficult to develop due to its size. The participants therefore, suggested to the government to divide the region into two.