Leisure of Thursday, 11 June 2020
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2020-06-11
Archbishop Palmer Buckle,Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coastline Archbishop Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle has designed a strong circumstance for the renewal and transformation of the minds of Ghanaians in purchase to accomplish government’s vision of Ghana Further than Help.
He said as an ardent admirer of the late reggae feeling Bob Marley’s, emancipation from psychological slavery at all moments ought to go hand-in-hand with the renewal of minds in get to put Ghana further than more than-dependence on foreign help.
Archbishop Palmer-Buckle was speaking at a digital forum hosted by the Workplace of the Senior Minister on Thursday, June 11 on how the country can brace the coronavirus pandemic to accomplish President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of conserving the nation from dependence on foreign assist.
The forum was themed: ‘Covid-19 and Our March To Ghana Further than Aid: Turning Adversity Into Opportunity’.
The Roman Catholic priest spoke on the subject matter: ‘Renewing Our State of mind And Modifying Angle For Our Collective Development’.
He mentioned inspite of government’s emphasis on science, technological know-how, engineering and arithmetic (STEM) as portion of the vision for faculties, there must be much more emphasis on values.
“Unfortunately, there is not a concomitant or suitable emphasis on values and worth development,” he said.
“I believe it is since we choose it for granted. When I look at the universities, I would wish that as we emphasise the STEM, we should also similarly emphasise the humanity and the liberal arts.”
Archbishop Palmer-Buckle has not hidden his fanaticism for Bob Marley and he quoted the lyrics of his ‘Redemption Song’ to drum household his level.
“As you know Charles Palmer-Buckle, he has a patron saint named Bob Marley and I believe that we really do not have to have just to renew our way of thinking but we want an emancipation from our mental sort of slavery at all situations.”
He added: “Therefore it falls underneath Ghana over and above Support.”
He recommended that Chapter 2 of the doc guiding Ghana Outside of Help – which lists some values for each and every single Ghanaian – should be amplified and reproduced for studying for every Ghanaian citizen.
Among the values are patriotism, honesty, regard, discipline, hardwork, volunteerism, self-reliance, safeguarding the public purse and transparency and accountability.
He said there really should be a paradigm change from the recent state of mind and attitudes.
He, consequently, encouraged that the Ghana Education Service (GES), Nationwide Fee for Civic Schooling (NCCE) as effectively as faith-centered and civil society organisations really should be tasked “to do the job out quite pertinent syllabus and curricula on those elementary values outlined below and how they can be inculcated into each individual Ghanaian from cradle to the grave”.
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