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NUGS threatens to resist election
rigging in December
Nyankpala (NR), Aug. 28, Ghanadot/GNA – The National Union
of Ghana Students (NUGS) on Thursday assured Ghanaians that
it would resist any attempt by any political party to rig
the December general election.
It said: “The needless violence that characterized the
limited voter registration exercise is a clear manifestation
that our political leaders cannot be trusted to do what is
right when political power is at stake.”
Mr. Kweku Tuoho Bombason, the NUGS President, said this when
he addressed the 42nd annual delegates’ congress of the
students’ body at the Nyankpala campus of the University for
Development Studies (UDS).
The five-day congress is on the theme: “Ensuring a peaceful,
free and fair election 2008; the role of the student”.
The congress would elect new national executives to steer
the affairs of the union for the next academic year.
Mr. Bombason said it was incumbent on students to continue
to check on politicians to ensure that their ambition to
assume leadership roles did not remain a mirage, adding:
“There is the need therefore for us not to allow politicians
to use us for their own political interests…”
“I exhort all of you to endeavour to resist any temptation
to aid, abet or connive with any person who seeks to rig the
election since such an action could be a recipe for
disaster” he stressed, adding: “We have a responsibility to
avert such a situation.”
Mr. Bombason urged the students to be guided by the
feasibility and viability of programmes and policies of the
various political parties and cast their votes based on
informed choices.
“This is necessary because this country must be ruled by
capable, transparent and credible persons if our future is
to be secured,” he said.
Mr. Bombason recounted the
achievements of NUGS during his administration and urged
those who would emerge as leaders to forge ahead in unity to
move the union forward.
Mr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive
(MCE), said: “The government has a great deal of faith in
the country’s democratic process.
“The people have the sovereign power and the government will
therefore not do anything to mar the December elections,” he
said.
Mr. Adam urged Ghanaians to pray fervently and work
relentless to ensure that the country did not witness any
breakdown of law and order, which could lead to a wide-scale
destruction of life and property as had happened in some
countries in Africa.
Professor David Miller, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of UDS who
chaired the function, advised the youth to stop referring to
themselves as future leaders, they should rather consider
themselves as leaders of today and the future and work hard
towards this goal.
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