The youth of Ghana have been urged to shun insults and to desist from acts, especially on social media, that could lead to war, as the nation prepares for the November 7 polls.
Minister of State in charge of Public-Private Partnership, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, who offered the advice said growing disrespect for the elderly in Ghana was worrying.
Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) hosted by Prince Minkah on Class91.3FM on Wednesday June 1, the legislator said Ghanaians needed to tolerate divergent opinions as far as political discourse was concerned.
Tolerance for divergent views on issues, he said, marked the “beginning of correcting that wrong consciousness that we are getting into ourselves”.
“I want them [youth] to begin to see themselves as people who, in future, will salvage this nation and stop all the insults and all the tribal references and all the warmongering attitudes,” he said.
Mr Pelpuo, who is MP for Wa Central constituency, told Prince Minkah: “I don’t want the NPP to win [the elections] but that does not mean the opposition leader should be insulted”.
“Likewise, I don’t want anybody to insult the president because he is the president of the nation.”
He added: “For a young person, who wants to be great in future, you don’t go following the wrong, you look for the few people in the society who can change things and then you adopt them as your mentors”.
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