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They said that the role of the Commission in ensuring peaceful coexistence among Ghanaians
Stakeholders at a forum in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region called on the government to provide resources to the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to promote accelerated national development.
They said the Commission’s role in ensuring peaceful coexistence among Ghanaians and galvanizing support for the implementation of national policies and programs was critical, as the country could not afford to overlook it.
The interested parties made the call in a review meeting of the Bolgatanga Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (PIDC) organized by the NCCE.
The meeting was to review the work of the PIDC in relation to the 2020 elections and the Election Petition to the Supreme Court and other matters.
Stakeholders explained that the overall peace and harmony that the country currently enjoys could be largely attributed to the role the CNCE played in educating Ghanaians about their fundamental human rights and responsibilities and the need to keep the country in good standing. peace for national development.
Ms. Victoria Adimazoya, a retired educator and PIDC member, said that in the run-up to the 2020 elections, the Commission engaged several stakeholders, including; youth groups and that contributed to the peaceful election that the country experienced.
He noted that the NCCE had made Ghanaians understand that sustainable development could only occur when there was peace and respect for the rule of law and noted that lack of resources sometimes hampered their ability to fulfill their mandate.
The retired educator said the government needed to see the Commission as a catalyst for development that could unite all Ghanaians for development and adequate resources to carry out their compulsory civic education in every corner of the country. Alhaji Abu Fuseini, the Nasaara coordinator of the Bolgatanga central constituency of the New Patriotic Party (PNP) stated that the work of the NCCE was enormous, but that it had long been neglected.
Therefore, he appealed to the government to provide urgent resources to the institution to work effectively for national unity and development.
Yussif Kadir, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Regional Communication Team, said that the NCCE had contributed greatly to deepening the country’s democratic credentials and that a collective effort was needed to obtain resources.
He said the lack of logistics, such as vehicles, prevented Commission staff from properly delivering Ghanaians.
Mr. Jafaru Omar, Municipal Director of the NCCE pointed out that the review meeting was to hear from the stakeholders, the experiences and lessons learned from the elections and the request to improve them in the future.
He said that there was relative peace in the area before, during and after the elections and that all the political parties had agreed to postpone the elections and work for the development of the area.
