Mr George Amoh, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, on Wednesday called on key actors to find long-term strategies to address conflict issues to prevent violence in the county.
According to him, the key actors should make more progress policy, which would prevent conflicts issues to maintain peace. Mr Amoh made the call during a closing ceremony workshop on capacity building for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDCEs) on conflict sensitivities in development.
The event, which was held in Tamale, was to enhance the capacity of MPs and DCEs to identify early warning conflict signs for necessary responses. The Reverend Father Thaddeus Kuusah, the Northern Regional Executive Secretary of Peace Council, urged the MMDCEs to build strong collaboration with the National Peace Council to assist them address some of the conflict issues in their areas.
He advised the MMDCEs to set up community-based conflict monitoring systems with local monitors to produce conflict and peace assessment reports, early warning reports, and policy to disseminate to the key actors.