Founder and Leader of the National Liberation Congress (NLC), , has expressed concern over the protracted conflict in Bawku in the Upper East Region.

Speaking in an interview on UTV, monitored by GhanaWeb on Saturday, August 2, 2025, Atubiga called on residents to embrace peace and unity, lamenting the region's prolonged underdevelopment due to the unrest. "We receive international calls, and I must say it is an indictment on us.

It is embarrassing.

I am telling you the seriousness of the Bawku conflict," he said. "I wish I could change my name to Kwasi Boakye, an Asante name, because of the disgrace, what is in chieftaincy?