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The Ya-Na Memorial Lecture Secretariat in Dagbon has described President John Dramani Mahama�s pledge to resolve the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis as mere rhetoric. Addressing a durbar of chiefs and people in Tamale on Monday, President Mahama reiterated government�s commitment to resolving the Dagbon chieftaincy conflict. However, the Ya-Na Memorial Lecture Secretariat in Dagbon has challenged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to fulfill its 2008 manifesto pledge to find the murderers of the late Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II. �We are concerned about the fact that President John Mahama promised to resolve the Dagbon issue and he left the matter there,� the secretariat�s spokesperson, Mahama Shaibu, stated. He said President Mahama must fulfill his party�s promise to establish an independent commission of enquiry to investigate the issue. He asked: �We were promised that the NDC will establish a presidential commission to look into it and now they are talking about resolving the issue? Are they going to resolve the issue devoid of arresting the perpetrators of the Ya-Na?� Mahama Shaibu further mentioned that the NDC �can only do this by setting up a commission to find the perpetrators.� The best way, he added, �is for the NDC to go back to its manifesto to set up the presidential commission.�