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Volta Chiefs
petitions President Kufuor against border closure
Accra, Dec. 22, Ghanadot/GNA – The Volta Region House of
Chiefs has appealed to President John Agyekum Kufuor to stop
the intended closure of the Ghana-Togo border during the
December 28 Presidential Election runoff saying the action
would not augur well for a united nation.
In a statement signed by Togbe Afede XIV and Nana Soglo
Alloh IV, president and vice president, respectively of the
Volta Region House of Chiefs, the Chiefs recalled that their
protest against the closure of the border for the December 7
general election was totally ignored.
The Chiefs noted that although the government had announced
that Ghana’s borders would remain open during the December 7
elections, the Ghana-Togo border was closed on December 5
2008.
It said the closure denied many Ghanaians, especially those
who either lived across the border or were on short visits,
the opportunity to exercise their franchise during the
December 7 elections.
The Chiefs said over the past week, they had been bombarded
with calls from a section of the population, expressing
concern that the Ghana-Togo border might be closed again
before Sunday’s presidential election runoff.
The Chiefs stressed that as citizens and traditional
leaders, they were concerned about the potential, present
and future ramifications of the closure.
GNA
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