Prof. Emmanuel Asante, a former Chairman of the National Peace Council has asked the media to have themselves to blame their skewed interest in the activities of the Council.
He has rejected claims that the National Peace Council only becomes relevant during elections.
According to him, there are many issues that the Council resolves discreetly without coming public, making people think the Peace Council goes to sleep after elections.
Citing the Ashanti Regional capital for instance, Prof. Asante noted that there are many chieftaincy and fulani issues the Council has been addressing in Kumasi which the media is not aware of.
He said it is because the media and many Ghanaians are interested in election-related matters, it is the only time they recognise the Council’s work without recourse to other works that are carried outside the electioneering period.
Speaking with Akoma News Monday, September 23, 2024, on the sidelines of the Ashanti Regional National Peace Council’s Peace Symposium to commemorate World Peace Day, Prof. Asante remarked that Ghana would probably not be where it is today if not for the underground works of the National Peace Council.
“People have been saying that the Peace Council only speaks during the elections. What I want you to understand is that, whilst people are asleep, the Peace Council will be talking to people. But it is not everything that the Peace Council does that comes to the public.
“I can assure you that if not for the underground works of the Peace Council, this country might probably not be where it is today,” he stated.
He advised the media to “visit the Peace Council’s office and you’ll see their input in the chieftaincy issues in Kumasi as well as the many Fulani tensions which have all been intervened by the Peace Council.
“You’ll see the dialogues and the documents they have produced. The reality is that both Ghanaians and the media are much interested in the elections so you follow up on issues relating to it. But the others are not really much important to you so you should blame yourselves not us.”
