Voters in Upper West cautioned to assess issues before voting

Wa, Nov. 21, GNA – Mr. Haruna Husheini  Sulemana , the Upper West Regional  Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has cautioned voters in the region to assess the issues brought up by political parties before casting their ballots in December.        He appealed to voters not to sell their votes to political parties because this would amount to selling their conscience and enslaving themselves to politicians.        “Political parties should be like women selling commodities in the market in which each one of them usually adopts strategies to grab the attention of buyers to enable them to sell,” he said.             Mr. Sulemana said this at a day’s workshop organized by the NCCE in Wa for youth activists of political parties in the region.          The workshop which was sponsored by the European Union was under the theme “Empowering the Youth to Stand for Ghana for a Peaceful Election 2012”.              Participant were drawn from the NDC, NPP, CPP, PNC , PPP and some youth from the National Youth Authority.      Mr. Augustine Dzineku, a member of the NCCE in charge of the three northern regions, said studies had shown that political party youth activists were often the perpetrators of electoral violence.      He said most of them acted out of ignorance of regulations governing elections.      Mr. Ali Adamu Osman, Wa Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission, said the commission was putting all necessary measures in place to ensure free and fair elections in December.       He took participants through the biometric registration and verification process.        Superintendent of Police Henry Amankwaatia took the participants through the   Public Order Act and urged all to be law abiding to ensure a peaceful election.   GNA... Read Full Story