UNDP assures NCCE of continued support

Mr Franklin Asamoah-Mensah, Assistant Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has said it would continue to support the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the discharge of its duties.

He said the UNDP was aware of the Commission's problems such as inadequate logistical support, which impeded its effective functioning.

Mr Asamoah-Mensah was opening a five-day workshop for 50 civic education officers of the NCCE from the Western, Volta and Eastern regions in Kumasi on Tuesday.

The workshop, which was organised by the UNDP, was aimed at assisting participants to acquire relevant knowledge and skills to enhance the work of the NCCE.

Mr Asamoah-Mensah said, " NCCE should consider UNDP assistance a means to enhance the work of the commission.''

He asked the officers to live above reproach, stressing that the NCCE has a significant role to play in national development and that the country would fail if the commission was not able to work effectively.

Mr Larry Bimi, Chairman of the NCCE, advised the staff of the Commission against partisan politics adding that those who desired to do that should resign from their positions.

Speaking on "The nature and scope of civic education in contemporary Ghana", Mr Bimi noted that colonialism and political instability have affected the development of democratic institutions and systems in the country and called on Ghanaians to help develop and protect the current political order.

Mr Kusi Aboraah, Ashanti Regional Director of NCCE, asked the participants to share the knowledge and the skills that they would acquire with other staff members.

He said the country was facing socio-economic and political problems because after independence, civic education was not taken seriously.