Pressure group, OccupyGhana wants the government to prosecute all criminal activities undertaken by groups demanding secession from Ghana.
OccupyGhana also says the government must look into the justified grievances and concerns of protesting groups and address those that can be addressed.
In a statement issued on Monday, October 5, 2020, OccupyGhana said the government must firmly maintain the position that any call for secession or separation from Ghana is criminal and will not be countenanced.
“We urge the Government to ascertain any relevant and justified grievances and address those that are capable of being addressed. This would be proper and in line with the constitutional injunction on the State to ‘foster a spirit of loyalty to Ghana that overrides sectional, ethnic and other loyalties.’
“However, we urge the government to firmly assert that secession, separation or severing of any part of this great nation is a treasonous anathema that should not and cannot even be broached or be on the agenda,” OccupyGhana said in its statement.
The group said while it appreciates the government’s early efforts
Read OccupyGhana’s full statement below:
Western Togoland Demands – OccupyGhana Calls For (1) Addressing Of Legitimate Concerns, (2) Non-Negotiability Of National Territories, And (3) Prosecution.
OccupyGhana notes with very grave concern the emergence of a separatist or secessionist group composed by persons identifying themselves as ‘Western Togolanders’ in Ghana. We acknowledge the initial response of the Government in dealing with and containing the matter. However, we should not be lulled into a false sense of security, especially as an election approaches.
By this statement, we call on the Government to ascertain and address any legitimate demands that could be addressed, in the spirit of our shared nationhood. However, it should be clear to all that our nationhood and the territories of this nation are non-negotiable. And, individuals who have broken the law should be made to face the law.
