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Calls to provide vigilante groups with jobs unnecessary – Delta Force

By Mutala Yakubu
Calls to provide vigilante groups with jobs unnecessary – Delta Force
Calls to provide vigilante groups with jobs unnecessary – Delta Force
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Members of political vigilante group affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Delta Force do not need alternative jobs after the disbandment of vigilante groups in the country, their leaders have said.



As the debate for their disbandment heightens, some have suggested alternative sources of livelihood for the members.

But, Chairman of the Delta Force in the Ashanti Region, KojoBamba tells Citi News this will not be necessary.
“Some of us work, having our own businesses. Some have their PhDs and other degrees. The majority are also traders. They already have their jobs. They have been working from 2008 till now.  They are ordinary Ghanaians who have certificates to apply for jobs if they need it. 

So it is not because of this [vigilantism] they will go home jobless. There is nothing like that. We are not paid from anyone also.”

Delta Force has already welcomed the government’s plans to end political vigilantism in Ghana saying that the importance of the Delta force has been diluted by the inception of similar groups, hence the support for disbandment.

Analysts have said the activities of political party vigilante groups could destabilize the country and reverse the democratic gains the country has made over the years.

The phenomenon has ignited a national debate following a surge in violence by members of vigilante groups aligned to Ghana’s major political parties, NDC and NPP.

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ade Coker, believes that the surest way of ending the unlawful activities of vigilante groups is to provide them with jobs.

According to him, the recent acts of vigilantism in the country is a clear indication of a high rate of unemployment in Ghana facing the youth.

“The bottom line is not that they (vigilantes) are violent people. They are looking for jobs. And we are taking that out of the system. So how do we as a nation solve this problem? And if we don’t get them these jobs for them, they will continue.”

 

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 Source: citi

 

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