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The Regional Security Council, (REGSEC) last month reviewed the security situation there and introduced additional measures, including the extension of curfew hours to cover Nayoka, Kpalgu and Manga communities and a ban on tricycle operations, a common means of transport for the people.

The latest situation means pensioners will now have to travel to the regional capital, Bolgatanga, a two-hour journey by road, to be able to access their meagre pensions.

The release added that the lives of school pupils and teachers could not be guaranteed in the wake of the renewed conflict in the area.

“We wish to appeal to both factions to put their guns down for peace to prevail for the sake of school pupils and their future,” it added.

In March, the Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) granted the release of about 100 basic school teachers in the Bawku Municipality due to the volatile security situation in the area.

Municipal Director of GES, Azeriya Ayeriga speaking in an interview with the Daily Graphic newspaper in March disclosed that some 2,247 pupils were also not in school for fear of their lives.

The security situation in the Upper East Region town was a subject of discussion in Parliament in March 2022, when the Interior Minister appeared to answer questions on what government was doing to address the problem.