According to Ghana News Agency:ccording to Ghana News Agency, the call was made during a peace campaign attended by stakeholders and youth groups, during which a peace pact was signed to affirm their commitment to maintaining peace at all times. Mrs. Vida Addi, the Upper West Regional Director of the National Youth Authority (NYA), made the call in Wa at the weekend during a Youth Peace Walk aimed at promoting peace during the election and beyond.
Hundreds of youths in the region participated in the walk through the streets of Wa to propagate the urgent need to uphold the nation’s peace. Mrs. Addi stated, ‘While politicians will naturally bring differences in opinion, let those differences be expressed through constructive debates and issue-based campaigns, not insults or attacks. We must collectively reject acrimony and violence, for these are not the values that build a united and prosperous society,’ she admonished the youth.
She encouraged the people to uphold the principles of the peace pact to help pr
omote peaceful coexistence in their communities. Mrs. Addi also encouraged the youth to be ambassadors of peace, saying, ‘Maintaining peace is a shared responsibility and together we can ensure a violence-free election.’
Representatives of the various youth groups and youth movements at the event took turns to address the participants, expressing their commitment to peace. Mr. Imoro Rashid of the Zongo Youth Alliance said many people held the perception that Zongo youth were ‘troublemakers’ and that birthed the ‘Zongo Youth Alliance’ comprising youth from different political parties to preach peace and to change that perception among the people.
‘There cannot be anything greater than peace, because we the youth are growing up and peace is what we need to be able to achieve our goals and aspirations,’ he observed. Mr. Rashid, therefore, appealed to the youth to embrace peace wherever they found themselves, especially as the 2024 election approached, to ensure peace prevailed during the election period and be
yond.