The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has formally presented the Bawku Peace Mediation Report to President John Mahama.
The move is aimed at fostering lasting peace in the troubled township.
Presenting the mediation report to President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, December 16, at the Jubilee House, as part of efforts to secure lasting peace in the area, Otumfuo clarified that the process was a mediation exercise and not arbitration.
The central moment of the afternoon arrived when Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who led the high-level mediation process, delivered his remarks and proceeded to symbolically hand over the comprehensive peace report to the President.
“It was a mediation. It wasn’t an arbitration, and I’m not here to say that this one was wrong or that one was right. I’ll present the facts as they are, and that is what it should be binding on all of us,” he explained.
He proceeded to present the accounts of both the Kusasi and Mamprusi factions to ensure transparency going forward.
This act marks the culmination of months of dedicated dialogue and negotiation efforts spearheaded by the Asantehene to resolve the protracted conflict in Bawku.
After the remarks, he proceeded to symbolically hand over the comprehensive peace report to the President.
The presentation of this report is widely seen as a critical step toward ending the cycles of violence in Bawku and building a foundation for reconciliation and lasting coexistence.
