Chief says nobody should boycott December 7 elections

The Obaatan of the Nkusukum Traditional Council, Nana Beenyi III, has appealed to all registered voters to exercise their franchise on December 7. "No one must boycott the elections under any circumstance," Nana Beenyi said when addressing the media after the citizens of New Nkusukum in Mankessim went on a "Peace March" for a peaceful election on December 7. He said elections were important events for citizens to elect their leader and added "If the wise refuse to vote, fools would elect people to rule the wise." Nana Beenyi expressed disappointment about the failure of parliamentary candidates and leaders of the political parties to participate in the Peace March and said they could have used it to outline their policies and programmes. Representatives of Hairdressers Associations, Mfantseman Youth and Development Association and the banks stressed on the need for Ghanaians to sustain the peace before, during and after the election. Nana Beenyi appealed to the Inspector-General of Police to post more police personnel to the town to control crime in the municipality and that he was ready to release land for the construction of the District Police Command. The Chief said Mankessim had expanded to the extent that it needed to be given a separate district status and appealed to the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development to consider giving it that status. Nana Beenyi expressed concern about failure of the Municipal Assembly to pay royalty to the Twidan Clan, the owners of the land on which Mankessim Market is situated, since the market was handed over to the government in 1925 and appealed to the government to rectify the situation. He called for the expansion of the market to contain the large influx of traders from all over the country to the town.

GNA