Scouts and Guide Fellowship Ghana mark Founder’s Day

The Scout and Guide Fellowship Ghana (SGF-GH) on Friday marked it's 66th Founders day celebrations with a call on political party leaders to include how they will manage the impact of climate change in their manifestos.

The National President of SGF-Gh, Mr. Prosper Bani in his speech again urged governments and Non Governmental Organizations to also include in an unintegrated way, climate change management in their respective development and social programs.

This he said would help increase the awareness on the menace and impact of Global warming and its associated effects on the environment.

He said “Our attitude of denial must change to one of accepting the reality. As a generation, we shall be committing a serious crime if we do not act today and change our attitude towards the environment. The young ones must be taught in schools, the government must mobilize the power of the state to ensure compliance.”

According to him, there was also the need for legislative processes to be put in place as a matter of urgency to address global warming and climate change, adding that everyone had a role to play in fighting the menace.

Mr Bani explained that the increasing impact of climate change on our environment must be seen as a security threat, saying the effects of climate change would cause new and untreatable diseases, droughts and increase population displacement around the world.

The former Chief of Staff assured that, ISGF-Ghana was committed to working with any institution or organization focused on contributing towards the development of the country and world at large.

“We are ever ready to support all activities that prevent the threat of climate change and also support the recovery of the effects of climate change at the community level. We must work together to achieve zero emissions, zero excuses and zero time to waste,” he added.

Dr Mettle Nunoo, a patron and former National President of SGF-Ghana in his address stated that scouting is for both boys and girls and not just for boys, adding that activities of such groups helped in shaping the youth into becoming good citizens.

He advised members of Fellowship to continue abiding by the rules and regulations of the group and set good examples for other members of the society to follow.

“Be morally upright and patriotic. Desist from engaging in activities that will mar your reputation as we all work together to make Ghana and the world a better place,” he advised.

Dr. Nunoo also called on the public to join ISGF-Ghana in efforts to promote discipline, solidarity and patriotism in the country.