By Iddi Yire, GNA
Accra, Jan. 18, GNA - Professor Samuel Kwame Offei, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Academic and Students Affairs, University of Ghana, has called for swift action on the recommendations of the 70th Annual New Year School Conference Communique.
He said any achievements and outcomes from the Annual New Year School and Conference would only remain paper work, until the Government and other stakeholders made efforts to implement the decisions made.
“I therefore, call on all of you, to keep the conversation going even as you return to your work places,” Professor Offei stated in his closing address at the just ended 70th Annual New Year School and Conference at the University Of Ghana.
The 70th Annual New Year School and Conference, which took place from January 14 to 18, was on the theme: “Building Strong Institutions for Democratic Consolidation in Ghana”.
It was organised by the School of Continuing and Distance Education of the College of Education, University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor urged the School of Continuing and Distance Education to put in place an inclusive and participatory process to track, monitor and evaluate progress in the implementation of the recommendations from the communique of the New Year School and Conference.
“Keep up the momentum of engaging all groups of stakeholders, especially Parliament, the Judiciary, the Executive, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), Civil Society, the private sector and other specialised agencies.”
To the participants, Prof Offei said: “As you return to your places of work, to do your part towards ensuring that our institutions and processes are strengthened”.
Professor Michael Tagoe, Provost, College of Education, and Dean of the School of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana called on the Government to see adult learning and education as critical in transforming Ghanaians.
He said adult learning and education created responsible citizens with the requisite civic skills, civic knowledge and civic values.
He said the University of Ghana on its part would continue to work with the National Commission for Civic Education to achieve the noble objective through their Regional Learning Centres.
The communique issued at the close of the School said strong institutions contributed to citizens’ well-being as it protected them, checking corruption, providing access to justice and ensuring fair distribution of basic services and resources.
Among the recommendations were that the independent governance institutions such as the Electoral Commission (EC), the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) must be well resourced and budgetary allocations released well in time to enable them to play their respective constitutional roles more effectively.
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