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President Mahama has called on all Ghanaians to be vigilant during the election to ensure that the process is successful and peaceful. President Mahama who made this call at a ceremony held at the Black Star Square (Independence Square) on Friday morning to commemorate the Eid-ul-Adha celebration, said �we must all be vigilant during the elections. The price of democracy is eternal vigilance.� He said the security apparatuses have made the necessary arrangements to ensure that nobody is intimated during the election but indicates that �we can only have a successful election if all our people are committed to it.� President Mahama called on all Ghanaians to make the celebration of the Eid-ul-Adha a real day of peace and goodwill among one another. He said all must surrender their lives to Allah in order to receive His blessings. The president said �let us all abide by the tenets of peace and goodwill on this special day� to help develop the nation as a whole. President Mahama revealed that the Education Ministry has been charged to ensure that no Muslim student is forced to go to church in schools across the country saying, �the constitution guarantees freedom of religion and nobody should be forced to do something against his or her will and I don�t believe that is right.� �I have asked the Minister for Education to send a circular around to inform schools to refrain from this action,� he added. President Mahama further congratulated the clergy for doing a �fantastic job� in ensuring that people of all religions are able to co-habit with very little skirmishes as is seen at many other places around the world.