Dr. Kwasi Aning believes vigilantism can be addressed if there is political will.<\/p>
"},"modified":"2019-02-15T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T20:00:31","slug":"lack-of-political-will-cause-of-growing-vigilantism-aning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/lack-of-political-will-cause-of-growing-vigilantism-aning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of political will cause of growing vigilantism – Aning"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n Dr. Kwasi Aning believes vigilantism can be addressed if there is political will.<\/p>\n The lack of political will is the cause of growing vigilantism in Ghana, the Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre\u00a0has said. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n According to him, the chances of ending growing vigilantism in Ghana is about 5-10 percent. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Kwasi Aning was responding to the call by the Inspector General of Police [IGP] at a press conference organized by the Ghana Police Service on Thursday to deal with the menace. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The call by the GIP comes at a time government has set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe violence which marred the recent Ayawaso West Wougon by-elections allegedly carried out by pro-government vigilante groups who masked under the National Security apparatus. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n But Dr. Aning who spoke on the Joy FM Super Morning Show [SMS] holds that though the call by the Police Chief has the effect to \u201cshow authority and assuage public fear\u201d it will amount to nothing without political will. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n What is political will? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n