Bryan Acheampong, the minister of food and agriculture, has promised that there will be free, fair, and peaceful general elections in 2024.
In an attempt to allay fears of possible electoral violence, he emphasized that there will be complete peace and security throughout the polls.
This guarantee comes after Acheampong’s recent remarks at a gathering in Nsawam drew harsh condemnation.
He said, quite controversially, that “anybody who doesn’t understand should burn the sea” and that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would employ any measures necessary to win the election during the gathering.
“I can tell you that it’s going to be a very peaceful election,” Bryan Acheampong promised in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face. In terms of peace and security, there is nothing at all to be concerned about.
He said, “Where that kind of thing means what, that someone will invite violence and someone will apply violence,” in response to the question of whether Ghana might see bloodshed similar to that which occurred in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election in 2024. That’s not what I see. Ghana, in my opinion, has evolved past that mentality. There are 39,000 voting places here. Where will you go to vote?
“Those kind of things that used to be part of our electoral culture, I think Ghanaians have moved passed that. We’re going to have nothing but a very peaceful election.”
