MINISTER URGES CATHOLIC CHURCH TO PRAY FOR PEACE IN BAWKU

He acknowledged the church’s role in the various peace processes initiated in Bawku to ensure peace returned to the area, and appealed to the church not to relent on its efforts at ensuring peace.

The Minister made the call when the Papal Nuncio to Ghana called on him as part of his working visit to the Upper East Region.

Hon. Yakubu said the Regional Coordinating Council as part its initiative to ensure peace, had initiated moves to bring religious leaders together to intervene in the Bawku conflict to pave way for peaceful existence.

The Papal Nuncio, Most Reverend Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski, said the Catholic Church would continue to play its role in the peace building process for nation building.

He said Pope Francis established a special office for Human Integral Development, and Cardinal Tuckson was the first to occupy the office.

He said the church was concerned about wars in the world, especially in Gaza, and would continue to play its role to ensure peace.

As part of his working visit in the region, the Papal Nuncio would visit the Tarikom Reception Centre, meet with the Ghana Refugee Board, the UNHCR, and later celebrate mass for the refugees at the Centre.

The Papal Nuncio would also present items to the asylum seekers.