Senya Youth Parliament sets up a five Member Committee to resolve conflict between Senya Diaspora groups.

 

The Senya Youth Parliament has set up a five member committee on 12th August, 2020, to resolve a recently developed conflict between two diaspora groups from Senya Beraku.

All Senya Beraku citizens abroad converged as one group, called Senya Beraku Diaspora (SBD), in the wake of the novel corona virus outbreak early this year, 2020. They contributed financially and donated food items to every family in Senya Beraku during the lockdown in Ghana.

However, soon after that effort the group had a split over the decision to build a general hospital in the Senya Beraku community with some members forming the second group called, Think, Love and Support Senya (TLS).

This resulted in further disturbing happenings that is gaining ground into the already existing chieftaincy  stalemate in the Senya traditional area. At the moment SBD has acquired acres of land from the Traditional Council to build the hospital while TLS has also acquired acres of land from the office of the Paramount Chief to build the hospital. While there cannot be two general hospitals in the same community, the executives of the two groups have found themselves still locking heads leading to more tension among their members and the Senya Beraku community, especially among the youth.

It if for this reason the Senya Youth Parliament, headed by Apostle Abeiku Okai as Speaker, who also doubles as the chief Administrator of the Senya Pramaso WhatsApp Group, in consultation with some stakeholders, has set up the Advising and Dispute Resolution  Committee to resolve the conflict and make recommendations to the leaders of both groups and the youth parliament. 

The following leading personalities from the community were selected to constitute the committee:

1. MR. ARHIN BENJAMIN - CEO - Arinco Ventures

2. CAPTAIN KOJO ANDERSON - Pilot and CEO of Kojo Otu Photography

3. REV. GYABEN MENSAH - Rev. Minister

4. REV. MOTHER ABA FOLSON (CEO - Nyaniba Health College)

5. MR. EMMANUEL OSTEEN BAAH (Journalist)

The Committee is expected to fulfill its mandate within seven days, commencing from 13th to 19th August,  2020 with an extention of seven more days in the event of any challenge causing delay in the process.

Attached is a copy of the Committee's terms of reference: TERMS OF REFERENCE

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