The Minister of Interior has renewed the curfew hours for Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, effective today, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
A statement issued and signed by Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak said the curfew hours were renewed on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument.
He admonished the chiefs, elders, and opinion leaders, and most particularly the youth, to exercise restraint no matter the challenges confronting them.
Additionally, the Minister has also placed a total ban on all persons in the Bawku Municipality and its environs from carrying arms, ammunition, or any offensive weapons.
Persons who are found carrying these banned weapons, the Minister added, would be arrested and prosecuted.
Below is the full statement
Government calls on the Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace.
The Minister for the Interior, on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has reviewed the curfew hours for Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, effective Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
Government calls on the Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace.
Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the Bawku Municipality and its environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapons and any persons found with any arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted.
Signed:
MUNTAKA MOHAMMED-MUBARAK (MP)
MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR
Issued in Accra this Tuesday, July 15, 2025
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
