Bolgatanga, June 4, GNA - Mr. Adamu Dramani, the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has said there was the need for more dialogue, more confidence building and job creation to resolve the Bawku conflict. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview he said banning motorbike riding in Bawku and its environs was affecting the economic and social activities in the area.

Mr. Dramani said allowing only women to ride motorbikes in Bawku could be more dangerous since they could be used by either of the feuding factions to carry out some of their nefarious activities. He said what was needed was more barriers to be mounted in the conflict areas and not the banning of motorbike riding. Mr Dramani said another major problem hindering the activities of the security personnel in curbing the conflict was the absence of streetlights. Whilst applauding the security personnel in Bawku and other stakeholders for maintaining peace in the area, he urged them to intensify their intelligence gathering.

He suggested they should step up their patrols especially at night and said there was also the need to provide adequate infrastructure for the police in Bawku.

Mr Dramani expressed regret that the Bawku conflict had affected development in the area as projects had come to a standstill and the Municipal Assembly spends all its money on peacekeeping in. He said the abysmal performance of Junior High Schools and the Senior High Schools in Bawku was due to the conflict.