NCCE empower students of Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS

The National Commission for Civic Education, Akuapem North Municipal Office, has engaged students of Mamfe Methodist Girls Senior High School on the theme "Invest in women: accelerate progress" as part of efforts to empower the girl-child.

Ms. Benedicta Duvor, NCCE Municipal Director, emphasized respect for human dignity as well as equality and freedom from discrimination irrespective of gender, race, and ethnic orientation, as enshrined in Articles 15 and 17 of the 1992 Constitution.

The event was monitored by the Communication for Development and Advocacy Consult (CDA Consult) at Mamfe Akuapem, in the Eastern Region.

She encouraged students to be courageous enough to assert their rights and take on leadership positions to help re-engineer society from its current state, where women and girls are often kept in the dark.

Ms. Duvor further admonished students not only to focus on formal education but also to explore the technical and vocational aspects of it, where they can learn valuable handy skills to make them better prospects in a fast-growing world where these skills are much needed.

The NCCE Akuapem North Municipal Director stressed that International Women’s Day serves as one of the major platforms created by the global community to empower and celebrate women.

She also noted that the celebration of International Women’s Day also seeks to address high issues of violence against women and girls, and she urged the students to be bold enough to report cases of that sort to the right authorities if they ever find themselves or anyone within their space as a victim.

Mr. David K. Adu (ACEO), Mr. Eric K. Ocloo (CFO), and Portia Hlovor (PFO) assisted in the process.

Meanwhile, Ms. Ophelia Nana Yaa Ankrah, NCCE Eastern Regional Director, expressed concern about the creep of money into Ghana's democracy, which she described as a dangerous development with the tendency to destroy the nation’s democratic foundation.

She noted that money is becoming the major consideration for voting: “As politicians are offering money and other logistics for votes, the electorates, on the other hand, have developed the habit of soliciting money from politicians as a basis for voting.

Ms. Ankrah noted that elective offices are becoming the highest bidders who get them, not based on qualification and ability to deliver; “this behavour is unacceptably empowering politicians to be corrupt. Once they win elections, they resort to all means to get money to sustain them in power and also prepare them for the next election.”

The NCCE Eastern Regional Director called for all stakeholder engagement to change the dangerous political phenomenon before it erodes the gains of our democratic dispensation.