NADOWLI DISTRICT NCCE ORGANISES FORUM (PAGE 17)

THE Nadowli District office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Upper West Region has organised a forum for political party executives in the area.
The forum, which forms part of the commission’s education programme, attracted representatives from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the People’s National Convention (PNC), the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) and the Convention People’s Party (CPP).
The Upper West Regional Director of the NCCE, Mr Kofi Adomah, urged the parties to go about their campaigns devoid of insults, insinuations and the use of abusive language.
He called on the political leaders not to incite their supporters to disrupt rallies of other political parties.
"Opponents should tolerate each other’s views instead of jumping on the neck of others on sight," he added.
Mr Adomah pointed out to political parties to accept the outcome of this year’s election by either conceding defeat or congratulating the winners.
He condemned the alleged reports of swearing of oaths through the coercion of chiefs and opinion leaders to convince their people to vote for a particular party.
"These people must refrain from summoning their subjects to threaten them by making them swear oaths to vote for or not to vote for a particular candidate,” he stated.
Mr Adomah asked the electorate to critically analyse the message of the candidates and vote for those who would bring development to their areas.
The acting Nadowli District Director of the NCCE, Mr John Waako, said the forum was the beginning of a number of activities lined up to ensure peaceful elections.