Ghanaians have been urged to vote for leaders who are capable of solving the problems facing the country and not on religious grounds. "We are advising everybody to not use religion as a reason for any argument or to cause any trouble during this campaigning season or on the voting day.

We are all one people," says Ms Lucille Hewlett Annan, Commission Secretary at the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).

She made the call at the launch of "the Methodist Youth Against Vigilantism and Violence" (MeYAVV) in Accra on Sunday to sensitise young people within the church and the communities about the need to maintain peace during this year's general election.

It was organised by the Methodist Church Ghana, Accra Diocese, under its Youth Development Ministry (YDM) in partnership with the NCCE and Greater Accra Regional Peace Council Secretariat (GARPC). "We are also fo¬cusing on religious tol­erance.