About six hundred school children from Junior High Schools in Bolgatanga Municipality in Upper East Region on Thursday went on a route march with the song, "We want Peace" a signal to the electorate on the need to maintain peace, before, during and after Election 2008.
They carried placards some of which read "Give Peace a Chance", "Let Peace reign in our Heart", "Let us Preserve Peace", "One People One Destiny", and "Ghana Peaceful Country".
It was jointly organised by Department of Children, Foundation for Development in Africa and Women in Conflict and Peace Building.

Accompanied by their teachers, they converged at the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) where the Chief Director, Mr Samuel N'lary addressed them.
He advised minors not to visit the polling stations to attempt to vote since it was a crime and when caught would be prosecuted which might jeopardize their future.
Mr N'lary appealed to them to educate their parents and neighbours on the need for peaceful election, because they would be the worst affected in the event of conflicts.
He explained that in most cases when there were conflicts, schools were closed down thereby affecting their education and most parents could not go to work to enable them take care of their families.
Mrs Mariama Yayah, Upper East Regional Director of Department of Children, told the school children they were future leaders and needed to be groomed in an atmosphere of peace to become responsible to champion the cause of development.
She therefore reiterated the need for the children to preach peace to everyone to avoid conflicts during the election and urged them to take their studies serious.