[ 2012-05-12 ]

Students urged to contribute towards peaceful polls in December
Koforidua, May 12, GNA - Mr Emmanuel Anyimadu,
Clerk of Parliament, on Friday advised students to
contribute their quota towards ensuring a peaceful
and violent-free election by comporting themselves
and educating their communities to do same
throughout the electoral process.

“You should be mindful of the fact that there is
no substitute for peace; and that a peaceful
environment is a pre-requisite for progress, as
well as human development”.

Mr Anyimadu, who was inaugurating the Students
Parliamentary Club of Koforidua Polytechnic, urged
the students not to engage in any act that had the
tendency to compromise the peace in the country.

He said the quest for peace had become even more
critical, judging from the pockets of violence
that characterized the just ended biometric
registration.

Mr Anyimadu challenged the students to use their
privileged position to help guard against the
recurrence of any violent incident during the
December polls and reminded them that as future
leaders, they constituted the most important
resource required for the development of the
country.

It is therefore imperative for us as an
institution, involved in making laws for the
governance of the country, to adequately prepare
the youth to effectively take over the mantle of
leadership”.

Mr Anyimadu announced that the National Youth
Authority (NYA) was in the process of establishing
a National Youth Parliament by July 01 this year
and that all Students' Parliament Clubs in the
various tertiary institutions would be in the
forefront of that undertaking.

He indicated that the prominence given to the
Students' Parliament by the NYA was a clear
indication that the concept had gained grounds and
virtually became part and parcel of the democratic
dispensation.

Mr Anyimadu encouraged the students to discuss
pertinent issues that were critical to their
survival and future well-being but added that
their interactions with friends and colleagues
should be conducted in a decorous manner, devoid
of intemperate language.

Professor Reynolds Okai, Rector of the Koforidua
Polytechnic, noted that the future of the nation
depended to a large extent on Youth Parliament
adding “Our success or failure depends on how you
comport yourselves”.

He advised the students to actively participate in
the electoral process peacefully and not to allow
themselves to be used by politicians to foment
trouble before, during and after the December
general elections.

Ms Beatrice Bernice Boateng, Member of Parliament
(MP) for New Juaben South, advised the youth to
stay away from all forms of vices that could land
them in trouble.

Source - GNA

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