The June Four Movement (JFM) has called on Ghanaians to strive to keep the nation stable, peaceful and hospitable for it become the metropolis of science, arts, technological advancement and learning.

It reminded Ghanaians that Ghana is the only country they have and that they should examine themselves "within the contest of the fight against corruption, call for national unity, progress and development before attempting to see all that is wrong with the state as an entity."

The leadership of the Movement, in a statement issued in Accra in commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the Movement said Ghanaians should see themselves as a centre of organisation and initiate the process of the perceived unity efforts and with the desired co-ordination the overall objective would be realised.

The Movement invited all other progressive entities to link-up with it as a medium for the creation of the much-needed framework for the unification of all progressives. "We wish all political parties well, but particularly, the NDC whose manifesto and philosophy coincides with the aims and objectives of our Movement. "We hope the success of the just-ended congress of the party will spur it on to greater heights, since the NDC remains one of our hopes for the future."

It urged the media to continue deepening their watchdog role on the evolving democratic dispensation, since, "we see them as one of our reliable allies for the consolidation and sustenance of liberty, development and prosperity."

The Movement commended the Minority in Parliament for representing the voice of the voiceless and as a reputable body within the tenets of good-governance.

It urged the government to fully operationalise its policies on poverty alleviation and called for "the development of our own productive capacities in the various sectors of the economy."

Parliament last year abolished the celebration of the June 4 Uprising, the event that brought the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council under the leadership of former president Jerry Rawlings to power in 1979, as a public holiday