By Rashid Mbugri, GNA
Tamale, Feb. 20, GNA - Mr Samuel Zane Akologo, the Executive Secretary of Caritas Ghana, has advised pupils in the Tamale Metropolis to begin to advocate and become worthy ambassadors in the fight against corruption.
Caritas Ghana is a development NGO of the Ghana Catholic Bishop Conference.
He said this would help them become responsible citizens in the future as well as affect change in the lives of generations yet unborn.
He gave the advice on Monday at a forum organised by a coalition of faith-based organisations in collaboration with the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and other institutions to assess pupils’ level of understanding and perception on corruption, under a project dubbed: “Interfaith Shaping Hearts Attitudes and Mindsets to End (I-SHAME) Corruption in Ghana”.
The project, targeted at school pupils, was aimed at educating and empowering pupils to fight against all forms of corrupt acts and activities in the country.
As part of the activities at the forum, a debate on corruption was organised through the School Integrity Clubs established between two of the project's pilot schools, Choggu Demonstration School and the Ambariyya School in the Tamale Metropolis to test their understanding of corruption.
The Ambariyya School, however, emerged the winners of the debate and was awarded with a prize.
The school integrity clubs were established as one of the Anti-corruption campaigns championed by the coalition of faith-based organisations.
Mr Akologo, who is also the project coordinator said the purpose for targeting school children was to ensure that issues on corruption was not only knowledge based but also to influence the pupils’ general behaviours and attitudes about the effects of corruption on their lives.
He said the I-SHAME corruption project would help go a long way to give hope and build the pupils to become responsible citizens in the future.
Mr Akologo said through the project, other activities including the debate competitions would be organised on quarterly bases on corruption to help effect change in the lives of the youth.
He stressed on the need for all citizens to stop engaging in corruption since it greatly affects the less privileged and vulnerable people in the society especially women and children.
He urged the public to be well oriented to address situations of fraud and misappropriation to help curb the canker of corruption in the country.
Alhaji Abdul Razak Saani, the Northern Regional Director of the NCCE, said corruption was one of the major challenges eroding some of the gains made in the country and urged the pupils not only to preach against corruption but also to put into practice the fight against corruption.
The faith-based organisations included the Office of the Chief Imam, the Ahmadiyya Muslims Mission, the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, the Federation of the Association of Ghana Muslim Women in Ghana, and other organisations
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