Tamale, Aug. 11, GNA – The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP-Ghana) has cautioned the country to take immediate measures to pick up early warning signals of election-related violence to ensure that the country was not plunged into violent conflicts. It has therefore called on stakeholders particularly the security agencies and the government to be proactive towards security issues to nib conflicts in the bud.
Mr. Justin Bayor, the National Coordinator of WANEP-Ghana, said this i= n Tamale on Wednesday during a forum on its activities over the years and the way forward. The forum was under the theme; 93Strengthening relations between civi= l society institutions for conflict prevention through 93GHANAWARN.” Mr. Bayor said the state must take its early warning system seriously and act upon it with the seriousness it deserved. Mr. Albert Yelyang, an official of WANEP-Ghana, said its early warning system had picked heightened warfare in the media by politicians and that this threatened the peace and security of the state.
