{"id":81716,"date":"2015-01-13T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=81716"},"modified":"2015-01-13T06:31:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:31:33","slug":"otumfuo-cant-resolve-dagbon-conflict-bombande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=81716","title":{"rendered":"Otumfuo can’t resolve Dagbon conflict \u2013 Bombande"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former head of the West African Network for Peace Building Emmanuel Bombande has stated that the assumption that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu \u00a0II can automatically resolve the protracted Dagbon chieftaincy conflict could prove illusive.<\/p>\n

The Otumfuo-led eminent chiefs committee mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> dispute is expected to\u00a0 resume sittings at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region this month [January].<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”UWgwZ5Qk9hZE3QlW6F5RIUGhSJzVUCFO”]The Regent of Tolon has said the Otumfuo-led cannot resolve the protracted Dagbon chieftaincy dispute<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0Tolon Naa, Major (Rtd.) Sulemana Abubakari the government should be using the Dagbon traditional methods of conflict resolution to tackle the dispute.<\/p>\n

The regent’s call seems to have received some support from WANEP.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the former Executive Director of WANEP, Mr Bomabande said the only best alternative to resolving the protracted conflict is for negotiations to be held between the chiefs involved to ensure that peace prevails.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you look at the issue today there is only one alternative\u00a0 and that is to sit down and talk for a rigorous satisfaction between the two royal families, that will lead to a long lasting solution. That should conclude everything,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Bombande also stated that Otumfuo’s committee will only \u00a0serve as a mediator and platform for peace and not offer a solution to the dispute,<\/p>\n

\u201cMy understanding is that the committee of eminent chiefs is only providing that stage or third party role and not the solution providers so let\u2019s appreciate in the contribution on Tolon Naa not in terms of its contributing to an obstacle in the process but rather informing how that process could be better improved,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is not possible to start any peace process on the premise of a perfect ground,the process informs what needs to be corrected and the commitment to the process is what leads to the outcome that is mutually satisfactory,” he added.<\/p>\n

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He therefore advised the committee to go back to its key fundamental\u00a0 ground rules in order to restore its confidence and what it has been set up to achieve, saying\u201c it should start from the start”<\/p>\n

The three eminent chiefs mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy dispute are the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu, the overlord of Mamprugu Traditional Area, the Nayiri, Naa-Bahigu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga and the overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbon-Wura Tuntumba Boresa II.<\/p>\n

They have over the past 10 years been working to resolve the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis.<\/p>\n

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By: Patricia Conteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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The former head of the West African Network for Peace Building Emmanuel Bombande has stated that the assumption that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu \u00a0II can automatically resolve the protracted Dagbon chieftaincy conflict could prove illusive. The Otumfuo-led eminent chiefs committee mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy dispute is expected to\u00a0 resume sittings at the Manhyia Palace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":79025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,17],"class_list":["post-81716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}