General News of Friday, 23 June 2017Source: citifmonline.comClarify your interest if you’re political – STAR Ghana to CSOIbrahim-Tankoh Amidu, STAR Ghana’s Programme DirectorSTAR Ghana’s Programme Director, Ibrahim-Tankoh Amidu, has advised civil society organisations that want to be political to be very clear about their political stance. He said there is nothing wrong with civil society organisations that are aligned with political parties, but “the challenge is where some civil society organisations say they are non-partisan but by their activities they are partisan.”“Where civil society organisations do not declare their interest, it affects their credibility: their ability to speak on pertinent national issues”, he added. STAR Ghana is having a national tour to hold public stakeholder discussions aimed at soliciting contributions and observations from various stakeholders to devise a framework for a firm INE to fund civil society organisations. The Central Region forum, held at Cape Coast, had a wide scope of representatives from traditional authorities, disability organisations, civil servants, trade unions, the media, security bodies and others. Mr. Ampaw warned that the quest for transparency and accountability, one of the pivots of civil society organisations, could be greatly weakened if well-carved strategies are not devised internally to strengthen the activities of such democratic bodies.

Source: GhanaWeb June 23, 2017 06:00 UTC