Police Wives Association calls for peaceful elections


The Police Wives Association (POLWA) has undertaken a peace march in Accra to remind Ghanaians to safeguard the peace, unity and security of the nation.

The peace campaign brought together wives of the personnel of various security services from the Navy, Fire, Prison, and Army marching from the Kwame Nkrumah Circle through some principal streets of Accra to the Efua Sutherland Children's Park amidst brass band music.

It was on the theme: “Police Wives March for Peaceful Election 2016, Think Peace, Eat Peace, Drink Peace,” with the wives holding placards with inscriptions such as “Sweat in Peace; Don’t bleed in War, One Nation; One Destiny, It Is Peace we want.

Mrs Charity Kudalor, President of the Association, said peace remained the pre-requisite for development and must, therefore, be preached to the entire nation.

“As citizens of our nation, we are calling all and sundry to give peace a chance in this election year. This is the time Ghana demands from us that civic duty to blow the trumpet of peace and to educate everybody in our neighbourhood to play their role to keep the nation intact,” she said.

Madam Kudalor said some neighboring countries had witnessed unrest leading to loss of lives and properties, and Ghana should not travel that path.

She called on the youth not to allow themselves to be used by any political leader or party to incite violence in the nation.

Madam Kudalor challenged the media to remain neutral in their sacred duty of disseminating information to the public, and to curtail the phone-in programs that had the tendency to plunge the country into political turmoil.

Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, Director General in charge of Operations, Ghana Police Service, urged all to contribute their quota in sustaining peace in the country.

He said the National Election Security Task-force had been formed to protect and defend the nation in the upcoming election.

Representatives of the various political parties who participated in the program pledged their support to maintain peace in the country during and after the November 7 elections. 

SOURCE: GNA