The youth of this country have been advised to jettison all moves, clandestine or overt, likely to be perpetrated by self-seeking politicians to influence them to foment trouble in this year’s general election slated for November 7.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, National Director, Community Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service, gave the advice when speaking on Ark FM, a Sunyani-based local Radio on Monday as part of her three-day educational tour in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
Additionally, she has counseled managers and talk show hosts of radio stations to moderate political talk shows with some circumspection to stop political parties’ serial callers who phone into programmes, from making inflammatory utterances that had the tendency to tear the nation apart,
ACP Twumasi-Sarpong is leading a five-member team from the Unit on a nationwide peace tour to help educate the general public on the need to promote and protect the peace before, during and after the Election 2016.
The team would also address target groups including Churches, Mosques, Zongo communities and transport unions about their roles to preserve the prevailing peace in the country.
They had already been to the Western Region, and would move to Ashanti Region from Brong-Ahafo.
She stated that it was part of her group’s mandate to assist prevent the outcomes of the tendency of certain politicians who normally incite the youth to cause mayhem and violence during election period.
“The resultant effect of these acts, is the painful loss of lives and properties to the detriment of national development”, the team leader added
ACP Twumasi-Sarpong, entreated the youth to be agents of peace and say no to electoral violence, adding that they were the productive force for the future and must not yield to any inducement to commit acts that could cause them to lose their lives or fall foul of the law
Advising politicians to accept election results, she said “election is like a game only one party emerges a winner, "everybody must be ready to accept election results in good faith to show political maturity".
“The resultant effect of these acts, is the painful loss of lives and properties to the detriment of national development”, the team leader added
ACP Twumasi-Sarpong, entreated the youth to be agents of peace and say no to electoral violence, adding that they were the productive force for the future and must not yield to any inducement to commit acts that could cause them to lose their lives or fall foul of the law.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Christopher Tawiah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) implored the general public to assist the Police with useful, credible leads which could facilitate the arrest of criminals to aid crime reduction in the society.
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