The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours imposed on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region.
The curfew starts from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am, effective Friday, May 2, 2025.
In a statement, the government called on chiefs, elders, opinion leaders, youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace.
Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the Bawku Municipality and their environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapons and any persons found with any arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted.
Meanwhile, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has assured the general public of his preparedness to help bring the Bawku conflict to an end.
Speaking at a meeting with a delegation from the UK Advanced Command and Staff Course at the Manhyia Palace, the Asantehene said lasting peace will be restored.
“Recently, there have been some communal conflict within the upper part of Ghana, closer to Burkina Faso (Bawku), but we are putting in every effort to ensure there is lasting peace,” he stated.
