{"id":8780,"date":"2024-10-31T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8780"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:55:10","slug":"2024-election-vote-without-guns-to-enhance-ghanas-democracy-small-arms-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8780","title":{"rendered":"2024 Election: Vote without guns to enhance Ghana\u2019s democracy \u2013 Small Arms Commission."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Programs Officer of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/small-arms-commission-laments-over-1m-unregistered-weapons-in-circulation\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWoKzTnbiJAxVUVKQEHZBsJbMQFnoECDYQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw11AZ1Rnw7o7mzFuKPIBlcU\">\u00a0Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons<\/a>, Carl Sowah, has urged Ghanaians to vote in the upcoming December polls without resorting to guns or violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking \u00a0on Thursday, October 31, 2024, Sowah emphasised that Ghana remains the only country in Africa with a commendable record of democracy, highlighting the need to maintain this recognition by organising a peaceful election this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look at Africa now, Ghana is at the forefront of democratic governance. Throughout the electoral period, there will be many issues, but Ghana has managed to keep the flag flying. The whole world is watching us, and this is the time to prove that we are a democratic and peace-loving people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, \u201cIt is the ballot that matters; you speak with your thumb, not with a bullet. There is no need to carry a weapon to the polling stations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-c721805f6c55a9f7ea1087e56c33394e ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iS8khrbduoo?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carl emphasised the importance of voting wisely and peacefully, stating, \u201cWe must vote\u2014vote wisely and peacefully, devoid of gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of efforts to ensure a peaceful election this year, the Commission has launched the \u201cSilencing the Gun to Save Lives\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim is to discourage the use of weapons to create situations that could negatively impact lives and tarnish&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghana.gov.gh\/\">Ghana\u2019s democracy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Programs Officer of the\u00a0Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Carl Sowah, has urged Ghanaians to vote in the upcoming December polls without resorting to guns or violence. Speaking \u00a0on Thursday, October 31, 2024, Sowah emphasised that Ghana remains the only country in Africa with a commendable record of democracy, highlighting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[2028,2865],"class_list":["post-8780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-election-2024-4","tag-small-arms-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8781,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8780\/revisions\/8781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}