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