Voters are being exhorted by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) not to cast ballots on ethnic, religious, gender, or tribal lines on December 7.
Rather, they ought to take into account the candidates’ honesty and abilities.
According to Madam Adiza Gyenyenaa, the NCCE’s Berekum West District Director, who made this statement, it was still the most reliable method of advancing the country’s growth.
She emphasized that vote buying weakened and continued to be detrimental to the nation’s developing democracy and begged voters to avoid this unethical behavior.
At a parliamentary forum organized by the Commission in Jinijini, the District capital, she said, “The 1992 Constitution confines us by not allowing anyone to buy our conscience and vote with money on December 7.”
In order to help the people make educated decisions on December 7, it established a common platform for the two parliamentary candidates running in the local general election to communicate with and share their thoughts with the residents.
They are Mr. Dickson Kyere Duah, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the seat, and Dr. Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng, the current MP for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Before, during, and after the general elections, the discussion aimed to raise awareness of political tolerance and the need for long-term peace, as well as to strengthen the candidates’ commitment to running issue-based campaigns.
Madam Gyengyenaa declared, “Our sovereignty resides in the people of Ghana from whom the government derives its powers to operate and function,” and she urged the electorate to turn out in force on Saturday.
“If the electorates do not go to the polls to vote on December 7, nobody can walk to the Jubilee House and make him or herself as a President and the same thing applies to the House of Parliament,” Madam Gyengyenaa said.
As the December 7 elections approached, she called on Ghanaians to respect and protect the country’s sovereignty and constitutional government.
She asked everyone to help ensure a peaceful election, stating that the 1992 Constitution required all Ghanaians to do so.
The incumbent Member of Parliament, Dr. Agyenim-Boateng, promised voters that he would do more to upgrade infrastructure and asked them to vote for him to stay in office. He also promised to rebuild shoddy roads that connect underprivileged areas during his next term.
The constituency was lagging behind in development, Mr. Duah said, and he urged voters to support him by offering to give local farmers agricultural inputs and scholarships to students.
The NCCE was thanked by both candidates for the discussion that allowed them to share their aspirations for the voters in the areas of jobs, education, health, and roads, as well as the economy.
Source: newsthemegh.com