He advised the youth to be focus and shun any acts of political vigilantism in the lead up to this year’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections to advance the country’s democratic credentials. Rev Tete made the call at the weekend during a youth peace workshop in Accra on the need to promote peace ahead of the impending elections. He charged the youth to be vigilant and not engaged in hasty conclusions on issues but rather conduct thorough analysis before taking a decision to avoid violence. However, a research conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development Ghana on electoral violence and political vigilantism has suggested the training of the youth as peace ambassadors in hotspot communities to prevent political violence. He called for continuous education on peace and creation of sustainable jobs for the youth since most of the political violence and vigilantism were committed by idle youth.

Source: GhanaWeb January 26, 2020 14:48 UTC