Post-Election Violence: It's your constitutional mandate to restore peace – GJA to Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take immediate and decisive action to restore peace and stability following the recent post-election violence.

The call comes after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) accused supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of engaging in chaos, vandalism, and property destruction, which has led to loss of lives.

Speaking to journalists, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, President of the GJA, urged President Akufo-Addo to act swiftly to safeguard national peace. He emphasized the President’s responsibility to maintain order and calm tensions in the country.

According to Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, President of the GJA, it is President Akufo-Addo’s constitutional mandate to ensure law and order, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, he must act promptly to safeguard national stability. Dwumfour emphasized that the President must guarantee that Ghana remains peaceful, just as it was before and during the elections.

“We are calling on the President of the Land, who is still President until January 7 and is the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to ensure that there is law and order and to ensure that Ghana remains as peaceful as it was before and during the elections.

He further reiterated, “I know it is his constitutional mandate to do that, and once he is still at post, we call on him to ensure that the security rises to the task to calm the tension of Ghanaians down.”