The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has concluded that Ghana’s return to constitutional rule in 1993 was a landmark accomplishment in the country’s history worth celebrating.
In view of this, Ghanaians must protect the 1992 Constitution at all times as good citizens to strengthen the peace and stability of Ghana, “respect and protection of the fundamental human rights and freedoms of all citizens,” Mr. Samuel Etsey Ada West District Director of the NCCE has stated in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Sege.
According to him, Article 3 (4) of the 1992 Constitution mandate Ghanaians to defend the Constitution and stand against any person, group, or issue that threatens the fabric of Ghana’s democracy.
Mr Etsey said the Constitution also mandates Ghanaians to reject the oppressor’s rule in any form or anything that seeks to disturb the peace and stability of the country.
“In our pursuit of liberty, equality of opportunity, and prosperity, we must make it our duty to understand these aspirations to consolidate Ghana’s democracy,” he stressed.
In pursuit of NCCE’s national agenda to build and imbed the tenets of the Constitution in the youth, the Ada West District Directorate has engaged school children in basic schools to mark the 2022 National Citizenship Week celebrations.
The celebration is a platform created to educate the pupils on issues of national concern relevant to the 1992 Constitution.
Mr. Etsey said the celebration among other things reminded the pupils of their core responsibilities as active citizens to play their role to strengthen Ghana’s democracy.
He reiterated the need for Ghanaians to put Ghana first in all endeavours, an attitude he said should be inculcated into the Ghanaian child at an early age.
He said this year's celebration was on the theme: “Three Decades of Democratic Rule under The 1992 Constitution: Revisiting the Agenda for Constitutional Reforms.”
Engaging basic school pupils in the District on the sub-theme; Sustaining Our Democracy: Ghanaian Values in Practice: The Role of the Child,” Mr. Etsey indicated.
According to him, it was of great importance for children to develop the spirit of patriotism and respect for core national values such as discipline, trustworthiness, integrity, and loyalty.
He stated that the citizenry needed to tolerate dissenting views to ensure peaceful coexistence and national cohesion as enshrined in the constitution.
He said the Constitution week was one of the flagship programmes of the Commission which was instituted in 2001 to commemorate the coming into force of the 1992 Constitution.
He added that the 1992 Constitution has seen three decades of uninterrupted Constitutional Rule.
"In view of this, the Ada West District office of the NCCE joins other Districts in the country to mark the 30 years of uninterrupted constitutional rule," he added.
The pupils promised to live positive lives to benefit society in the future.
The schools engaged in the Ada West District included; Akplabanya D/A Junior High School (A&B), Agbedrafor D/A Junior High School, Agbedrafor Presby Primary School, Toflokpo D/A Junior High School, and Toflokpo Presby Primary School.
The rest were, Amuyaokope D/A Junior High School, Kpetuhor D/A Basic School, Sege Community School No. 1, Sege Presbyterian Junior High School No. 1and Zion Care International School.
Others were Divine Leadership Academy School, Victory Baptist Experimental School, Sege-Koni D/A Primary School, St. Emmanuel School Complex, and Mountain Kids Academy.
Source: GNA
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Now we are confused. Both the military and civilian governments come in and is like nothing positive happens. For the military they start well but along the line they become worse than the civilians. For the civilians they come in, use democracy as a cover to create, loot and share. Ghana has all it needs to be a prosperous country. We have gold, diamond, timber, cocoa, cashew, vast arable land, more than enough rainfall and lately oil. A population of 30 million with these resources should not be struggling. We have the requisite human resources too. Unfortunately some crooks called politicians have destroyed the country. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are arid land countries, rainfall is minimal, the vegetation is sparse and yet they produce more livestock than Ghana. Every single week you see long trucks loaded with cattle crossing into Ghana . Currently tomato traders from Ghana cross over to Burkina Faso to import vegetables to Ghana. Currently fuel is cheaper in Burkina Faso compared to Ghana, they don't have oil, no sea, their fuel tankers come to Ghana by road to lift their fuel imports, travel back on road and still sell the commodity a a price Lower than Ghana. Colonel Acheampong though a military leader saw agriculture as a key area to improve on rural livelihoods, he constructed the largest irrigation dam in Ghana, i.e. Tono irrigation dam at navrongo in the upper east region. If successive governments were also doing same for the other regions especially in the north poverty would have reduced further. Ghana's current challenges are as a result of failed leadership. We are yet to get a leader. Apart from Nkrumah, Acheampong and Kufuor who introduced some pro poor policies which are still benefiting the citizenry, the rest are bogus ( Busia and Limann may be pardoned because they didn't serve their full term in office). See major infrastructural development under Nkrumah (8 years) and Colonel Acheampong's infrastructure (6 years). Compare with the others who got 19 years and 8 years respectively, who performed better? Until we get a selfless leader who is not interested in making money and sacking appointee ***barred word***, Ghana will continue to suffer. You can't convince any one who saw someone who was occupying a chamber and hall room in his father's house, some one who was renting a quarters in his own hometown, someone who was boarding trotro/ taxis, others on motorbikes, on becoming a minister, deputy, MMDCE or CEO within 2-4 years this person can now boasts of cars, houses, lands that this person is not a ***barred word***, it cannot be a perception, it's real. We know them and they themselves know we know them. They were not living in space, we were and are still with them in the community, we know them. Now nobody knows who will save Ghana from its current pathetic state. Military rule bad, constitutional rule bad, which one should we try again. Ghana, Cry, my beloved country. Those with ideas don't have power, those with power have no idea at all.