Journalists
The media is awash with a medley of peace campaigners. They come under an assortment of names and their so-called concerns about peace in a country which is, by and large, not on the brink of war, prompts questions about their objective.
Yes, we are close to a crucial election, in fact, a watershed in our political history in which the stakes are unusually high but that should not suggest that we are close to the brink.
We are also not disputing the fact that there are groups affiliated to some political parties which have been engaged to raise the political temperature. That notwithstanding, we do not think these characters can overwhelm our dear Ghana, given our obsession with the survivability of our country.
Our take is that rather than create an impression of war during the election, which has the unwanted potential of scaring people from voting, those who because of the monetary gains to be gained from floating the unaddressed non-governmentals, should take a look at how to ensure free and fair polls.
Ghana has come a long way in her practice of democracy to be scared by flimsy humbugs from money-seeking non-governmentals who do not appear primed to tackle the true adversaries of the national interest and security.
Possible danger could only emanate from the improper management of the polls and not the imaginary arrival of mercenaries from outer space to disrupt our polls.
We should ensure the integrity of electricity supply on polling day, the provision of election materials and, above all, committed security personnel who would not allow themselves to be dictated to by political office holders to undermine the quality of the polls.
When the foregone are adhered to and, sincerely, nobody would have cause to beat war drums. Anybody who breaches these cannons of peaceful elections would not be named and shamed but dealt with by the people of this country. Ghanaians prefer peace to the caprices of some criminal-minded politicians, we can bet.
It is unacceptable that people would want to divert the attention of the people of this country by doctoring the remarks of political and religious leaders in the prosecution of their agenda to the detriment of the national security.
Such issues are what should concern the so-called peace marchers and not this abstract treatment of the forthcoming polls by some picnics on the streets of Accra in the name of seeking peaceful elections.
Let them give us a break because we can no longer countenance the plethora of peace marches which are nothing but counterproductive and bad advertisement for our nation.