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Ketu North City Manager for NCCE, Prosper Afealete
Ketu North City Manager for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Prosper Afealete urged young people to use the correct channel to respond to their grievances.
He was speaking at a workshop for young activists organized by the National Commission for Civic Education in collaboration with the Ministry of National Security on the theme “Secessionism and violent extremism, national cohesion and national development”.
Addressing grievance procedures: Public Order Law and Vigilance, he urged young people to recognize the laws of Ghana, which is the Constitution of 1992. He said the Public Order Law grants the right freedom of assembly, including the freedom to participate in processions and demonstrations, but had to work in agreement with security agencies, such as the police, for the sake of peace and security.
Mr. Afealetey further revealed how vigilante groups hide behind religious groups, NGOs, health clubs and others to commit their heinous crimes in communities.
“It will surprise you that vigilantism today operates at different levels and in different forms and no longer with names that can be easily identified and dealt with. Some even try to use church groups, health clubs and NGOs, ”he said.
He advised young people to be attentive to their associations and to report a crime to the competent authorities at all times.
The National Security Representative, Mr. George Abizy Baffour also said for a nation to ensure the safety of its citizens, the first step is to address their grievances and feelings, and the establishment of the Department of National Security is a recognition of their efforts to bring peace and security.
He called on young people to help security agencies deal with threats in their different communities. Mr Baffour speaking on “Prevention of violent extremism in Ghana” said extremists and terrorists unknowingly start their threats gradually in communities among small groups or individuals and gain momentum to destroy peace and the development of a nation.
“Some of these terrorist groups sponsor students by paying their tuition fees and traveling abroad just to sell their evil ideologies and recruit them to commit crimes. “
Mr. Baffour added that West Togo’s threat problems extend beyond the Volta region, but also extend to other regions and are a wake-up call to all Ghanaians.
Speaking on “Peaceful Coexistence and National Development,” Dzodze Pastor Reverend Father Frederick Sedo-Henyo advised young people to weigh their actions and not let their emotions control their reasoning.
He identifies certain threats to peaceful coexistence which are, different ideas or ideologies, unruly behavior among young people, a culture of greed and selfishness which breeds violence, a feeling of superiority over others or tribes, a ethnicity or negative cultural practice and the weakening of family unity. Fr. Fenyo said that all of this affects the moral values of young people.
He also called on the Ghanaians to dialogue among themselves for a peaceful coexistence.
The chair of the workshop, former Volta Regional Police Commander Togbi Bedi Ahiadzi, lamented how some leaders are used by political parties to disrupt peace and development in their communities.
He instructed all traditional authorities to be true representatives of peace and unity in their communities. Togbi Bedi also commended the National Commission for Civic Education for its good work in deepening democracy in Ghana.
Commission Secretary Tito Voegborlo also urged young people not to give up hope in Ghana, but to instill a new love of patriotism to foster peace and unity for national development.
The NCCE, with the support of the Department of National Security, is currently organizing workshops in some districts of the country to educate young people where the activities of secessionist groups are commonplace and provide them with basic knowledge of regulations and skills on non-violence to enable effective and ethical participation in nation-building.
The young leaders trained will have to pass on the acquired knowledge to their peers and be agents of change.
The theme of the national workshop is “Empowering Ghanaians to Advocate for National Cohesion and Inclusive Participation”.
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