{"id":1184196,"date":"2022-08-19T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/hold-national-dialogue-to-curtail-violence-in-universities-adam-bonaa\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:17:30","slug":"hold-national-dialogue-to-curtail-violence-in-universities-adam-bonaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/19\/hold-national-dialogue-to-curtail-violence-in-universities-adam-bonaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold national dialogue to curtail violence in Universities &#8211; Adam Bonaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"Hold national dialogue to curtail violence in Universities - Adam Bonaa\" title=\"Hold national dialogue to curtail violence in Universities - Adam Bonaa\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>A Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa, has called for a national dialogue on the increasing spate of insecurity in tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on <strong>JoyNews<\/strong>, on Friday, the analyst noted that schools have become a breeding ground for violence.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, there is a need to assess the issue and come up with strategies that will clamp down on this looming threat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1327090564&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think National Security, Interior Ministry, NIB, the Universities and Security Analysts should all come on board to ensure that these things are nipped in the bud or else, it [schools] will become a breeding ground for pure violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese universities have become the breeding ground for violence in terms of the ratio of security personnel to the number of students, it is nothing to write home about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bonaa\u2019s call comes on the heels of a recent clash among rival groups \u2013 Residents of Unity Hall and University Hall \u2013 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>The disturbance on Thursday evening left three vehicles damaged.<\/p>\n<p>About 12 people were also reportedly injured.<\/p>\n<p>The violent incident comes barely two weeks after a similar incident happened at the University of Ghana campus in the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>This series of violence, Dr Bonaa fears, threatens the nation\u2019s security and must the curbed.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa, has called for a national dialogue on the increasing spate of insecurity in tertiary institutions. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews, on Friday, the analyst noted that schools have become a breeding ground for violence. 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