Live video: national peace summit underway

A national peace summit is underway at the Banquet Hall of the State House to educate Ghanaians on issues of justice and peace and how these ingredients can strengthen democratic governance in the country.

An initiative of the National Peace Council (NPC), the Manhyia Palace, the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) and the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), the national summit is on the theme, “Justice, Peace and Reforms will Strengthen Ghana”.

Ghana’s two former Presidents, Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor, are expected to speak on the need for political dialogue to facilitate the management of issues relating to the Supreme Court’s verdict and those that affect national cohesion and the stability of the democratic governance system.

Other key speakers at the day’s event are the Chairman of the NPC, the Most Rev Professor Emmanuel Asante; the President of the National House of Chiefs, Naa Prof Nabila, and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who are all expected to focus on the importance of using dialogue to resolve political conflicts or disputes peacefully as a vital element of democratic culture.

Watch the live telecast of the summit. Courtesy:GTV