THE Centre for People’s Empowerment and Rights (CPRI), a local non-governmental organisation based in Wa, with the support of Basic Needs Ghana, has organised a debate for selected senior high schools (SHSs) in the Upper West Region to mark this year’s mental health day.
The schools, T.I. Ahmaddiyya, Wa SHS and Islamic SHS, entertained the audience in their attempt to win the competition. The fourth school, Saint Francis Xavier Minor Seminary, failed to turn up.
The topics were “mentally ill and epileptic persons are a nuisance and should be left to their own fate” and “resources for the treatment of mentally ill and epileptic persons should be devoted to other productive ventures”.
Due to the absence of Saint Francis Xavier, the organisers awarded prizes ranging from textbooks in mathematics, social studies, English language and Integrated Science to all the three participating schools.
The best three debators, namely Shaibu Samed, Nasiatu Adams from T.I. Ahmaddiyya and Zakaria Fatahia of Islamic SHS, were also given individual awards.
In a brief address after the competition, the executive director of CPRI, Mr Anacletus Begyetenye, touched on some major causes of mental disorders and epilepsy, and therefore advised Ghanaians not to neglect relations who suffered from these diseases since they could be very productive in society when they were managed.
“We are all potential victims of mental illness so lets us all support our unfortunate ones who have the disease”, he added
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