The Executive Director of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah, says her team lacks the essential resources needed to effectively deliver on its directive.
 Madam Nkrumah said the lack of resources is hindering the NCCE’s work.
“As for the resources, it is a major challenge for us and it literally impedes the effective delivery of our mandate. We do not have the basic things that a civic education institute should have and that also largely affects the work we do. I am out there doing so many programmes and I cannot fund them sustainably and I cannot create the visibility. It is a problem we struggle with on a daily basis.â€
She was however added that this challenge might be resolved if the media begins to consistently “speak and advocate for resources for the NCCE.â€
The lack of resources at the NCCE appears to be a long-standing problem.
NCCE similarly lamented the lack of adequate office space as well as permanent offices to operate in, saying the situation is affecting its output in 2016.
Michael Dadzie, NCCE’s Director of Finance at the time bemoaned the fact that since its inception in 1993, the Commission had been sharing offices with the Electoral Commission (EC) as it carries out its constitutional mandate.
Testifying before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) at the time, Mr. Dadzie said, “ever since the institution came into being, NCCE has never been given an office. We have been squatting in the Electoral Commission’s office in 12 rooms and it is having a serious impact on our activities.â€
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Josephine Nkrumah's concerns came in the wake of several calls from Martin Amidu, the Special Prosecutor, for government to resource his team with the tools they needed to operate effectively.
After several public statements of frustration from Mr. Amidu, the government has finally made an allocation for the Office in the budget.
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