NCCE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF EFFECTIVE CIVIC DELIVERY

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has launched its 30th Anniversary celebration in Accra. The colourful media launch was graced by Management, Commission Members, and staff at the Head Office.

The Chairperson of the NCCE, Ms. Kathleen Addy, emphasized the critical role the Commission has played in the last 30 years of Ghana's democratic journey. She said the NCCE has done its best to fulfill its mandate.

The NCCE is constitutionally mandated to "promote and sustain Ghana's democracy and inculcate in Ghanaian citizens the awareness of their rights and obligations through Civic Education". And in the last 30 years, that has been the work of the Commission, she said.

Ms. Addy together with her team later outdoored the anniversary theme; "Thirty Years of Sustaining Ghana's Democracy through Effective Civic Education". She also announced a number of planned activities to commemorate the anniversary celebration.

Ms. Addy also pledged the NCCE's resolution to continue faithfully discharge its mandate through sustaining awareness of the principles and objectives of the 1992 Constitution, educating and encouraging the public to always defend it, and formulating programs for national, regional and district level for government's consideration. "Today, as we pause to acknowledge how far we have come, we must also reflect on what the next 30 years should look like for the Commission and Ghana, " she added.

She observed that the insecurity associated with military interventions in the West African sub-region was a wake-up call to Ghanaians to protect the Fourth Republic. She stressed that a coup d’état is not the solution to our problems as a country saying that the nation could not afford to erode the hard-won gains of Ghana’s democracy. Ms. Addy underscored the need for people in authority to take steps to address the conditions that fueled coups d’état.

The NCCE Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, Mr. Samuel Asare Akuamoah, praised the staff of the Commission for 30 years of hard work, dedication, commitment, and nurturing civic consciousness in the people of Ghana. He also said that Ghanaians needed to see some results on the recent calls for the constitutional amendment, indicating that those reforms were necessary for strengthening the country’s democracy.

The Director of Anti-Corruption, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Stephen Anzantilow, said the NCCE was an important institution to the work of CHRAJ. The NCCE had assisted CHRAJ in protecting the fundamental human rights of Ghanaians, insisting on accountability and respect for the values of democracy in the country.

"We are hoping that in the years to come we will have opportunities to do more things together because in sustaining democracy, it is important that all independent constitutional bodies will have to work together. That is the only way by which we can achieve success" he said.