President John Mahama has sworn in the moderator of the Presbyterian Church Professor Emmanuel Martey onto the board of the National Peace Council.

Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony, the President said the board must do all it can to ensure peace ahead of the November polls.

“Violence can never be used for any conflict resolution and we believe that your group will provide alternative dispute resolutions to our people all over the country,” he said.

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Other members of the National Peace Council Board are reverend Emmanuel Asante, Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, Catholic Bishop of Yendi Diocese representing the Catholic Bishops Conference, and Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah, President of the Ghana Pentecostal Council.

The rest are  Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, Ahmadiyah Muslim Group, Imam Awal Shuaib, Tijaaaniya Muslim Group, Sheik Mohammed Gedel, Al-Sunnah Muslim Group, Osofo Kofi Atabuatsi, Practitioners of African Traditional Religion, and Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante, National House of Chiefs.

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Others are Shaibu Abubakar, WANAP Ghana, Rev. Dr Armoo Darku, Institute of Retired Pastors, and Nana Agyakoma Difia II, Mamponghemaa, the President’s nominee.