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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amagashie Herbal Clinic, Apostle Dr Samuel Amagashie has urged all Zongo communities not to allow politicians especially the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidates either the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Assin Central Member of Parliament Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, former Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie and former Mampong Member of Parliament Hon. Francis Addai-Nimoh to use them to foment trouble and perpetrate violence during Saturday November 4 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential election.
Dr. Amagashie made this call, said it was time the youth in Zongo communities reasserted themselves.
He said the youth should resist pressure to engage in violence activities before, during and after the NPP presidential elections.
Speaking to the Daily Searchlight Newspaper Correspondent, he said, the era where politicians used basic items such as Rice, Milk, and Money to entice the youth to beat people at polling station centers and snatch ballot boxes, was past and gano.
“Now the people of Zongo communities are wide awake to their civic responsibilities and with sustained education, they are now aware of the realities in Ghanaian politics, they will not allow themselves to be used by selfish politicians again”.
He said politicians mostly target Zongo youth for election-related violence and they get nothing in return after any election.
Dr. Amagashie said it was time the people in the Zongo communities took a critical look at electoral violence and it’s impact on national stability and the country’s democratic dispensation.
They should identify the roles they could play to sustain the country’s peace and harmony and the development of their communities.
Dr. Amagashie appealed to all the four NPP presidential aspirants to desist from engaging in acts that could plunge the country into chaos during Saturday November 4 elections.
Reported by NANA NYARKO