GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS
ETHNICALLY EXPLOSIVE STATEMENTS
Government has appealed to all political actors to guard
against ethnically divisive and explosive statements
which could spell doom for our country.
A
statement signed by Mr. John Tia Akolgu, Minister for
Information stressed that we must not take the oasis of
peace we are enjoying currently for granted neither
should we assume that the national cohesion that Ghana
has become noted for was achieved on a silver platter.
The Minister therefore asked that all of us as citizens
and especially political leaders should desist from
attempts to create a wedge between ethnic groups and
inciting ethnocentric violence.
The Minister’s
statement comes in the wake of comments made by the
chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Jake Obetsebi
Lamptey that since Akans are the dominant ethnic group
in Ivory Coast which is the same situation in Ghana then
what happened in Ivory Coast could happen in Ghana.
Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey’s pronouncement follows a similar
one by NPP Flag Bearer Nana Akufo Addo when the latter
addressed party faithfuls in the Eastern Region.
Mr. Akologu indicated that it was the responsibility of
Government to protect live and property and also ensure
that the peace is maintained at all times hence the
Professor Mills led government will ensure the absolute
protection of all Ghanaians whiles pledging government’s
total resolve at stopping in their tracks those who
intend to take this country down the path of Armageddon.
The Minister admonished that “we should as
Ghanaians work towards the further deepening of our
unity in diversity.”
The statement concluded
that “whiles government is committed at presiding over
free and fair elections it was imperative that all
political actors refrain from conducting themselves as
if their very existence depended on electoral victory
whether the people will give them the mandate or not.”
Hon. John TIA AKOLOGU MINISTER FOR
INFORMATION ACCRA [Thursday October 06, 2011]
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