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 Josephine Nkrumah — NCCE boss
Josephine Nkrumah — NCCE boss

NCCE sensitises schoolchildren to duties of citizens

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has intensified civic education in schools in the Bawku Municipality and its environs. The move is aimed at sensitising schoolchildren to the duties of citizens that would promote peaceful coexistence and national cohesion for the development of the country in civic education clubs in schools in the Bawku area.

About 11 senior high and basic schools that have civic education clubs have been educated on post-election community engagement and good governance which will prepare them to be good citizens and assume responsible roles to manage the affairs of the country.

 The Bawku Municipal Director for NCCE, Mr Roland Azumah, made this known in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Bawku to emphasise the commission’s commitment to educate the young ones on their roles as responsible citizens.

Mr Azumah said the young people were the driving force for national development, hence the need to prepare them with the spirit of patriotism to take up the mantle of leadership in the country.

He stated that the commission was focused on intensifying civic education activities in the civic education clubs in schools and would encourage excursions to the centre of governance, including the Judiciary and Parliament, to enlighten children and help them broaden their knowledge on governance.

The commission had also embarked on post-election community engagement on good governance and peaceful coexistence to target faith-based organisations (FBOs) to sensitise their members to the duties of Members of Parliament and project the need to stay in a peaceful environment.

He mentioned that as part of efforts to promote peace, the commission was reviewing the Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) meetings to strengthen democracy at the grass roots.

 

Mr Azumah called on all to see Ghana as the only place Ghanaians could be proud of and forge ahead to make it a peaceful environment that would woo investors. - GNA 

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