NO DOOMSDAY FOR GHANA — ASIEDU (PAGE 14)

THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, has called on Ghanaians, particularly politicians, to refrain from unguarded utterances before, during and after the December elections.
As responsible citizens, he said, they should rather endeavour to make a conscious effort to ensure the conduct of a free and fair elections in their own interest.
“If we know and appreciate the untold hardships that wars and conflicts can unleash on a country and its people, we will all contribute to ensure a peaceful election”, he stated.
At the 26th annual national delegates’ conference of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Men’s Fellowship at Koforidua at the weekend, Mr Affram Asiedu said “wars and conflicts are no respecter of persons and once they start, they consume everybody and everything”.
The four-day event, under the theme “Going on to Maturity — The Way to please God”, was used to take stock of the fellowship’s achievements, shortcomings and to strategise for the way forward.
The Eastern Regional Minister said over the years, and recently, wars and conflicts had unleashed untold hardships on men of all races and eroded many years of achievements of the countries in question.
“We must, therefore, remember that we are duty bound to refrain from capitalising on the least electoral malpractice to mischievously predict that Ghana will be like Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Angola, Rwanda and recently Kenya”, he stated
Mr Affram Asiedu added that since there was no single cause that could trigger conflicts , Ghanaians must not allow any trivial issue to become a potential cause of social instability, adding “we should therefore try to avert any triviality that can degenerate into conflict or war”.
Mr Affram Asiedu, who bemoaned the increasing rate of anti-social behaviours in the country, such as drug trafficking, armed robbery, mobile phone snatching, urged the Presbyterian Men’s Fellowship to lead exemplary lifestyles to serve as role models to the youth.
For his part, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt Rev. Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, asked Ghanaians to show fellow feelings towards one another and be each others keeper as a people with a common destiny.
The Moderator also asked the people to turn out in their numbers during this year’s election to vote massively for the person who has the fear of God to rule the country.
The National President of the fellowship, Mr Jonathan Y. Asamoah, who expressed worry about indecent dressing by the youth and poor attitudes towards the environment, appealed to the church to help address the situation.