EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN THE PERSECUTION OF OPPOSITION MEMBERS - STUDENTS PLEAD

By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe

The Concerned Students of Ghana (CSG) has called on the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remain focus on his core mandate of meeting the needs of masses who voted him into power.

This they said would help him to withstand the commitment of delivering his campaign promises in due time without any divided attention.

They said Ghanaians were expecting him to work in solving the crises of the Energy sector, corruption and Unemployment crippling the nation.  

This was disclosed in a press statement by Ghana Students dubbed “Political Victimisation”.

The students pleaded with the president to restrain from persecuting members of the opposition parties especially those who are the sitting parliamentarians to maintain peace and sanity in the country.

“We deem it as a gross infringement of their fundamental human right entrenched in Article 12 of the 1992 constitution.”

In the interest of the nation, they said the NPP-led government was duty bound per the requirements of the Social contract entered with Ghanaians in 2016.

They furthered that the government must put necessary measures in place in ensuring that students realised their full aspirations in life.

They however lauded the government for the Free SHS which aimed at building an educated populace for speedy national development and progress, adding that “The Free SHS is very dear to our hearts and would wish to see its implementation in September this year.”

They called on the government to pay keen interest to the nurses and teachers allowances which was in limbo as well as the army worm invasion threatening the food security of the country.