Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, has assured Ghanaians that the Mills-led Government would fully resource the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct very clean elections to further deepen democracy. He said in view of the great respect the government had for the rule of law, it would support the electronic registration that would help eliminate some election malpractices, including double registration so that Ghana could have a more free, fair and credible elections. He said to achieve that the government would ensure a truly independent judiciary and a more responsible media that would vigorously pursue the principles of justice, transparency and accountability without any interference. Mr Iddrisu said this while contributing to the topic: "Deepening Democracy in Africa: the Role of the Youth", during the SRC Week Celebration of the Wa Polytechnic at Wa in the Upper West Region. Mr Iddrisu, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, said this was the first time in the history of the country that an army of youth had been given the opportunity to serve in government. "People like my calibre in government must inspire the youth to dream higher of becoming intellectually responsible to serve the nation without facing any oppression from anyone," he stressed. The Communications Minister said Ghana today was governed by the rule of law and people should rather commend government instead of constant criticisms. The young Minister admonished the youth to say no to violence by letting their "no to be their no and yes to be their yes". Alhaji Issahaku Salia, Upper West Regional Minister said Polytechnic Education was unique and constituted the bedrock of the development of every country, adding that, the products of Polytechnic were the ones that could immediately steer industrialisation in any country. He said despite this, polytechnics were still faced with certain challenges such as lack of adequate infrastructure, tutors, facilities and unemployment after school. He said all these issues were very dear to the government and assured the students that very soon construction work would begin on an ICT Complex for the Polytechnic which would see to the provision of modern facilities for training and utilisation of ICT as a major tool for development. Alhaji Salia advised the youth to abhor 'war drums' and reach out to people to make them understand and appreciate the value of democracy and its direct relationship to development. Mr Bernard Mornah, the General Secretary of the People National Convention, (PNC) criticized the government on the sale of Ghana Airways and Ghana Telecom and said those who were proclaiming the "Better Ghana Agenda" should consider the re-establishment of industries to create jobs for the youth. Abdulai Eliasu, the SRC President of Wa Polytechnic, appealed to the Regional Minister to see to the extension of the street lights to the institution, tar the road from the school administration to the lecture halls and compel the contractor to speed up work on the construction of the hostel for the school.Source: GNA