Kumasi, Jan. 8, GNA - Nana Owusu Annor Panin III, Chief

of Kyirapatre in Kumasi has added his voice to calls for

traditional leaders at Bawku to intervene in the conflict in the

area. He said the intervention of the traditional heads was

crucial to ensure an end to the conflict which had already

taken a toll on lives and led to destruction of property. The Kyirapatre Chief, who made the call in an

interview with the Ghana News Agency at the weekend, said

the volatile situation prevailing at Bawku did not augur well

for the development of the area as well as the upcoming

Ghana 2008 Soccer Tournament. He also called for collaboration between the

National House of Chiefs (NHS) and the Government to find

lasting solution to similar simmering tension in other parts of

the country before they escalated into bloody clashes in the

future. Nana Owusu Annor, therefore, called on the

feuding factions to hold their peace to enable the

Government to re-channel funds for peacekeeping to develop

the area. He called for cooperation on the part of Bawku

residents for the Police as they continued in their efforts to

restore peace to the area.