Legal practitioner Oliver Barker-Vormawor has questioned why the violence in Gbeniyiri has received so little media attention compared to incidents in other parts of the country.
Speaking on Newsfile on JoyNews, Barker-Vormawor lamented what he called a "partitioning of empathy" regarding the fatal land clashes in public discourse.
He observed that while at least 31 people have been killed and more than 48,000 displaced from 12 communities, the national spotlight has been overwhelmingly consumed by the Akwatia by-election. "I am also concerned about how we petition our humanity and empathy towards reportage of issues generally.
And I've noticed, I mean, again, it's a, it's a, it's a, perhaps a long historical thing in terms of how we cover the northern part of the country, the way in which we create sympathy and empathy around issues that affect certain areas, it goes all the way down," he said.
