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Ghanaians ready to celebrate Constitution week
Accra, April 10, Ghanadot/GNA –
Activities earmarked for the eight annual Constitution Week
celebrations on the theme; “The sovereign will of the people
and Election 2008,” was on Thursday outdoor in Accra by Mr
Laary Bimi, Chairman of the National Commission for Civic
Education (NCCE).
The activities include; a press briefing, finals of the
National Constitution Game competition involving second
cycle schools, public forum on tolerance for peaceful
elections, radio talk shows, and forum with the security
services.
The one-week celebration (April 28th to May 4th) is a period
when
the entire Ghanaian community is to participate in
discussions, debates, theatre performances and other
activities on the Constitution to ensure that it becomes a
living document embodied on the mind and heart for the
attainment of democracy and good governance in Ghana.
The week was borne out of an urgent demand for knowledge and
information by Ghanaians to accelerate the growth and
sustenance of democracy and constitutionalism in the country
Briefing members of the National Organising Committee, Mr
Bimi said as the nation prepares for this year’s general
elections "we deem it proper for this ritual to imbue the
sovereign will of Ghanaians with the faith, tenets, traits
and culture of constitutionalism for the deepening of
democracy".
Mr Bimi reiterated the aim of the National Constitutional
Week as the creation of an increased and sustained interest
and participation of all Ghanaians in the new democratic
dispensation for the achievement of good governance, social
and political stability for national unity and development.
April 28 has been adopted as the commencement date for the
activities in commemoration of the national referendum for
the endorsement of the 1992 Constitution fashioned by the
Consultative Assembly.
GNA
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