Sanitation tops the agenda of Citizenship Week – Josephine Nkrumah

General News of Monday, May 27, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-05-27

The 2019 edition of Citizenship Week, held under the auspices of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), began today across the country.

This year, the NCCE and its volunteers will travel across the country to visit more than 8,000 schools last year and reach 10,000 selected schools.

Citizenship Week is an annual CNCE flagship program dedicated to educating and educating students about good sanitation practices and national issues of interest to the Constitution. of 1992.

It was instituted in 2012 and celebrated every year to raise civic awareness among young citizens of the country. This year's theme is "Clean Ghana, Our Responsibility".

The issue of sanitation

In an interview with the Daily Graphic to clarify the theme of the celebration, NCCE President Josephine Nkrumah said the issue of sanitation was high on the Commission's agenda. because of the harmful effects of plastic waste. and dirt on the environment.

She added that cities in the country continued to be contaminated with impurities and that the indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste was causing floods, loss of life and property every time it rained.

"It is the duty of all citizens to help make Ghana a clean place through sustainable public education and awareness, as well as a change in lifestyle with respect to the use and plastics disposal, "she said.

As a result, Nkrumah called on Ghanaians to make informed product choices because the types of products they used had environmental implications.

She urged Ghanaians to choose biodegradable products rather than plastics and other products that destroy the environment.

Change of mentality

To do this, she said, it was necessary to change mentality to become aware of the role that all played as citizens of the world.

"We need to understand that humankind has been gradually destroying the environment and that young people need to make this change to reverse the negative trend in our ecosystems," she said.

In this perspective, she called on all Ghanaians to play their part in making Ghana a clean country by contributing to the reduction of plastics and choosing biodegradable products.

"Citizens are encouraged to choose alternative packaging for food, food and beverages such as paper bags, baskets, reusable bowls, flasks and water bottles to help phase out polyethylene and other plastics, "she added. Citizens, it is incumbent on us to play our part and to commit ourselves to contribute to the construction of Ghana and the achievement of these goals by 2030. "

She said that Ghana's struggle to solve sanitation problems was part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which all called for "Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation". 39 water and sanitation for all and goal 14 which requires that we conserve and use the oceans in a sustainable way the seas and marine resources to drive the global systems to make the land habitable for the humanity. "

Ms Nkrumah said that the implementation of the 2019 Citizenship Week was made possible thanks to the support of the European Union (EU).