NCCE Condemns NDC Attacks In The North
The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), the commission for ensuring the civil education of Ghanaians has damned the recent attacks by some hoodlums belonging to the main opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Northern Region over the weekend.
Below is a statement singed by Joyce Afutu, the Director of Communications in Accra indicating how furious the commission is about the recent vigilante attacks in the country.
NCCE CONDEMNS VIGILANTE ATTACKS IN NORTHERN GHANA
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) condemns in no uncertain terms recent attacks by political thugs in the Northern Region following the disruption of a meeting by the regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in a suburb of Tamale. These groups reported as Aljazeera Boys and Aluta Boys are reputed to be affiliated to the NDC and said to be sympathizers of the Northern Regional Secretary and Chairman of the NDC respectively.
Vigilantism which was hitherto active during election seasons has gradually metamorphosed into a persistent national security threat. The so called vigilante groups are illegal cells of political thugs whose activities, if not halted, threaten the peace and security of innocent Ghanaians, ultimately destroying Ghana’s democracy. Such groups are unconstitutional, unlawful and serve as an ugly threat to Ghana’s democracy.
The Commission commends the police for its swift move to arrest these violent elements and envisages swift and professional investigations in this matter. Further, NCCE expresses its confidence in the Judiciary in ensuring that maximum sentence would always be handed down to these political thugs in our midst to nip their destructive activities in the bud.
The Commission reiterates its call on the leadership of the NDC to take steps to immediately disband any vigilante groups affiliated to the party.
Further, we call on members of these illegal cells to rebrand themselves into peaceful voluntary groups to support community development.
The Commission perceives the operations of these political thugs as a national crisis and calls on Parliament to join in the crusade to terminate this political canker in Ghana as a matter of urgency.
The Commission shall relentlessly name and shame any political party that engages in, creates, uses, trains or funds political thugs. NCCE has began a process of engaging with political parties, security agencies and civil society to urgently address this threat to our democracy and assures the people of Ghana that it is committed to eradicating activities of political thugs from all aspects of life in Ghana.
Source:checkoutghana.com
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