The Fulani Community in Ghana has expressed anger and displeasure among cross-session of Ghanaians who are constantly attacking and killing innocent members for crimes committed by an individual.

According to them, what is happening to their community can best be described as a typical stereotyping and discrimination from Ghanaians and other ethnic groups operating in the country.

The ethnic group revealed further that from 2022 to date, about 23 Fulani people have been callously murdered across the country with more than 5000 cows killed without any justification.

Speaking at a press conference organized in Accra by the Jatikay Center for Human Security and Peace Building with support from Civil Society Groups, Ghana Cattle Ranching and Transhumance Committee, Tabital Pulaaku International, National Council for Fulani Chief, Fulani Youth Association, Ghana National Association of Cattle Farmers and Women in Small Scale Livestock Breeding condemned the recent happenings in Upper East Region as threat to security of the Fulani community.

The Executive Director of Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building, Mr. Adib Sani said the pattern of violence against members of the Fulani community is not only attack on the people but also threat to national security in the country.

Mr. Sani said when any group within a society is alienated or subjected to any form of discrimination, it creates fertile grounds for social unrest, extremism and violent reaction adding that such marginalization erodes trust in the state, fuel grievances and undermine the legitimacy and effectiveness of governance structures.

“When marginalized communities are left vulnerable and unprotected, it breeds a sense of injustices and fuels resettlement which if not checked can lead to cycles of violence, retaliation and the potential for recruitment by extremist groups seeking to exploit people,” he stated.

He said Ghana has recorded too many incidents of attacks in communities across the country when an individual Fulani person commits a crime, immediately the innocent Fulani community within the area suffer from such crimes leading to killings, burning down homes and attack on children and women.

“We are calling on the government, civil society groups, security agencies and the media to come together and address this stereotype collectively and ensure the coexistence among different ethnic and religious groups and promote social cohesion among various people.”

On his part, the General Secretary for the Fulani Community in Ghana, Alhaji Yakubu Musah Barry said the Fulani community are discriminated against at every sector of the country.

Alhaji Barry alleged that Fulani community are denied enlistment into the various forces, the National Identification Authority also required strict prove before one attains his or her Ghana card and this cut across all government departments.

“Why as citizens should we go through this ordeal before been accepted in our own country,” he stated.

Sompaonline.com/Nana Yaw Boamah