Government is appealing to the family of the late Nakpaa-Naa Alhaji Salifu Dawuni to soften their stance and bury the chief.
Government has admitted that the delays in burying the late chief is a major cause of the ceaseless chieftaincy crisis in the Nanun Traditional Area.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Yt0uLdzeyfheEg4QU6naYeAdrurfjtb8″]The late Nakpaa-Naa Alhaji Salifu Dawuni’s corpse is currently at the Yendi Government Hospital morgue.
The family refused to bury the remains because of confusion over the burial site.
The family argued that the late Nakpaa-Naa Alhaji Salifu Dawuni should be buried in line with the customs of the Nanun Traditional Area as paramount chief of Bimbila.
The other side of the chieftaincy divide, the Andani family is strongly opposed to this demand.
This is why the Northern Regional Security Council (RECSEC) has made a passionate appeal to the bereaved family to soften their stance.
The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna in a Citi News interview said, “We are engaging the regional peace council to also go and prevail on them to consider this idea of burying the chief: we believe that because the chief is not buried that is what is bringing out this tension.”
He said the family could continue with their legal pursuit on the matter after the burial.
“We are not stopping them from pursuing the matter in a higher court: we only think that it can also bring about peace whiles they continue with the court process.”
“Then the second one we have identified is to also talk to the Andani family because these are the two families identified to be in the chieftaincy dispute,” he underscored.
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana