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Dr Mahama urges Ghanaians to pray
for peaceful elections
Accra, Aug. 12, Ghanadot/GNA – Dr
Edward Mahama, the Peoples National Convention (PNC)
Presidential Candidate, has emphasized the need for
Ghanaians everywhere in the world to pray for peaceful
elections this year to ensure continued stability of the
economy.
He said peace is an essential ingredient to ensure stability
and development, which would serve as a base to attract
foreign investors and tourists to the country.
Dr Mahama, who is currently in a tour in the United States
of America to share his party’s vision with Ghanaians
abroad, made the call in statement to the Ghana News Agency
when he visited the United Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
Briefing the congregation developments in Ghana, he shared
an experience where some American tourists, who visited
Ghana, said they chose the country as their tourism
destination because of the relative peace and stability.
“I have personally contributed to the peace in Ghana by
being the first to concede defeat anytime elections results
where declared by the Electoral Commission (EC),” Dr Mahama
said and added that he was sure of victory in the December
7, election.
“My invitation to Ghanaians abroad is to prepare to come
home to take advantage of the duty free and tax holiday
policies the PNC Administration will extend to Ghanaians,
who by the time of my Swearing-in on January 7, 2009 as the
President of Ghana, would have been living abroad
continuously for six months.”
Commenting on the voters’ registration exercise, Dr Mahama
commended the EC for extending the deadline for registration
since no Ghanaian of voting age should be denied the
opportunity.
“All persons qualified by law are to register and be given
the opportunity to vote including proxy voting,” Dr Mahama
stressed.
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