Tuesday, October 28, 2008

WE ARE HAPPY AT OLD AGE-S.K. BOAFO

The Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture S.K. Boafo has disclosed that the aged in the country are very happy due to what they’ve taught society of today. “There is the need for change and this is the season” .A change can make our Ghanaian identity be felt in this global world. He said all this at the launch of this year’s culture awareness month in Accra today. The theme for the celebration is “Attitudinal Change: The power in culture “. Every Ghanaian should be alarmed at the rate at which Ghanaian cultural values and norms are been grossly compromised in the name of liberalism, based on emerging global cultures whose negative social values are becoming universally accepted, especially in areas of entertainment and social life.
Mr. Boafo further added that, these universally acclaimed values have led to immorality in Ghanaian society today coupled with profanity and lust as a means of self-satisfaction. “This is worrying indeed”. The time has come for us to return back to our rich culture and values to help correct all these immoral habits in society to create an environment of descent and productive people to help mother Ghana. He said the month long celebration will help in addressing some of these problems and make available to son and daughters of Ghana their rich arts and culture for them to really understand it. The celebration will be focused on attitudinal change because many a time, Ghanaians are found wanting when it comes to work ethics, time consciousness, maintenance culture, patriotism and voluntarism among others. Everybody has a role to play to ensure that our attitude to life generally changes to accelerate peace for the development of the country. He charged the media as the front liners in information to use their medium in promoting the awareness month which falls this November. “I also promise my outfit’s total support to make the celebration a success”. The programmes slated for the celebration are all community based which includes radio and television discussions, town hall interactions, performances and dramatic sketches on the theme.

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