Mr. Bukari Moses Mabengba, Northern Regional Minister-designate on Thursday pledged peaceful co-existence of the people and non-interference in the operations of the security agencies in the Region.
Mr. Mabengba was answering questions by Mr. Ambrose Dery, Deputy Minority Leader on the security breach in Tamale that had become a recipe
for people to take the law into their hands during his vetting in Accra.
He said ensuring peace in the Region would involve more money but the most important thing was for the people to agree that they needed peace.
Mr. Mabengba said chieftaincy problems had been a challenge to socio-economic development in the Region and cited Buipe and Gushiegu Traditional Areas.
On the Dagbon crisis, he said the conflict had been managed awaiting a decision by the three Eminent Chiefs led by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei
Tutu II.
On roads, Mr Mabengba said efforts had been made with the Ministry of Roads and Highways to rehabilitate most of the roads especially Zabzugu
roads.
He said efforts would be made to solve the issue with Fulani herdsmen after negotiations with the Northern Regional Security Council, Ministry of
the Interior and Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA).
Mr. John Gyetuah, Minister of State-designate for the Office of the President, in an answer to a question noted that the major challenges facing
the Ministry of Trade were the problem of financing small scale enterprises.