Two Civic Education Clubs formed under the auspices of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) have embarked on a peace float at Aboabo.
More than 200 members of the Aboabo Salvation Army Senior High School (SASH) and Aboabo Number Four Methodist Junior High School (JHS) paraded through the principal streets of Aboabo, near Dormaa-Ahenkro.
They sang patriotic songs and displayed placards some of which read "We need peace", "Students deserve to learn in peace", "Politicians, Our destiny is in your hands" and "Stop the war drums, preach peace messages".
At a forum held at Aboabo Number Four to climax the float, Mr Kwaku Adinkrah Kosopreh, Dormaa Central Municipal Director of NCCE, noted that campaign towards all general elections in Ghana formed part of the citizen's civic responsibility and must therefore be held in a mature and peaceful atmosphere.
He deplored the current trend of political campaigns where some activists openly abused their political opponents on air, describing the practice as being "alien to our tradition", and appealed to members of the civic clubs to endeavour to serve as worthy ambassadors for peace in their schools, homes and communities.
Mr Kosopreh warned the youth against yielding to attempts by politicians to use them for their selfish agenda, particularly during the campaign and on December 7.
He called on all schools and youth groups in Aboabo to join the peace campaign to ensure that no section of the Aboabo community was left to degenerate into political violence.
Mr Frederick Opoku Fokuo and Emmanuel Asare, Patrons of the two clubs, acknowledged the numerous benefits that members would derive and appealed to other schools in Aboabo to establish their own clubs.
Mr Labane Omari Mohammed, President of SASH Civic Club recounted the experience of sister African countries where election-related conflicts had left many dead or permanently incapacitated adding "We have to be careful we do not jeopardise the future of the current generation deliberately".
Nana Kwadwo Kyeremeh, Krontihene of Aboabo Number Four urged the citizenry to take a cue from the messages carried by the students and desist from any acts that had the potential to foment chaos and anarchy.
He reminded the people that violence would not only deprive them of their lives and livelihood but would also make them refugees in other countries.