The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has trained students on leadership tolerance to create an enabling environment for a peaceful society.
The beneficiary group are the teaming youth of Western, Volta, Oti and Greater Accra regions, who converged at Ve-Agbome, in Afadzato South District of the Volta Region, during a two-day programme organised by Nneka Youth Foundation, a Non-Profit Organisation, aimed at providing help to the youth.
Mrs Ellen A. Amankwa, the Afadzato South Director of the NCCE, exhorted the youth to respect and tolerate the right of others, emphasising that tolerance was a critical factor in national cohesion and peacebuilding.
She advised the participants to be Patriotic, adding that without peace, there would not be unity.
Ms Amankwa admonished the youth to be hardworking and responsible citizens and shun offers to perpetrate violence.
Addressing students from the four regions, she explained that the duty of the Commission was to sensitise Ghanaians on the core values of the 1992 constitution to help sustain peace and order for development.
She urged the students to stay away from substance abuse, which when taken could modify perception, mood and cognitive behaviour, adding that the use of such substances could have serious effects on their mental health and well-being.
Mrs Cecilia Fiaka, Founder of Nneka Youth Foundation, urged teenagers and the youth to stay away from amorous practices and other social vices.
She explained that if the youth of today seek to become responsible future leaders of the country, it would require that they stay away from all forms of social vices.
“Peer pressure has become a major obstacle between some people and their destiny, when people are misbehaving in our schools, note that at the end of the day it is an individual affair.”
She urged the students to stay away from bad groups and influences.
By Kingsley Mamore
GNA
