Chief and elders of Binduri at the inauguration at Binguri
NFORMATION REACHING DAILY GUIDE from Binduri district in the Upper East region indicates some persons in the area are going to court over the recent inauguration of the new district at Binguri instead of Binduri.
According these aggrieved persons, it is becoming clear the Mills government is not serious about ensuring that its directives and laws of the country are upheld hence the need to go to court to seek justice for the people of Binduri.
They said in recent times certain government appointees and other powerful persons have blatantly disrespected government directives and yet nothing in the form of punishment has been brought against them.
George Ndebugri and Osman Ayamba who are leading the legal action on behalf of the people say they have the backing of about 35 communities under the Binduri district to go to court to ensure the new district take off well in line with the Legislative Instrument and not in accordance with selfish interests.
Ndebugri told the paper the inauguration of the Binduri district at Binguri did not make sense and “we do not think it was in line with the directive of the L.I which mentioned Binduri as the capital of the district…we have decided to go to court because some persons in government are attempting to smuggle the capital from Binduri to Binguri or Bazua contrary to the L.I. establishing the district.”
“They keep denying this on radio while they make efforts at pushing state attention and development projects to Bazua and Binguri to the detriment of the central part of the district and nearby communities,” he complained.
According to Mr. Ndebugri, after the inauguration structures were selected at Bazua for the district’s take off instead of those at Binduri and yet no message has come from government showing displeasure over why its appointees have disrespected its directives and deceived the chiefs and citizens of Binduri and its environs into thinking the inauguration would be in Binduri only for it to be held at Binguri.
He emphasized that “Ghana is governed by a constitution and not anybody’s singular decisions and that is why we expected that some government appointees would be cautioned never to flout constitutional directives or be punished for their deliberate disrespect. Unfortunately, nothing has happened to them, indicating that government does not care whether the laws of the country work or not. These are some of the things that trigger the never ending conflicts in some parts of the North; people use their influence to deny others their rights and make them suffer unduly.”
From: Ebo Bruce-Quansah, Bolgatanga
