NORTH WEST: MEDIATE FOR PEACE, HOUSE OF CHEIFS ENGAGES TRADITIONAL RULERS

 By Arnaud Kouamo,


HRM, YAKUM Kevin.

The President of the North West Regional House of Cheifs HRM, YAKUM Kevin has met with traditional rulers from the four corners of the Region to discussed issues concerning the current crisis rocking North West.

Meeting recently at the main hall in the building hosting the North West Regional Assembly in Bamenda, the President of the House of Chiefs who also doubles as the Vice President of the Region Assembly HRM, YAKUM Kevin while addressing the custodians of the land, challenged then to regained their respective palaces and appreciated those already in their palaces.

Traditional leaders in session.

He also instructed them to reconcile with their population so as to build a stronger and peaceful community. According to him, traditional rulers can media for peace to return in the North West Region.

"The tranditional rulers of the North West Region have offered themselves to mediate in the ongoing crisis, this is the major resolution that we had." said HRM YAKUM Kevin at the close of the meeting.

In addition to the pledged towards mediating in the peace building process in, the traditional rulers also called on the Government to fully include them in the process of reconstructing the North West Region.

In the course of the meeting, the Regional Delegate of Secondary Education for the North West Region, Mr NGWANG Roland Yuven in an exclusive presentation, gave an insight statistics on how back to school to this year has greatly improved as compared to previous years across the Region. 

Family photo with Traditional leaders

The meeting ended on Friday September 10, 2021 with Muslim traditional leaders made up of Sarkis and Ados drawn from the seven Divisions of the North West Region.

With the ongoing crisis within the Region, some traditional rulers have not been able to go near their palaces, some have been killed and others kidnapped. Opinions have it that, traditional rulers should stay off politics and stand with their population. The institution of the House of Chiefs according to other opinion holders will help bridge the gap given that traditional rulers now have a place to discuss issues concerning them and their villages unlike before.

Comments

  1. Akwo KNSeptember 16, 2021 at 8:48 PM

    Any initiative that brings peace and restore normalcy in the NWR is welcome.
    Good reporting here.

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