Ghanaians are ready to cast their votes peacefully.

Today, December 6, 2012, marks the last day to election 2012. As I walked through Accra township, the people have really comported themselves very where. They have set a peaceful environment for election free violence. 

If I cast my mind back to the numerous campaign launched by the various parties, the tensions that were created and strong oppositions in ideas. I thought tensions would be at its high level before and after the election.

As I walked through the street of Accra as early as 5 am to have a view of the reactions of parties sympathizers, I found out that Ghanaians are ever ready to embrace peace, joy and harmony. The fact is, looking at the huge people who troop to the last grand finale rally champion the two strong parties in the country, I thought, the spirit of winning election 2012 was still fresh in the heart of these supporters.

All the leaders in the various parties have put down their campaigning tools. They have abide by the principles set by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana. In the morning I met a vehicle painted with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) colors.  As that time no campaign song was played in the car. When the driver got to the place were some people were gathered, he sounded the horn of the car and some people around cheered him up. By saying “E Dey Be K3k3.”  Some minutes away from this scene brought another scene around Russia junction, I also met a pik-up car painted in the colors of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The driver did similar act and some people around also cheered him up the tunes of NPP.

In the afternoon, I boarded a car from Banana-Inn to Post-office , Accra. Whilst I was in the car I observed that the people were calm. There was no disturbances and distortion. The behavior of the public drove my mind  away from what will be experienced tomorrow.

Immediately, I asked myself,  how could this peaceful reaction of the public develop into fight tomorrow. The people behaved as if nothing is going to happen tomorrow. This is the best of reaction portrayed by the entire public towards tomorrows event.  

When I got to Accra central, people were busy buying while traders were also busy selling their products. I felt the fever of Christmas more than that of tomorrow’s election. Okaishie, Makola and Kantamato markets were full of customers shopping towards Xmas celebration. I only saw a young woman who was selling NPP kits around Rawlings park.

The behavior of the public as at in Circle was similar to that of the people in the early mentioned places. At the, VVIP bus station, numerous of passengers were ready to travel  to Kumasi, in order to cast their votes. This was the only reaction that brought my mind back to life towards tomorrow’s event.

Through observations, Ghanaians are ready to experience another peaceful election tomorrow, in the fifth republic of the sixth parliament.