General News of Saturday, 5 November 2016Source: dailyguideafrica.comIbn Chambas cautions ECDr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, UN Secretary General Special Representative for West AfricaThe United Nations Secretary General Special Representative for West Africa, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC), the Judiciary and the security agencies to collaborate to ensure that the country enjoys credible and peaceful elections next month. Speaking in a live interview with TV3 Network shortly after commissioning a state-of-the-art News Studio for the Network at Adesa We, Accra yesterday, he indicated that the world is looking up to Ghana to once again come out successful in the conduct of the 2016 elections. The UN Special Envoy further averred that the institutions of state – Judiciary, Electoral Commission (EC) and Security Agencies among others – deserve the support and confidence of the people in discharging their responsibilities. In this direction, Dr. Chambas expressed the hope that the Judiciary would also adjudicate expeditiously the many electoral cases before it. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas also called on the media to be circumspect with their choice of words, knowing that words are like swords which when used carelessly, have the potential to injure, maim, wound and kill or set a whole community ablaze.

Source: GhanaWeb November 05, 2016 10:09 UTC