An officer of the National
Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed to religious bodies to use
the pulpits to sensitize their congregation on the need to actively get
involved in the upcoming local level elections.
The Upper East Regional Director of the NCCE , Mr
Pontius P Apaabey Baba,
who said this at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Fumbisi,
said it was important for religious people
to bring their values to bear on local governance.
He said participation in governance was both a legal and
moral responsibility of citizens.
He said it was wrong to discriminate against women and
persons with disabilities during elections.
“This is a violation of the fundamental human rights of such
people and must not be allowed in this democratic era”, Mr Baba said.
He reminded the congregation of the need to sensitize their
communities and associates on the importance of elections at the local level
such as the District Assembly and the Unit levels.
A Principal Field Officer of the Commission, the Builsa North
District, Mr Solomon Akobanyam, reminded the congregation of the relevance of
persons with disabilities and appealed to them to elect them into the local
level structures.
He said some disabilities were as a result of society’s
actions or inactions and that everybody potentially stood the risk of becoming
disabled in one way or the other and so such persons must be accorded respect
and dignity.
He appealed to the youth, especially women, to contest the
upcoming local level election and thanked the European Union for supporting the
NCCE towards local level education.
The Commission later met the Gbedema Women’s Association and
urged them not to shy away from contesting in the election.
Credit: GNA
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