A freelance Journalist and Managing Editor of Apexnewsgh.com Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen has donated dozens of handkerchiefs labeled with peace messages with various political party logos inclusive to parliamentary candidates in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency of the Upper East Region.
According to Mr. Ngamegbulam, the initiative marks part of his newly established website contribution in maintaining peace among all the political parties contesting in this years election, especially the two big parties New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during and after the December 7, elections.
During the donation, Mr. Ngamegbulam said, It is always a pleasure to contribute meaningfully back to society each time he had the opportunity to do so. “…if I have not witnessed war for the first time, at least, I have had the opportunity to read books about some other countries both in Africa and beyond that went into war due to elections.”
Thomas Flores once wrote in one of his articles with the headline, ‘Voting under the gun: elections and conflict around the world’
“When voters around the world cast ballots, it is often with bullets on their minds. Voting during civil conflict is sadly frequent and elections can also prompt violence. Despite this, elections are still seen as a means to bolster the peace after the war ends, hinting at a deeper trend: elections and violence seem inextricably connected.” He wrote
“That’s is a fact, the reason why I believe peace at this point in time is very paramount. It is my belief that if we are able to engage leaders of the various political parties in our various constituencies across the country in very inclusive peaceful engagement and activities, it will definitely minimize the number of havocs caused by youth during the elections. Yes, because the youth receives some of these regrettable violent instructions from politicians due to their vulnerability. I mean vulnerability in terms of lack of education, lack of finances, and so on.” He spoke
According to Mr. Ngamegbulam, what we should all remember is that, when the elephant’s fights, the innocent grasses automatically become victims. When there is war, our innocent little children, grandparents, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters are the ones to suffer for nothing they have knowledge about and even Journalists will not be able carryout their duties accordingly.
However, all the Four personalities contesting the Parliamentary seat in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency for December 7, 2020, general elections received the donations with massive excitements. As they used the opportunity to pledge for peace and extends the same calls to their supporters ahead of the December 7, polls
Francis Ayandago the Bolgatanga Central Constituency parliamentary candidate for Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Latifa Abdul Rahman Parliamentary candidate for the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Rex Asanga Parliamentary Candidate for the Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Isaac Adongo the incumbent Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency and the Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the 2020 election were all beneficiaries.
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