Govt Urged To Come Out With Code For Dressing

An appeal has been made to the government to come out with a code for dressing to salvage the country from indecent dresses.

The Executive President of the Centre for Moral Education (CEMED), Mr Opoku-Agyemang Prempeh observed that the absence of such a code in the Country has contributed immensely to the youth wearing provocative and indecent dresses. Mr Prempeh was speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi today on the dangers indecent dressing posed to Ghanaian culture and steps the government and individuals could take to check the negative trend. He made it clear that adherence to the wearing of mini skirts, transparent tight dresses as well as mini pairs of trousers especially among teenage girls is immoral, unacceptable and a serious threat to the nation’s cultural values and practices.

He attributed part of the blame for the proliferation of such foreign lifestyles to the media, most of whom he accused of taking delight only in promoting programmes, music as well as films, which are profane. Mr Prempeh acknowledged that even though media houses require revenue for their survival, this should not be used as a basis to accept to air and screen all manners of films and music on their airwaves. He advised that notwithstanding the amount or their quest for funds, media houses should strive to screen adverts, programmes, films and musical works with the view to eliminating those that might result in the corruption of morals of the people and using only decent ones on the screens and airwaves.

Mr Prempeh told artists to be guided by the country's values, culture and norms when composing their songs and making films to enable such works import more positively on the physical and moral development of the youth.