The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has asked the National Peace Council to “restore sanity to our political landscape”.
A release signed by the General Secretary of the Union expressed disappointment in the Peace Council’s failure to perform its duties in maintaining peace in Ghana following several acts of violence taking place across the country.
“The National Union of Ghana Students bemoans the loud silence of the National Peace Council in the wake of the multiple acts of violence being perpetrated by government officials and functionaries of the government,” it stated.
Due to this, the Union says its members “do not feel safe enough and the mounting tension does not give us comfort”.
Issues NUGS referred to
In the statement, NUGS pointed out three incidences which have happened during the ongoing compilation of a new voters’ register within the past few days with the first one being the killing of a graduate teacher trainee, Silas Wulochamey, in Banda in the Bono Region on Monday, July 13.
Master Silas was said to have come into contact with thugs believed to be supporters of the ruling NPP who allegedly stabbed him to death without any provocation.
The second incident cited involved the alleged detention of two NDC constituency executives in Ledzokuku in the Greater Accra Region.
The NDC accused the government and the incumbent MP, Br. Bernard Okoe Boye of using state security to intimidate its members in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise.
According to the party, the two executives were detained at the Accra Regional Police Command after some military personnel allegedly ransacked the office of their parliamentary candidate, Benjamin Ayiku Narh.
Lastly, the case of the MP for Awutu Senya East in the Central Region, Mavis Hawa Koomson firing warning shots at a registration centre in her constituency was captured.
This also followed an altercation between NPP and NDC members at the centre which resulted in the burning of three motorbikes.
The NUGS, however, claimed the National Peace Council has been “awfully silent” in all these situations and hence urged the Council to “speak and act now to restore sanity to our political landscape”.