Is this the peace we prayed for?
The clock was ticking and we were getting closer to the election season.
Tensions were high, and we were all praying for peace before, during and after the elections.
The day came and at the polls the usual long queues were absent.
Was it low turnout or was it explained off as the creation of more polling stations?
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We heard of pockets of violence and saw videos of lawlessness on social media.
On Sunday we went to our various places of worship and thanked the Lord for a peaceful election.
Sooner than later, we saw more pictures of violence, looting and houses on fire. Even so, we continued to say that the elections were ‘largely’ peaceful.
So we have peace! And as somebody once asked, “Peace? Like what pertains in the cemetery?”
So long as those who lost the election have acquiesced just to save their lives, there will be peace, but peace such as this, is not sustainable.
One day, they will assert themselves, and peace will suffer!
Ghana does not have the peace it’s citizens think they have. If we want peace we should start looking for it deliberately.
Kwame Adu (deceased and may his soul rest in peace) used to intimidate me all the time. I could not enjoy playing outside. One day he chased me to my house to beat me up.
My sister locked the main gate and warned me that if I did not fight Kwame Adu she would not allow me to eat.
She then left us and went to her bedroom and locked the door behind her.
I had no other option than to engage my ‘predator’.
I dashed into Kwame Adu, put him on the floor and he started screaming until my sister came to his rescue. We became the best of friends, thereafter, at the cost of fighting.
Fellow Ghanaians, do not let us deceive ourselves. We do not have the peace we think we have.
If we want peace we must begin to work at it with all honesty and seriousness.
Sylvester Asare,
Financial Analyst,
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