2016 Polls: Choose Peace Over Rights – Duncan-Williams

The Founder and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International (ACI), Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has urged politicians to put Ghana first as they campaign for victory in the 2016 elections.

Ghana votes in November to elect a president and parliamentarians for the next four years. President John Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress and Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party are the frontrunners in the polls expected to be neck- close.

Already, the main opposition party has expressed grave concerns over the voters register, claiming it is compromised and unfit for the polls.

The Supreme Court has however ordered the Electoral Commission to supply it with a list of voters who registered with NHIS cards. The order comes after an initial judgment that ordered the removal of such names from the electoral roll. The move is seen as part of efforts to ensure that the register is cleaned up before the polls.

Addressing a breakfast meeting in Accra, the charismatic preacher said the peace of the nation must not be compromised under any circumstances.

“Let Ghana be first before our political parties and religions. Let Ghana be first before our tribes. If anything goes wrong in this country, our churches and religions will be affected. Nothing moves and you can’t pray…. No business, no banks, nothing operates; everything comes to a standstill.

“May we not see the peace of this country compromised even for rights. A time comes when you must choose between peace and rights,” he said.