Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has described the actions of New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante groups as a scar on governance in the country.
According to him, the Interior Minister condemning the acts of the vigilante groups isn’t enough to stop them from attacking others.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, November 1, Haruna Iddrisu
Read full articlecalled on government to take serious action to punish lawless youth who engage in vigilantism.
“it is not enough to condemn, it is only adequate to punish to deter. When you have vigilante groups associated with a political party storm [a] court, you have vigilante groups chasing National Health Insurance persons out of their offices and DCEs out of their offices and all you hear is the Minister for Interior saying: ‘henceforth’. What henceforth?”
“It is a scar on governance of our country. Every Ghanaian worker including NPP appointed DCEs and their heads of institutions must work freely and free from intimidation and free from fear. I support the Minister that ‘gangstarism’ must end. So, call the vigilante groups to order,” he stated.
The comment by the Minority Leader follows a recent incident of violence by NPP youth in the Upper West Region.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sissala West was forced to flee his office after irate NPP youth besieged his workplace late Thursday afternoon.
About 20 acts of violence spearheaded by the various vigilante groups of the NPP have been recorded since President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over from John Dramani Mahama.
