The Kusaug area stands at a dangerous crossroads.
After years of protracted conflict, the Supreme Court of Ghana delivered a final ruling that should have paved the way for peace and lawful order.
In 2024, the Kusasi people overwhelmingly placed their trust in His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, believing he would be the leader to break this cycle of violence and restore dignity to Kusaug.
Their hope was clear: Under President Mahama’s leadership, justice would no longer be delayed, and their rightful identity and autonomy would be secured.
Yet, that hope is rapidly fading.
Despite the Supreme Court’s definitive judgement, one party continues to defy the process, emboldened by a slow mediation process led by the Otumfuo Committee.
The mediation, established during the previous administration, appears to have been weaponized to stall progress, allowing insecurity to fester.
The Kusasi are beginning to ask:
Are we paying the price for exercising our democratic right to choose a leader JM with overwhelming votes?
Decades of marginalization seem to be continuing under new guises—military brutality, arbitrary arrests, and escalating violence that claims innocent lives daily.
The emotional and psychological toll is deeply profound.
Entire communities are being hollowed out by fear, cultural traditions are under siege, and the social fabric of Kusaug is unraveling before the nation’s eyes.
Meanwhile, empty apologies and token reconciliations fail to stop the bloodshed.
How long must the Kusaug people endure systemic neglect and injustice?
How many more lives must be lost before political leadership recognizes that peace cannot be built on suppression and deceit?
Why should a law-abiding population be subjected to continuous punishment simply for standing on the side of justice and democracy?
President Mahama’s leadership is needed now—more urgently than ever before.
His legacy will be measured by his ability to rise to this challenge, cut through the deception, and take bold, corrective action to restore justice and peace in Kusaug.
This requires a multi-pronged approach:
• Immediate Executive Action: Publicly reaffirm the Supreme Court’s final ruling and instruct all state institutions to enforce it without bias or delay.
• Security Sector Reform: Address and halt human rights abuses by security forces in the area.
Those responsible for misconduct must face swift justice, signaling that the era of impunity is over.
• Reevaluation of Mediation Process: The Otumfuo Committee, plagued by delays be time-bound process aligned with constitutional rulings and justice.
• Fulfillment of Development Promises: Expedite the establishment of the promised Kusaug Region, delivering administrative autonomy and resources to empower local leadership and development.
• National Healing Campaign: Launch a comprehensive reconciliation and cultural restoration program to repair the social damage caused by years of neglect, ensuring that Kusaug remains an integral and respected part of Ghana’s national identity.
This is not just about Kusaug—it is about Ghana’s soul.
The continued suffering of innocent women, children, and families diminishes the entire nation.
Every day that this crisis is allowed to fester, the ideals of democracy, justice, and unity in Ghana are weakened.
President Mahama has been entrusted by the people to be a leader of justice and peace.
The time to fulfill that trust is now.
Anything less risks not only the future of Kusaug, and dangerous to Ghana but the moral authority of this administration.
Kusaug does not deserve to be treated as a battleground for political games—it deserves to be celebrated as a proud, peaceful, and prosperous part of Ghana.
Leadership must rise to the moment.
To conclude:
The unrest spans over a period of 40 years.
Precious lives lost. Properties destroyed. Mediation processes despite the voice of the law has been lameduck. Several Public and Private Employees have abandoned post and relocated. A situation with time and space has metamorphosed into full blown civil unrest with a life lost at any time. The induced human disaster making spending huge financial spending without signs of recovery in Kusaug must be treated as an emergency.
Justice must prevail.
Peace must be restored.
Now—not tomorrow.
Leadership delivery of social stability enjoyed with citizens’ freedom of movement, applied justice in law, governance care not only exudes but improves trust, confidence and respect.
The Afrikan Province of Ghana – the beacon of Pan-Afrikanism must be stable, harmonious in diversity hinged on TRUTH, FREEDOM and JUSTICE.
Benjamin Anyagre Aziginaateeg
