Legislation on cultural practices to be out soon -MP

Mr Isaac George Amoo, Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wougon, on Tuesday said Parliament would soon come out with legislation on the observation of cultural practices. He said this followed a nation-wide tour by a Parliamentary Joint Committee, which had already collated information on cultural practices and laws in the country.

Mr. Amoo was speaking to the Ghana News Agency after a meeting in Accra between representatives of the Ga Traditional Council, Charismatic Churches, National Catholic Secretariat, Christian Council of Ghana and the Council of Independent Churches.

The meeting was organised by the Permanent Conflict Resolution and Management Committee of the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council. It sought to draw a consensus between Christians and the Ga Traditional Council on the observation of the annual ban on drumming and dancing by the Ga Traditional Counsel.

Mr Amoo, who chaired the meeting on behalf of Sheikh I.C. Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister, said the services of the National Commission for Civic Education and the Environmental Protection Agency were being sought for public education on noise making.

He said there was the need for peaceful co-existence amongst all residents in both the Accra metropolis and the Greater Accra Region as a whole. Another meeting between the two bodies has been scheduled for 23 April, when a joint declaration by both parties would be made.