‘Government won’t shield party members’
The Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, has said the government will not shield any member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who tries to create confusion in the party.
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He said the leadership of the party was not happy with the recent unlawful behaviour put up by some youth in the party who had destroyed cars and offices in some parts of the country just because they did not agree with some nominations of President John Dramani Mahama for municipal/district chief executive positions.
Mr Aidoo made these comments when he addressed Muslims during a prayer session to mark Eid-ul-Fitr.
He condemned such negative incidents at Atebubu and some parts of the region during district assembly meetings to confirm the President’s nominees as DCEs.
The regional minister asked the youth of the party to be law-abiding and refrain from such anti-party behaviour.
Mr Aidoo also expressed worry about recent reported cases of armed robbery in the Atebubu-Amanten and Sene districts and gave an assurance that the Regional Security Council had instructed that security personnel be sent to the area to protect life and property.
He said the security agencies might not be able to work to expectation if people in the communities failed to complement their efforts by volunteering information to them.
On the ongoing election petition, Mr Aidoo said the government was fully prepared to ensure peace before, during and after the announcement of the verdict.
He cautioned those who had decided to cause mayhem, no matter where the verdict would go, to change their minds because the security agencies were adequately prepared to defend and protect the security of the nation.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Umar Abdul-Kadir, thanked Allah for a successful Ramadan and called on residents in Muslim communities to avoid being induced by any politician to engage in anything that would disturb the peace of the country.
The Member of Parliament for Sunyani East, Mr Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, said justice was associated with peace and called on Ghanaians to pray for the nine justices of the Supreme Court to be able to deliver the right verdict.
The regional minister donated 20 bags of rice and a bull to Alhaji Abdul-Kadir and asked him to share them among Muslim chiefs in the Sunyani municipality.
Source: GNA
