The Executive Director for the National Commission on Culture, and Nkabomhene of the Kumawu Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region, Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong, has called for peace before, and after the upcoming December polls.
Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong, revealed that Ghanaian culture revolves around living in peace and harmony with one another hence his call for peace ahead of the upcoming polls.
In an interview with the media during the climax of the 2024 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) at the Methodist Park in Techiman, the Bono East Regional capital, he prayed to all community leaders to educate their people on the need for peace and peaceful coexistence.
The 2024 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC), was celebrated under the theme “Beyond NAFAC @60: Harnessing Culture, the Pivot for Ghana’s Democracy and Sustainable Development”.
The event started on Friday 29th November, 2024 and was climaxed on last Monday 2nd November, 2024.
Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong urged all Ghanaians to put aside their political differences and work towards a peaceful election. According to him, elections is about voting sharing ideas and voting for a candidate that one believes can help develop country and therefore, the views of others should be tolerated.
“In the next few days, we are encouraging every Ghanaian, especially our chiefs, Queen Mothers in our traditional leaders, that we will take the opportunity to speak to the citizenry, our people in our various communities, traditional areas.
“Our culture tells us that we should live in harmony with one another. We should live as a team. Even if I don’t speak your language, there should be mutual respect for each other. We should tolerate one another’s ideas and views
“In the olden days, it is a community thing, when even a child passes a common entrance and is going to school, the whole community come together to support that child because they believe that that child is for the community. So they will sponsor him or her to go to school and at the end of the day, he will come back serve the nation.
“That is the spirit that we are preaching that we should go back to it, live in harmony and love each other and know that we are just one people. At the end of the day, after the election, we come back to our normal business, so we’re saying that we should come together as one people because we have one Ghana.” He told our reporter.
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
