Mrs Ayelewaa Ayageba, a leader of the Doba Women Group in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, says God has intervened in the Doba-Kandiga conflict which has over the years claimed lives and destroyed several properties.
Mrs Ayageba who visited Kandiga with her members for the first time since the dispute erupted, was happy that they were received by indigenes of Kandiga without any disturbances.
That, according to her, indicated God’s intervention in the conflict, “God has done His miracles already. We have been able to pass through the road from Doba to Kandiga and not harmed. It means God has resolved the conflict.
“I thank God and pray that He would unite us again so that our children can go back to school, and our market opened again for full trading. The people of Doba should be allowed to trade in the Kandiga market, and people of Kandiga should also be allowed to go into Doba freely without any problem,” Mrs Ayageba said.
The women were at Kandiga to attend the ‘Isi’ and ‘Payaasi’ festival of the Chief and people of Kandiga which afforded the people of the area the opportunity to display their traditional and locally prepared dishes including ‘Konkogere,’ ‘Konkono-Legebezerema,’ ‘Gaare,’ ‘tintaare’ among others.
The occasion was also used to foster peace and unity among the two communities to propel development in the area.
In an exclusive interview with Word News, the Chief of Kandiga, Naaba Henry Abawine Amenga-Etego II, said residents of Kandiga and Doba had over the years lived peacefully as neighbours, adding that the conflict was unexpected, and came to them as a surprise.
He reiterated that the participation of the Doba women in the festival was a clear indication that God had resolved the conflict, and was hopeful God would continue to sustain the peaceful co-existence between residents of the two communities.
Mr Slyvester Atule Ayandoo, the Assembly Member for the Atiibabiisi Electoral Area, said peace in the two communities would enable Assembly Members in the areas to lobby for development projects in their respective Electoral Areas.
Mrs Bridget Adongo, the Manageress of the Sirigu Women’s Organisation for Pottery and Art (SWOPA), expressed delight that daughters from Doba, Kandiga and the Kassena zone, who attended the festival, danced together and exchanged pleasantries to the admiration of participants.
She said SWOPA had formed a peace network of women dubbed ‘Isi and Payaasi’ with funding by the Canadian Fund for local initiatives in six communities within the area to strengthen peace.
She thanked all partners in the peace resolution process, and urged the youth to embrace peace and not disrupt the process.
Source: mywordfmonline.com/Gaspard Ayuureneeya