A Civil Society organization called the Youth for Peace and Development Africa, is expressing optimism that the protracted Alavanyo and Nkonya dispute will be settled soon.
The neighbouring towns have been locked in a dispute over land for years and have had curfews imposed on them in the past.
Tensions were heightened in June after residents in Nkonya reportedly fired shots into Alavanyo, prompting fears of further clashes, eventually averted through the intervention of the chiefs.
However, the Executive Director of the organization, Abraham Klutse, told Citi News during the inauguration of the Alavanyo faction of a new peace negotiation committee, that he expected the situation to calm down “within sixteen weeks.”
The team of ten is made up of sub-chiefs and elders, women and a few youth in the community.
According to Mr. Klutse, the new committee was necessary because most of the old members have passed on, leaving the committee largely dormant.
He said “that several lessons have been learnt from what happened in the past” and is hopeful that with the formation of the committee, a lasting solution to the problem can be found within four months.
By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana