The chief of Okorase in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern region, Nana AsareKumi II, has expressed grave concern over the increasing breakdown of moral construction among Ghanaians, particularly the youth.
According to him, it is saddening to see and hear young men and women verbally attacking high profile persons in society, without an atom of respect to culture and tradition, which really defines Ghanaians.
He attributed the situation to the influx of western cultural infiltration through social media, a situation he passionately called on relevant institutions in the country to help rewrite the narrative before it goes out of hand.
The Okorase chief made the observation during the citizenship week celebration, which was jointly organised by the Akuapem North and South offices of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for Okorase Methodist school children last Friday.
He paid glowing tribute to the leadership, commitment and effort of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for the introduction of citizenship week for school children.
According to the chief, the concept would help to inject a sense of responsibility and good morals into the school children, in what he described as ‘catch them young’.
Throwing light on the celebration, the Akuapem North Director of NCCE, Madam Benedicta Duvor, stated that the Commission decided to introduce the concept, which forms part of the annual constitutional celebration.
According to her, the fundamental importance of the celebration was to remind basic school pupils of their responsibilities as active citizens and their role to build a strong, vibrant and democratic Ghana.
She continued that the concept further creates the platform for environment personalities who are considered worthy role models in society, to interact and impact the virtue of good citizenship to the pupils across the country.
On his part, the Akuapem South Director of the NCCE urged the children to emulate and practice good morals that would have positive and holistic development in their lives.
The head teacher of the school, Mrs. Felicia Nyarko, also expressed her gratitude to the NCCE for organising the event, since it has really taught the children basic responsibilities in society.
She urged the NCCE to at least organise such programmes quarterly for the children, which debatably would help to purge the relatively bad western culture infiltration among the youth.
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