By
Ernestina Adzo Dika, GNA
Tema, Jan. 27, GNA –
Mr Isaac Kwame Antwi, Tema Metropolitan Director, National Commission for Civic
Education (NCCE), is asking Ghanaians to tolerate each other before, during
after the elections.
Mr Antwi said there
was the need for Ghanaians to ensure a peaceful election in order for the
country to maintain its position as the most peaceful country in Africa.
In an interview with
the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on his
outfit’s projections for the year, he. said “we will educate the people in
the Tema metropolis on tolerance and peaceful coexistence, and the need to
allow state security agencies to work, this is very necessary.”
He noted that the
NCCE would collaborate with security agencies in the Metropolis to sensitize
people to freely report crimes especially, those which are elections related.
With regards to the
office’s plans for the forthcoming general election, he said “we will form
an inter-party advisory committee with membership from the political parties,
civil society, the Assembly, Commission on Hhuman Rights and Aadministrative
Justice (CHRAJ), media and the
police.”
He mentioned that
the committee would be used as a platform to address pressing issues between
political parties in the area and to promote peace before, during and after the
elections.
Mr Antwi also noted
that his outfit would put in place the Inter-party dialogue committee which would serve as a
platform for dialogue with parliamentary candidates in the metropolis.
Touching on the
newly inaugurated Assemblies, he said the NCCE would organize workshops for the
Assembly members and Unit Committee to
sensitize them on the importance and work of the local government system as
well as their responsibilities to the people.
Meanwhile, the Tema
Metropolitan Office of the NCCE in 2019
was unable to meet its target to organize 558 planned activities for the year.
The office however,
carried out 514 activities representing 92 per cent of its target.
GNA