They carried placards with peace messages such as “Different parties, one Ghana,” “Ballots not bullets,” “Ghanaian women want peace,” “Violence in Africa not again” and “Women always want peace.”

A civil society organization known as the Women’s Situation Room Ghana (WSR) successfully organized the peace procession which attracted traders, students, hair dressers, seamstresses and youth groups.

They finally converged at the regional secretariats of the two major political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and presented their petition.

The petition signed by the Women’s Situation Room Ghana national Coordinator, Miss Adwoa Bame impressed upon President John Dramani Mahama of the NDC and his main contender, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the NPP to reaffirm their commitment to ensure peaceful elections before, during and after the December 7 elections.

“As women we suffer most with our children when there is violence and will not look on as the security of our beloved country is compromised in the name of politics.”

“We are here to reiterate the call for peaceful elections. As women, we are gathered here today to call on your executives and supporters to do all in their power to remain calm and resolute as the Election Day unfolds.”

Miss Adwoa Bame insisted that the nation’s peace and stability sustenance remained the responsibility of the NDC and the NPP.

“Development cannot take place in the midst of conflict and violence and we the women of Ghana trust that the NDC and the NPP as political parties will ensure that there is peaceful elections so that the country will continue to shine in the sub region.”

“We the women of Ghana call on the NDC and the NPP parties and their leadership to contribute to peace by respecting the electoral processes and accepting the outcome after the polls,” she underscored.

“His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama and members of the NDC party and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and members of the NPP party, the motto of the WSR-Ghana is Peace is in our hands and so we say to you all that the peace of Ghana is in your hands. Let us all commit to peaceful processes before, during and after December 7.”

According to Miss Adwoa Bame, the WSR-Ghana is a women’s peace building mechanism that mitigates conflict before, during and after elections.

She added that it is a non partisan organization that mobilizes women in collaboration with youth to engage stakeholders support the women’s call for peaceful elections as a peace and security measure in accordance with the UNSCR 1325.

Some of the participants decried the political upheavals witnessed especially in Northern Region in the past and called for paradigm shift.

They recalled the deadly political conflicts in Sierra Leone, Cote D’I Voire and Rwanda and pleaded with the major actors in the 2016 elections to be tolerant of divergent views.

They commended the Women’s Situation Room, Ghana for organizing the event and advocated its sustainability in the run up to the December 7 polls.

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According, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakari Dey, the Nana Akufo Addo led NPP is using deceit on their campaign platforms to win political power.

He maintained that the opposition NPP under the leadership of Nana Akufo Addo has nothing new to offer Ghanaians.

The Salaga South MP said President John Dramani Mahama deserved a second term to accomplish his transforming lives agenda.

He disclosed President Mahama’s intention to create a new district out of the East Gonja district as means of decentralizing the local governance system in the area.

He recalled the creation of the Salaga North constituency to buttress his point.

“When we came in 2009 the Salaga constituency was only one constituency. We didn’t have Salaga South and Salaga North constituencies. The NDC government based on its innovation split the constituency into two.”

Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakari Dey said he has so far built 35 schools in the constituency.

As the Salaga South MP, he also mentioned water delivery and electricity connection to several communities as part of his achievements.

“We did 64 boreholes and anybody who challenges me the records are there at the district assembly. And we also constructed boreholes at Kafaba, Sabonjida and Abrumase among others.”

He assured his constituents of more developmental projects when they retain him and the NDC government in power.

“For the past eight years what the NDC government has done nobody has ever done half of it in this country and we have a lot to do.”

A member of the NDC regional council of elders, Lawyer Mohammed Alhassan Terror inducted the campaign team into office.

He described Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakari Dey as President John Dramani Mahama’s walking stick in Gonjaland.

Lawyer Mohammed Alhassan Terror thereby appealed to the Salaga South constituents to give President Mahama and Ibrahim Dey ninety percent of their votes on December 7.

Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakari Dey in 2008 defeated the NPP’s Alhaji Boniface Abubakari and is seeking a third term in Parliament.

Ibrahim Mahama donates campaign logistics
The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama donated five motorbikes and four outboard motors to the Salaga South MP.

The NDC’s national campaign Spokesperson, Joyce Mogtari Bawa in a similar fashion donated four motorbikes to the Salaga South Legislator.

Hundreds of NDC supporters in the Salaga South constituency attended the campaign launch.

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According to him, the two parties continue to deceive the electorate in the region to vote for them by distributing freebies including outboard motors and fishing nets two months ahead of the December election.

[contextly_sidebar id=”yWwuMqmIkM21f1hDiRXVcCZJY2Oro8Ci”]Addressing residents at a rally at Anomabo in the Central Region yesterday [Thursday], Mr Greenstreet said although the parties are aware of the developmental challenges of the people, they have failed to address them over the last two decades.

“For 24 years since 1992, have you seen any change here? and you are in a fishing community. How much does a cold store cost? It is not expensive. And every 4 years they come to you back-door with the money, outboard motors, T-shirts, fishing nets, the promises and lies,” he said.

He called on the people in the area to reject the NDC and the NPP and vote massively for the Convention People’s Party (CPP) to bring progress and development to the area.

Mr Greenstreet also accused the two leading parties of sanctioning illegal fishing activities on Ghana’s seas which is affecting fishing activities of locals.

He said the two parties did not have the concern of the people in the area at heart.

Mr Greenstreet is currently on a campaign tour of Central Region to canvas votes ahead of this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections in December.

He is in the company of the CPP’s National Chairman, Professor Edmund N. Delle, Vice Presidential nominee of the Party, Nana Gabby Nketia, the first Vice Chairman Hajia Hamdatu Ibrahim, and a host of other rank and file members of the Party.

‘CPP nomination forms accepted’

The Electoral Commission (EC) last week accepted the nomination forms of the Convention People’s Party and cleared it to contest in the upcoming elections. 13 presidential candidates were disqualified by the EC after their nomination forms were found to have been improperly filled.

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