Police wives admonish Ghanaians to preserve peace

The President of the Police Wives Association, Mrs Charity Kudalor, has admonished Ghanaians to jealously protect the peace as the nation prepared for the general election.

She asked the citizenry to support the police and other security agencies to help identify and arrest trouble makers in the electioneering.

Mrs Kudalor, wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mr James Kudalor, gave the advice when she addressed members of the Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the association in Sunyani.

The regional branch of the police wives has earlier gone on a peace march in the Sunyani Municipality to showcase the need to preserve national peace and social cohesion.

They held placards with inscriptions like “embrace peace,” “spread the peace message,” “we are marching for peaceful election,” “Ghana will never die,” and “help make election 2016 a peaceful one.”

Mrs Kudalor reiterated the importance to safeguard the national heritage of peace and tranquility and prevent any potential violence which could plunge the country into chaos.

She said women, children, the aged and the physically challenged were the most vulnerable in times of political instability.

Mrs Naomi Atingane, the President of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Branch of the Association, urged members to remain neutral and tolerate opinions of each political party.

She said each member of the association was a peacemaker and peace could be sustained if Ghanaians eschewed bickering, rumour mongering, discrimination and egotism among other things.

“It is better to live in the house of peace as a slave than live in the house of war as a king or queen,” Mrs Atingane said.