Tema-Ghana, June 2, GNA – The Tema Metro of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has commemorated the 2023 annual citizenship week to remind Ghanaians of the return to democracy and the need to protect the Constitution.
As part of the annual celebration, 30 schools, public and private schools within the metropolis were targeted on their educational programmes.
The celebration was on the theme “30 Years of Consolidating Constitutional Democracy, Building National Cohesion: The Role of Youth.”
In an interview with Ghana News Agency in Tema, Madam Gifty Agyeiwaa Badu, NCCE Tema Metro Director, explained that the celebration of the 1992 Constitution is to remind Ghanaians of democratic rule and the need to respect it as mandated.
She said this year marked its 30th anniversary, and the general theme for the national commemoration is “30 Years of Consolidating Constitutional Democracy: Building National Cohesion through Civic Education and Participation in Local Governance”.
She said the role of a Ghanaian child was to practise nationalism, live in unity and harmony, and be patriotic to build national cohesion.
She said that formed the basis for educating them on the tenets of the 1992 Constitution, to build a better nation as they were agents of change for the nation.
She explained that the Commission also set up the Interparty Dialogue Committee, to offer a political platform for politicians to dialogue to ensure peaceful elections and urged the students to take their studies seriously.
Among the resource persons that spoke as part of this year’s citizenship week celebration were the Reverend Francis Tetteh Guggisberg, Head Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church, Community Eleven, who is also the President of the NCCE Interparty Dialogue Committee for Tema Metro; Nana Ogyedom Ama Tsetsewa I, its Vice President; and Mr. Ebenezer Cudjoe, Tema Metro Director for NADMO.
Nana Tsetsewa I, who is a Divisional Chief of Gomoa Akyepim Traditional Council, speaking to the pupils of Tema Community Eleven Complex School and Witsands International School, emphasized that the 1992 Constitution was a manual for every patriotic citizen of Ghana and serves as a guide for building a better, stronger, and more peaceful nation.
She reiterated the need to respect the elderly, involve them in communal activities, protect public property, and promote peaceful co-existence for the betterment of the nation.
Also, as patriotic citizens of Ghana, we need to respect each person, even though there were different ethnic groups. We still should ensure unity among ourselves, as the constitution demands through practices for a peaceful motherland,
Nana Tsetsewa I, who is also the Mankrado of Gomoa Oguan and an Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner, said.
She, however, highlighted that the youth should accord people living with disabilities respect and also help them in the communities.
She then appealed to the Government, engineers, and building contractors to construct a disability-friendly environment to ease their movements in public.
