The attention of SEND-GHANA has been drawn to a news bulletin and an online publication on by Radio XYZ on June 23, 2014 at 4:15pm captioned ?NGO predicts outbreak of violence in Chireponi?.
We wish to state that SEND-GHANA has not conducted any investigation or trend analysis into the security situation in the Chireponi area and so the organization is not in a position to make such a prediction. The said story therefore cannot be attributed to SEND-GHANA. The work of SEND-GHANA is founded on evidence based research conducted through the active participation of state and non-state actors at the local, regional and national levels.
We would like to appeal to the general public to disregard this publication attributed to SEND- GHANA.
SEND-GHANA?s Eastern Corridor Livelihood Security Promotion Programme (ECLSPP) has a peace building component embedded it to support promote community-based peace building initiatives aimed at supporting communities to reduce and prevent pockets of conflicts that threaten the general security situation in the Eastern Corridor of northern Ghana. The organization is committed to continue to work with all key stakeholders to help in the maintenance of peace and stability to achieve sustainable economic growth and development in the eastern corridor.
We wish to encourage our media colleagues to exercise the best professional standard in making a distinction between individual opinion and what represents an organisational stance.
To this end, we kindly request that our media partners deal with representatives who have been so designated to represent the organization in the public domain.
Wekem Raymond Avatim
Director of Livelihoods and Food Security
Contact: 0209 105 455
