The campaign billboards of two Nigerian
presidential candidates erected in Ghana’s
capital, Accra have been pulled down
following an order by the country’s
(Ghana) national security agency.
The billboards of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party featuring President
Goodluck Jonathan, as well as those of the
main opposition All Progressives Congress
of Muhammadu Buhari, located on Accra
roads, were pulled down over the weekend
by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.
The decision to pull down the billboards
was said to have come amid fears by
some Ghanaians that their country could
be drawn indirectly into the politics of
Nigeria, with security implications,
especially with the Boko Haram terrorists
wreaking havoc in Nigeria.
Following the order by the National
Security, according to GhanaWeb, a
security expert at the Kofi Annan
International Peacekeeping Training Centre,
Dr. Kwesi Annin, had indicated that Ghana
had been saved from a possible attack by
the terrorist group, Boko Haram, by pulling
down the billboards put up in some parts
of Accra.
He was quoted to have said that political
elite in the country could have been
targeted by Boko Haram if the political
campaign in Ghana was not stopped.
He said, “I think it is critical that the
National Security and Accra Metropolitan
Assembly have listened to the concerns
and voices raised by ordinary citizens that
these billboards and some level of active
political engagement might pose potential
threat in the future.”
He said the removal of the billboards
should not only be about Boko Haram, but
also about whether or not laws governing
the country permit foreign political entities
to campaign in Ghana.
Meanwhile, an international relations
expert, Dr. Vladmir Antwi Danso, said
Ghana had been saved from severing
future relations with Nigeria.
He was reported to have explained that if
there was the perception that Ghana was
supporting one candidate over the other,
then the relationship between Ghana and
Nigeria after the elections would be
marred.
“What if after the elections the scales
change, then the relationship between our
country and Nigeria will also have some
hiccups,” Danso said.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/ghana-pulls-down-jonathan-buhari-billboards/

Nah wah, Ghana sef dey feel fly

Anyways, GMB 2015

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