THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has asked the people in the region to put away their political differences and unite.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo who also called on the people to be patriotic and be each other’s keeper said it was only in that direction that the prevailing peace in the region would be sustained.
The regional minister made these remarks when he addressed a non-denominational church service at the Jackson Park, Koforidua, last Sunday to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Ghana’s independence.
It was attended by the Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Madam Bernice Beatrice Boateng, almost all the municipal and district chief executives in the region as well as heads and members of the New Juaben Council of Churches.
According to Mr Ofosu Ampofo, it was the responsibility of the people in the region to ensure that the peace currently prevailing in the region would be sustained.
That, according to him, could only be accomplished if they put aside their political and personal differences and united.
“We should be patriotic, put aside political and personal differences, respect and be each other’s keeper to maintain the prevailing peace to accelerate the growth of the area”, Mr Ofosu Ampofo stated.
He also asked the people to eschew all negative tendencies.
In a sermon, the Bishop of the Methodist Church in charge of the Koforidua Diocese, Rt Rev Frederick Nnuroh, said Ghana unlike many African countries had not witnessed civil wars, bloody upheavals or post election confrontations since independence, adding that it was by the grace of God that prevented such terrible situations.
Rev Nnuroh who gave a vivid account of blood baths in some African countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and South Africa said Ghanaians should be thankful to God for making Ghana an oasis of peace in Africa.
He said Ghana’s relatively peaceful atmosphere could be maintained if the people followed God’s commandments.
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