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The Baagangne community, for the second time has boycotted a campaign meeting organised by the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lawra Constituency, Mr Anthony Karbo at the community.
Mr Karbo and the Lawra Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Martin Bomba-Ire, scheduled a meeting with the community on Wednesday, 25
th November 2020, but no member of the community turned up for the meeting.
In counter to that, the MP and the MCE organised another meeting in the community on Saturday, 28
th November 2020, scheduled to start at 3:00 pm, but no community member again, turned up for the meeting.
However, after about two and half hours of waiting at the meeting ground, the organisers invited people from other communities including Bongyiri and Naagon to the meeting ground and also forcefully carried a handful of the community members on motorbikes to the meeting ground.
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The Babile-Baagangne community in the Lawra Municipality, Upper West Region, has been connected to the national grid following a series of campaigns and threat by the community to boycott the 2020 general election.
The elders and people of the community issued a press statement on November 16, 2020 giving the Lawra Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Martin Bomba-Ire and the Member of Parliament for the Lawra Constituency, Mr Anthony Karbo one week ultimatum to electrify the community or face their wrath.
Following the press statement was a boycott of two campaign meetings organised by the MCE and the MP in the community on 25th and 28th November, 2020.
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