{"id":62282,"date":"2023-12-14T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/ncce-rallies-ghanaians-to-participate-in-district-level-elections-dec-19"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:56:32","slug":"ncce-rallies-ghanaians-to-participate-in-district-level-elections-dec-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ncce-rallies-ghanaians-to-participate-in-district-level-elections-dec-19","title":{"rendered":"NCCE rallies Ghanaians to participate in district level elections Dec. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Ahead of the upcoming Dis\u00adtrict-level and Unit Committee elections, the chairperson of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Ms Kathleen Addy, has urged the citizenry to take a keen interest and partici\u00adpate in the upcoming district assembly and unit committee elections as a civic respon\u00adsibility.<\/b><\/p>\n

That, she said, was important as the com\u00admission had observed a low interest among the citizenry to actively participate in the elections.<\/p>\n

Ms Addydisclosed this at a press confer\u00adence organised by the NCCE at its head\u00adquarters in Accra yesterday.<\/p>\n

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, was expected to join the press conference but could not turn up as the Ghana Police Service was called to Parliament for a budget hearing at the last minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had a problem with low voter turn-out when it comes to district level elec\u00adtions. We\u2019ve been hovering for the past few elections cycles around 30 per cent turn out, and this is unacceptable,\u201d Ms Addy said.<\/p>\n

According to Ms Addy the active par\u00adticipation of the citizenry in the district assembly and unit committee elections was crucial to the development of a strong local government system and the overall demo\u00adcratic governance of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs citizens, we are constantly looking to find upstanding tax paying people we have elected accountable, and that is the reason why you have so many people holding Mem\u00adbers of Parliament (MPs) accountable. But these MPs are not development agencies. They are legislators and the development agents are the local assemblies led by the head of the local assembly,\u201d Ms Addy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it will get to a point where we are electing Metropolitan, Municipal and Dis\u00adtrict Chief Executives (MMDCEs), which will help in the turn out that we see at district level elections. But for the meantime before we get there, we are still electing assembly and unit committee members who are living in the communities with us. We have to hold them accountable and have to let them work,\u201d Ms Addy added.<\/p>\n

As a way of intensifying awareness creation, the NCCE, Ms Addy said had employed various strategies including media engagements, playing of jingles on media houses across the country, and engagements with the citizenry at the markets, lorry parks, and places of worship.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, she urged the citizenry to hold the individuals elected as district assembly and unit committee members accountable, as the district assemblies served as development agencies in the districts and communities.<\/p>\n

Ms Addy also called on the media to contribute to the awareness creation about the elections as it was a major partner of the commission<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Ahead of the upcoming Dis\u00adtrict-level and Unit Committee elections, the chairperson of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Ms Kathleen Addy, has urged the citizenry to take a keen interest and partici\u00adpate in the upcoming district assembly and unit committee elections as a civic respon\u00adsibility. 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