The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has summoned the Ministers for National Security, Defence, and Interior to appear before Parliament to brief members on renewed clashes in Bawku.

This was after the Minority Chief Whip, Munraka Mubarak, demanded the urgent summoning of the Ministers.

Raising the matter as one requiring urgent attention of the house, Muntaka Mubarak expressed worry about the happenings in that part of the country.

In response, the First Deputy Speaker directed the Ministers involved to attend to the house urgently.

“I call on the Minister for Defence, National Security, and Interior to brief the house urgently on the security situation in Bawku.“

Recent tensions in Bawku led to the arrest of 18 suspects in the area following the killing of a horse trader at Gozezi.

The tensions can be traced to December 27, 2021, when there was gunfire in parts of the town after attempts to perform the final funeral rites of a Chief who died about 41 years ago.

The violence resulted in a curfew being placed on the entire township, a ban on smock-wearing, and a ban on the use of motorbikes.

The government has said it is engaging the National Peace Council to find a lasting solution to the disturbances that have characterized Bawku in the past few months.

President Nana Akufo-Addo had urged the feuding factions in the Bawku chieftaincy dispute to ceasefire and dialogue.