A project aimed at creating a new Ghanaian in the youth with character formation to develop values for good citizenship has been launched in Accra.
Known as ‘I-Shame Corruption’,
it is also to expose the youth to understand causes and effects of corruption and
to inculcate in them integrity, honesty and good morals and position them to
help fight corruption in their communities.
The project, which is being
done in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the National
Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) was under the auspices of the Forum for
Actions on Inclusion, Transparency and Harmony (FAITH), an inter-faith alliance
against corruption.
It was sponsored by STAR-Ghana, Danish Development
Agency (DANIDA) and European Union (EU) with a target to make conscious effort
to hear the youth without finding excuses as their voices and perspectives
matter in national development, afford them the opportunity to appreciate the
many advantages in fighting against corruption, the need to uphold integrity
and honesty as priceless values to cherish.
At a press conference to launch the project, Hajia
Ayishetu Abdul-Kadiri, the Chairperson of FAITH Platform, noted that the
I-Shame Corruption Project was geared towards the fight against corruption
which was being done from all angles of society because “it is widely and
literally attributed to abuse of authority, power or wrong use of personal
interest in place of laid-down processes or norms.
“It is important to focus on changing the
mindsets and attitudes of our youth at a tender age by educating them on
various acts of corruption to desist from such practices when they take up
leadership roles,” she noted.
Samuel Akologo, the Project
Manager, observed that “as faith-based organisation, we are gravely concerned
about the disproportionate impact on the vulnerable and the poor but our
conviction to tackle the canker with involvement of our youth has been
vindicated.
He commended
the government for passing the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law to
support the fight against corruption.
A cross-section of school children across the country during a quarterly assessment on corruption, expressed worry about the spate of corruption preventing them from accessing their basic needs and unhappy about poor waste management system which had resulted in poor sanitation because of corruption. –GNA
