{"id":6255,"date":"2014-03-14T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2014-03-14T15:00:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:00:59","slug":"tagging-fulanis-will-be-a-great-achievement-uw-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/tagging-fulanis-will-be-a-great-achievement-uw-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagging Fulani\u2019s will be a great achievement \u2013 U\/W Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fulani-1_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2286\" alt=\"fulani (1)_5\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fulani-1_5-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fulani-1_5-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fulani-1_5.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Outgoing Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Avea Nsoh says the decision to tag Fulanis in the Jirapa District will pass as one of his achievements.<\/p>\n<p>The tagging system of the Fulani nomads has drawn criticism from human rights activists since the Jirapa District announced it.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say tagging the Fulanis is inhumane and amounts to discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> however, Dr. Nsoh rejected the criticisms saying, the decision is a way of resolving the clashes between the residents and the pastoralists.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that workers in corporate Ghana, both the private and public sectors wear tags so there is nothing wrong with the tagging of Fulanis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is in the context of an understanding so that we can get off this kind of problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the decision to tag Fulani\u2019s should not be seen as negative but \u201cit should be seen as a collaborative effort\u2026we are using a more interactive and civilized activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nsoh urged Ghanaians not to compare his intended tagging project to the slave trade in colonial times because \u201cthey [colonial masters] used very crude and unorthodox ways, very crude and inhumane means to arrest people and mark them\u2026but it is not in this respect that we are doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Avea Nsoh says the decision to tag Fulanis in the Jirapa District will pass as one of his achievements. 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