[ 2012-06-03 ]

FCDE organizes peace walk in Ayawaso East
Accra, June 2, GNA – Forum for Community
Development and Empowerment (FCDE), a youth group
in Nima of the Ayawaso Constituency on Saturday
organized a peace walk ahead of the Election 2012
in the Ayawaso East Constituency.

The group which was established with the aim of
empowering communities through government programs
organised the walk to sensitize the general public
on the need for peace and avoiding violent acts.

Dr Mustafa Ahmed, Deputy Minister of Environment,
Science and Technology, said peace and unity was
supreme to every community, ethnic and religious
groups and appealed to Ghanaians to promote peace
for development.

He said politicians in their quest for power
should be mindful of the language and that they
should not use intemperate language that has the
tendency to destroy the peace that the nation was
enjoying.

“We should not allow politicians to destroy the
peace and unity that our communities and Ghana is
enjoying, without unity no peace and without peace
no development.”

Dr Ahmed who is also Member of Parliament (MP) of
the area took the opportunity to advise the
constituents to clean their environment daily in
order to prevent the outbreak of diseases in their
communities.

He said the World Environment Day scheduled to
take place in Sunyani on June 5th was near saying
“I hope that every community in this constituency
would organize clean-up exercises on such date to
celebrate the Day.

Dr Ahmed congratulated the FCDE for organizing the
peace walk in the constituency saying “this would
continue until the end of the December election to
ensure peace in the constituency.”

Mr Salim Bashir, Operations Officer of the FCDE,
said the aim of the group was to sensitize
communities on proposed government projects at the
community level and urged all Muslims to actively
participate in the national electioneering
programs.

He said FCDE was to build public support among the
population to identify the qualities of good
political leaders and share the benefit of
government continuation of previous government
projects.

Mr Bashir urged government, the United Nation (UN)
Security Council and the International Criminal
Court (ICC) to pursue any person whose aim was to
create confusion and incite ethnic conflict for
their selfish political agenda.

He also urged all registered voters in Nima,
Mamobi, Ruga and Accra-Newtown and Ghana as a
whole to come out massively and exercises their
franchise in the upcoming December general
Election.

Source - GNA

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