Go out in your numbers and vote, it’s a constitutional right – Apostle Quardson

Apostle James Gabriel Quardson, the Sunyani Area Head of the Church of Pentecost, has reminded Ghanaians that voting remain a constitutional right, and therefore advised all eligible voters to go out in their numbers.

He said all to cast their ballot in the December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Nonetheless, he advised the electorates to make informed decisions, and vote for competent, God fearing and patriotic leaders to build the nation.

Apostle Quardson gave the advice in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani on the side-lines of a church service to climax the 75th anniversary celebration of the Sunyani Central District of the Church of Pentecost.

The theme for the one-week celebration was “Celebrating the Faithfulness of God”.

Apostle Quardson said the electorates had to go out in their numbers and vote on the Election Day so that through their votes, God would choose good and patriotic leaders for the nation, saying, he was convinced that by now the electorates knew politicians whose integrity and honesty could not be questioned.

He explained that it was only selfless politicians who had love for the nation that could bring the development of Ghana to the next level and build a better society for all, saying, it behoved on the electorates to identify and choose those leaders.

“That means if we don’t go out and vote on the Election Day, then God can’t choose those good leaders through us,” he stated.

Apostle Quardson also reminded the various political parties and their followers that they were only contesting the elections to serve the people, hence the need for them to prioritise peace in the electioneering.

He said it was only in an environment of peace that the electorate could go out and exercise their franchise on the election day, and urged the political parties to remain decorous in the electioneering and eschew tendencies that could disturb the prevailing peace of the nation.

In a related interview, Pastor Stephen Dankyi Asante, the Sunyani Central District Pastor of the Church also advised the youth against political violence that could ruin their future.

As the chunk of the national population, he urged the youth to concentrate on building a better future for themselves and their families, instead of making themselves available for politicians to use them as conduit to perpetuate political violence.

He said 70 percent of the church’s membership of about 3,200 was youth, saying it had actively engaged them in church activities not only to build their spiritual lives, but also empower them to shun or stand against unhealthy lifestyles that could ruin their future.