Do not take the peace in Ghana for granted

The Chief of Gomoa Nkoransa near Apam, Nana Abobo Egyir V, has cautioned Ghanaians not to take the peace in the country for granted.

He said disturbances recorded during the recent biometric voters registration exercise were warning to Ghanaians that anything at all could happen if they down played on the peace the nation was enjoying.

“They are indications that all is not well and that we need to jealously guard against the peace,” he noted.

Nana Abobo Egyir, who is also the Saanahen of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, gave the caution when Gomoa West District Chief Executive, Mr. Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, paid a visit to the town.

The Chief advised politicians not to make December seven general election as “a do or die affair” because they had no authority over power adding, “All powers belong to God and it is only he would ordain a ruler,” he said.

Nana Abobo Egyir advised Ghanaians to work hard and stop complaining about difficult times which were our own making.

“There is dignity in hard work and it pays too,” he said.

Mr. Aidoo-Mensah, Gomoa West District Chief Executive, said the government of Professor John Evans Atta Mills had declared “Better Ghana Agenda" on assumption of power as a means of improving the living condition of Ghanaians and has kept faith with it.

He said the District alone had benefitted from 110 projects in three years of President Mills administration, unprecedented in the history of the District.

The DCE urged the people to renew the mandate of President Mills and the NDC government for more projects to be provided to improve the standard of living of Ghanaians.

He urged them not to be deceived by politicians who were making some unachievable promises like making Senior High School education free when the School Feeding Programme initiated over six years ago had not even covered half of the student population of the basic schools in the country.

On the 2012 general election, Mr. Aidoo-Mensah appealed to politicians and the media to be circumspect with their utterances and what they aired or published.

“We need peace to develop the nation, he said and added that “we must not destroy the accolade the nation has gained as the beacon of democracy in Africa through our actions and inactions”.**