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Establish libraries in traditional
councils for land documentation - Alhaji Idris
Sawla (NR), April 09, GNA - Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris,
Northern Regional Minister has called for the establishment
of libraries attached to traditional councils in the country
for the documentation of land acquisition and traditional
order of succession to solve the ethnic and land conflicts.
He said chieftaincy and land matters, especially in the
Northern Region, which were supposed to be a unifying force
and a rallying point had become a frequent cause of conflict
and dissension because of the absence of proper land
documentation and traditional order of succession.
He has therefore called on those who know the customs and
were the custodians of the land to begin to collate facts on
traditional line of succession, land ownership and
acquisition and document them for easy reference to avert
any conflict of interest between clans.
Alhaji Idris made the call at the weekend at a durbar of
chiefs and people of Gonjaland at the 31st Annual Congress
of the Gonjaland Youth Association (GYA) at Sawla in the
Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District.
The annual rotational congress during the Easter season
among Gonjaland towns aimed at soliciting funds to support
education and other developmental agenda of the people and
to foster unity in Gonjaland.
This year's congress was on the theme: "Peaceful
coexistence-a necessary tool for development", and brought
together people of Gonjaland from all over the country and
in the Diaspora to contribute their quota towards
development.
Alhaji Idris said the youth, who were destined to lead the
country in future should let their sentiments and intentions
go deeper than casual statements made on platforms about
promoting peace and should therefore refrain from doing
things that would tear things apart.
He appealed to the youth of Gonjaland to take up the
challenge and start the process and establish first class
libraries attached to their chieftaincy institutions and
make proper documentation for record keeping.
Alhaji Ahmed Ewura, National President of the GYA appealed
to the people
of Gonjaland to take advantage of the government's
development intervention programmes such as the National
Health Insurance Scheme, the National Youth Employment
programme, the capitation grant and the school feeding
programmes
and enroll their children in schools.
He appealed to the unemployed youth to particularly consider
the youth in agriculture under the Youth Employment
component since there were vast
virgin lands in Gonjaland to cater for improvement in their
lives.
Alhaji Ewura also appealed to the government to tar roads in
Gonjaland, particularly the Fufulso junction-Sawla and the
Tamale Salaga roads to facilitate farming activities in the
region.
Alhaji Amadu Seidu, MP for Yaipe-Gusawgu constituency called
on the government to establish a cement factory at Buipe in
Central Gonja District to make good use of the abundant lime
stone deposit there to generate more income for the area and
the nation.
GNA
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