Interior Ministry to build a permanent office facility for National Peace Council

Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, the Minister for the Interior, has informed President John Dramani Mahama of the Ministry’s program to physique a imperishable bureau installation for the National Peace Council, to beryllium known arsenic the “Peace House.”

He stated that this inaugural is intended to service arsenic a bequest task during President Mahama’s tenure.

Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak made this disclosure to the President during the swearing-in ceremonial of a 13-member reconstituted Governing Board of the National Peace Council astatine the Presidency successful Accra.

The reconstituted 13-member National Peace Council, chaired by Reverend Father Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, the Catholic Bishop of the Ho Diocese, comprises 10 men and 3 women.

The National Peace Council is an autarkic statutory nationalist bid institution, established by Act 818 of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, known arsenic the National Peace Council Act, 2011.

The Council’s halfway relation is to prevent, manage, and resoluteness conflicts and to physique sustainable peace.

Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak noted that since its establishment, the National Peace Council has worked diligently to fulfill its mandate, peculiarly successful maintaining bid crossed the country.

He added that, with the objection of 2023, Ghana has been consistently ranked arsenic the astir peaceful state successful West Africa implicit the past decade. Furthermore, though Ghana presently ranks arsenic the 4th astir peaceful state successful Africa, determination is inactive country for improvement.

The Minister highlighted the Council’s strategical interventions, including constituency- and national-level dialogues, which person led to governmental parties committing to peaceful, antiauthoritarian mechanisms for resolving some intra- and inter-party conflicts.

"Together with stakeholders and improvement partners, the Council concluded each its 2024 activities with the signing of the 4th statesmanlike bid pact by each 12 statesmanlike candidates," helium said, describing it arsenic a home-grown solution to addressing interior antiauthoritarian tensions, and noting that it has been recognized by the planetary community.

He emphasized that the interaction of these strategical efforts was reflected successful post-election speeches, including some declarations and concessions.

He cited grounds from volatile constituencies specified arsenic Asutifi South and Asunafo North—historically prone to post-election conflict—which person remained calm since the elections.

“We besides admit immoderate disturbances successful definite constituencies, specified arsenic Damongo and Ablekuma North. The Council, with the enactment of the Ministry, volition enactment with stakeholders to code these challenges moving forward,” helium stated.

He said the Council is making concerted efforts to bring stakeholders unneurotic to thoroughly reappraisal the 2024 elections and follow strategies for much effectual practice and engagement among governmental parties and governance stakeholders, successful bid to physique a resilient aboriginal and prolong nationalist peace.

Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak besides announced a important designation by the planetary community: the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) has projected that Ghana seat the enactment and big its headquarters.

He said this means that, wrong a fewer months, the GAAMAC office would beryllium relocated from Switzerland to Ghana.

The Minister concluded by stating that the Council would beryllium grateful to the President and the Government for afloat logistical, technical, and fiscal enactment successful this effort, to reenforce the planetary community’s assurance successful Ghana’s effectiveness connected the planetary stage.