THE Chief of Kade, the capital of the Kwaebibirem District in the Eastern Region, Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II, has called on Ghanaians, particularly political leaders to refrain from engaging in inflammatory utterances and acts that could compromise the unity and the peace prevailing in the country.
He said they should rather focus on engaging in dialogue that would strengthen the sense of unity and the peaceful co-existence among the people.
“The envious democratic credentials we have attained as a nation should always spur us on to continue to see ourselves as one people with a common destiny and be each other’s keeper,” Osabarima Tenadu stated.
Speaking at this year’s annual Ekaade festival at Kade on Saturday, Osabarima Tenadu said “in our political arena today, we must know and understand that politics is not about violence, but an expression of our belief in a political ideology”.
The event drew a large gathering from all walks of life, including the District Chief Executive for Kwaebibirem (DCE), Mr George Agyeman-Duah, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kade, Mr Ofosu Asamoah.
The Kadehene said over the past 16 years when the country began practising democratic governance, Ghana had gained an envious status as a model of democracy internationally touted for other countries in the sub-region to look to.
Such democratic credentials, he said, required that Ghanaians, irrespective of their political leaning, should strive to eschew unhealthy political engagements that could negatively incite the people against others with different political backgrounds.
“Since we have no other place to seek refuge in times of conflicts and violence in the country, we must all resolve to do away with unhealthy political conducts that divide our ranks,” he appealed, adding that “we must respect and tolerate each other’s views”.
On education, Osabarima Tenadu expressed deep concern over the lack of adequate infrastructure facing the Kade Day Senior High School, a problem that had adversely affected teaching and learning in the school.
“The deprived Kade Day SHS seriously lacks a lot of amenities, including boys’ dormitory and a well-equipped library,” he stated and, therefore, appealed to the Government to help put up a boys’ dormitory for the school.
Osabarima, who thanked the Government for upgrading the Kade Health Centre to a hospital status, however, appealed for the improvement of facilities of the hospital, especially accommodation for its personnel to enable them to “enjoy their stay and offer their best to promote health care in the area”.
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