The Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Abukari Mahama II, reportedly turned away the Minister for Vitality and Inexperienced Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, from the Gbewaa Palace on Tuesday, 5 August.
Based on a report by Citi Information, the Minister’s go to was a part of a diplomatic effort to ease rising tensions between the palace and the administration of the Northern Electrical energy Distribution Firm (NEDCo).
The utility supplier has come beneath intense criticism over alleged acts of disrespect and its determination to chop energy provide to a number of elements of Tamale, together with key conventional areas.
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Sources near the matter counsel the Minister had supposed to attraction for calm and assist restore relations between NEDCo and conventional authorities. Nonetheless, a video from the go to exhibits the Overlord reportedly declined to fulfill with the delegation, insisting that electrical energy should first be restored to all affected communities earlier than any engagement may happen.
Because of this, the Minister and his entourage had been requested to go away the palace grounds.
Dagbon Overlord Rejects Vitality Minister’s Go to — John Jinapor and his group had been turned away from the Gbewaa Palace, with the Overlord demanding energy be restored to affected Tamale areas earlier than any talks on NEDCo’s suspended operations.#CitiNewsroom pic.twitter.com/DllZs7r43f
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NEDCo Suspends Discipline Operations in Tamale
On Thursday, 31 July, employees teams of the Volta River Authority (VRA) and NEDCo within the Northern Space introduced the speedy suspension of all discipline operations within the Tamale Metropolis and surrounding areas.
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Based on employees leaders, the choice adopted an assault on VRA/NEDCo personnel on Wednesday, 30 July. The incident reportedly occurred when employees members, travelling in official automobiles, had been stopped, forcibly eliminated, and crushed with golf equipment and sticks by a gaggle of youth in Tamale. The automobiles had been subsequently seized and brought to the Gukpena Palace.
In gentle of those developments, employees management is demanding that administration and regulation enforcement businesses determine and prosecute these accountable for the assaults. They’re additionally calling for a full rationalization as to why personnel performing reliable duties had been violently focused.
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Moreover, they’re requesting agency assurances concerning the protection and safety of all VRA/NEDCo employees and property, and that safety businesses retrieve the seized automobiles from the Gukpena Palace.
