By Solomon Gumah, GNA
Tamale, Oct 01, GNA – Alhaji Mohammed Aliyu, Northern Regional Director, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged the citizenry not to shy away from holding duty-bearers responsible and accountable for their actions and decisions.
He said active citizen participation and accountability were essential to promoting good governance, protecting public resources, and minimising corruption in the country.
Alhaji Aliyu made the call at a civic engagement forum in Tamale organised by the Tamale Metropolitan Directorate of the NCCE to strengthen citizens’ understanding of the rule of law, accountability and the fight against corruption.
The forum formed part of the Participation, Accountability and Integrity for a Resilient Democracy initiative.
The initiative is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, co-funded by the European Union and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and implemented by GIZ in partnership with the Ministry of Finance.
The engagement brought together different women groups within the area to discuss civic participation, accountability, rule of law and mechanisms for promoting integrity in public affairs.
It provided the participants the opportunity to share their experiences and strengthen their advocacy for accountable governance
Alhaji Aliyu said citizens had a responsibility to ensure that leaders at all levels lived up to the mandates entrusted to them by providing the necessary development and services needed in their communities.
He encouraged citizens to move beyond merely demanding development and actively engage duty-bearers on issues affecting their communities.
He called on citizens to use appropriate and lawful channels to seek answers from duty-bearers on the use of public resources and the implementation of development programmes.
Madam Katumi Adam, Assistant Director, NCCE, Tamale Metropolitan Assembly said the engagement was a follow-up to a similar programme organised the previous year on civic engagement, the rule of law and the fight against corruption.
She explained that the follow-up engagement was intended to assess how participants had applied the knowledge and information gained from the previous programme in their communities.
She said “We are here to enlighten the women on what we discussed with them last year and to find out what they have done with the knowledge and information when they went home.”
Miss Adamu Fuseini, a Member of the Young Female Platform Alumni Network, said the initiative had positively influenced her approach to civic advocacy and encouraged her to become more active in demanding accountability from duty-bearers.
She said meaningful development could only be achieved when citizens and duty-bearers worked together while respecting their respective responsibilities.
GNA
Caption: Participants during the event
Edited by Albert Futukpor /Kenneth Odeng Adade
Oct. 01, 2026
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