NCCE launches 2024 Annual Constitution Week in Kumasi

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has launched the 2024 Constitution Week in Kumasi with a call on Ghanaians to embrace peace ahead of the 2024 general elections.

The event, which was held at the Asafo Palace, was attended by representatives and head of security agencies including the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and the Ghana Prisons Service.

Madam Kathleen Addy, Chairperson of the Commission, said the annual celebration of the Constitution Week sought to engage Ghanaians on peace, civic responsibilities, rights of citizens, accountability on the part of the government, and the importance of being abreast with the contents of the 1992 Constitution.

“The Constitution Week is a flagship programme through, which we remind all Ghanaians about how far the 1992 constitution has brought us as far as the Fourth Republic is concerned,” she stated.

Madam Addy commended Ghanaians for embracing and nurturing democracy since the country returned to constitutional rule 30 years ago, adding that “our tolerance and peaceful coexistence had earned Ghana the accolade of being the beacon of hope on the African continent.

She said giving the history of overthrowing democratically elected governments prior to the 1992 Constitution, the framers recommended the establishment of the NCCE to educate Ghanaians to understand and commit to defending the Constitution.

The chief encouraged Ghanaians to use the 2024 elections to demonstrate to the world that Ghana was indeed the beacon of hope in Africa.