A counselling psychologist with the Counseling Centre at the University of Cape Coast, Dr Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi has called on government to implement stringent laws to reduce the rate of murder cases in the country.
He believes an implementation of additional laws and making social inventions will go a long way to minimize the rate of murder cases in the country.
Similar to previous years, the year 2020 has witnessed News portals across the country reporting several murder cases cutting across age and gender.
Recent among such murders is the case of a 20-year-old woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend at Ekon, a suburb of Cape Coast in the central region for infidelity.
But in his view, to reduce such acts by residents in the country, government needs to implement more stringent measures and also work with concerned stakeholders in this regard.
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Speaking in an interview with ATLFMNEWS on Monday, he opted for possible sanctions that were used during the military rule era saying, that deter people from engaging in such acts.
“In the days of Rawlings, it will be very difficult for a Ghanaian to kill because you are afraid of the military rule. When you kill someone, you will also be killed and sometimes be shot dead in the open. So if there are laws that are powerful and also working, I think these laws will serve as a deterrent” he opined.
Dr Kwarteng-Nantwi also added that government also needs to ensure that there are counselling psychologists in organisations and institutions who can help people going through difficult times.
He, however, called on Ghanaians to also play their role by taking regular psychological tests as they do for other health issues.
Despite the many reasons that are attributed to the many reported cases of crime, Dr Kwarteng maintains that individual differences in temperament play a role hence; people need to have a broader reflection of life to deal with issues likely to cause them to tread on the tangent of murder.
Source: Aba Aikins Appah/ATLFMNEWS
