NCCE CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW

NCCE CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW
The National commission on Civic Education (NCCE) in the Northern Region has taken its turn in the on-going celebration of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration with a call on political parties in the country respective the rule of law in the country.
The Northern Regional Director of the NCCE, Haruna Husheini Sulemana said in a speech that political parties in the country has taken the law into their own hands who used their political powers to allow the foot-soldiers to foment troubles.
The Director made the called at the launch of the 11th annual constitutional week celebration in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale. This year's celebration which was under the theme: the State of Ghana's Democracy 2011 will be used to examine the country's democratic credentials in view of the incoming general elections.
He however noted with regret that pavilions mounted for the youth in the north by political leaders are avenues to promote laziness, poverty, violence and unemployment in the country.
The NCCE Director assured Ghanaians that the Commission will not relent on its efforts at creating and sustaining awareness of constitutional democracy for the achievement of political, economic and social stability of the country.
An Educationist, Alhaji Adam Y.M.B Ibrahimah who was the Guest Speaker, called on political parties in the country to revolve their manifestoes around the directive principles of state policy, ascribed in the 1992 Constitution.
He advised that successive governments should continue with the uncompleted projects of previous administrations, to ensure an accelerated socio-economic development and to end the many abandoned projects dotted around the country.