During a media engagement on Sunday, August 25, 2024, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), made a strong request for peaceful elections ahead of the December 7 polls.

In his speech , Dr. Bawumia stated  that the pursuit of political power should be driven by the desire to improve the lives of Ghanaians, not by violence or chaos.

Last week, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) laid out six conditions that must be met before the party agrees to a peace pact ahead of the 2024 elections.

The National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, detailed these conditions at a meeting with the National Peace Council’s Committee for the Code of Conduct on Vigilantism and Election-Related Violence in Accra on Tuesday (August 20, 2024).

He stated that the party would not commit to any peace engagement unless the conditions were met.