The event held in Tamale was to enhance the capacity of the IPDCs on conflict prevention and dispute management especially in the hot spot areas of the Northern Region.

It was also meant to increase the Committee’s knowledge on the electoral processes to enable them execute their work well.

Mr Joseph Amadu Haruna, the Chairman of the Inter Party Dialogue Committee, urged members of the Committees to ensure that the political parties conducted themselves in a manner that would promote peaceful elections.

He urged the IPDC members to collaborate effectively with the NCCE, political parties, the youth, women, security agencies, district assemblies, traditional authorities, faith based organisations and community leaders to promote non-violence in the coming elections.

Mr Haruna urged them to enforce the electoral rules and regulations and the political parties’ code of conduct to achieve a free, fair and violence-free election.

He called on the Committees to also monitor the behaviour of the electorates and supporters of political parties who are often used by the parties to commit electoral offenses.

Mr Tijani Hardi, the Executive Director of RAINS, appealed to women and youth groups to help ensure that the elections are credible to bring about the needed development in the country.

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Source: GNA

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According to NADMO, its assessment revealed that, the victims lost most of their household items in the flood that claimed two lives.

In a Citi News interview, the Eastern Regional Coordinator, Ransford Owusu Boakye, said relief items would be distributed to the affected victims by close of today.

“We have about 150 houses being affected with a total number of about 2,650 victims out of which about 600 are very vulnerable and those are the ones we are going to attend to. We have not had any building collapsed for now; but items were destroyed. We have some items ready for distribution and by close of the day it should go to the victims.”

Two persons were confirmed dead after heavy rains ravaged parts of the area. The town was submerged in flood waters which washed away parked vehicles and other properties.

A freelance journalist, Ferdinand Akuffo Baah, told Citi News areas such as Nsukwa, Kenkey factory road, a bridge and a Church of Pentecost building on that stretch were badly affected.

Some residents were also injured as a result of the incident.

NADMO begins impact assessment 

On Monday, NADMO conducted a disaster impact assessment in the area after the incident occured.

The Eastern Regional Coordinator of NADMO, Ransford Owusu Boakye said they are hopeful the assessment would be concluded before relief items are distributed to the affected families.

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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