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National Peace Council to be reconstituted
The core function of the Council is to facilitate and develop mechanism to prevent, manage, and resolve conflict and to build sustainable peace in Ghana.
Prof Emmanuel Asante, Chairman of Peace Council
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Mr. Bani made the comments after inspecting the United Nations Humanitarian depot in Accra.
“We are in the process of reconstituting the Peace Council, I believe by next week when his excellency the president makes some time, I believe we will inaugurate the new Peace Council, which will then have the power and authority to engage directly on situations where we believe will create conflicts and disagreements that may lead to violence,” Mr. Bani said.
Some members of the council have been outspoken about being denied of cash thereby affecting their operations.
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A member of the council in the Ashanti Region, Rev. Prof. Seth OpuniAsiamah, told Kumasi based Hello FM early this month that they run the council with their own money.
“I don’t remember the last time we received funding from government; meanwhile the Peace Council is an institution of the state how do we carry out our duties effectively if we do not have the necessary funds and logistics,” he lamented.“Currently, we are using our own funds to move around as part of activities to ensure that the ongoing registration exercise was conducted without any violence,” he added.
The National Peace Council (NPC) is an independent statutory national peace institution established by the 818 Act of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, named The National Peace Council Act, 2011.
Mr. Bani also assured Ghanaians of a peaceful election.
He said the security of every citizen is paramount to the government.
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“And come November 7, I want to assure you all that the security of citizens of this country is very paramount to the government and everything possible will be done to ensure that our people exercise their democratic rights in peace,” he said.
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