President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to Ghanaians who get the chance to review overseas to return house to position information and experiences on the disposal of their fellow residents as a part of their contribution in the direction of nationwide growth.
In accordance him, it was unlucky that almost all of Ghanaians who faculty overseas as a rule really feel reluctant to return house to contribute to nationwide growth whereas those that even return desire to be of their personal area.
President Akufo-Addo who was talking on the tenth anniversary internetworking and fundraising dinner of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Society of Ghana (OXCAM) in Accra final Thursday mentioned it was necessary for all Ghanaians to recognise that nation-building was the duty of all.
He defined that the duty of developing a rustic couldn’t relaxation on the shoulders of presidency alone however would require the contributions of corporate entities, people and alumni teams just like the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Ghana to make sure the collective growth sought.
President Akufo-Addo particularly urged all Ghanaians who schooled at Oxford and Cambridge universities in the UK who had returned house to make use of the expertise and heritage that they had gained in training to assist resolve challenges going through the nation.
President Akufo-Addo, himself an alumnus of Oxford College mentioned his authorities had made training not only a precedence but in addition the cornerstone because of the perception that training held the important thing to success.
Whereas commending the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Ghana, he additionally emphasised the significance and the value that such alumni networks dropped at the nation.
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor who can also be the patron of OXCAM requested members of the society to let the information acquired by the gates of the 2 universities mirror on the transformation of Ghana and Africa usually.
He mentioned humanity have to be the centre of every part that the information acquired helped in doing, stressing that humanity have to be above every part that we do.
President Kufuor expressed fear over the troubling instances that the world discovered itself and mentioned if humanity was positioned on the centre of every part accomplished, the world would discover peace and permit humanity to reside in concord.
The Chairperson, OXCAM, Dr Emefa Takyi Amoako, in her remarks, mentioned that Oxford and Cambridge Society of Ghana amongst different issues, encouraged Ghanaian college students to hunt greater training in prestigious universities within the UK.
This she mentioned would allow them to achieve the requisite information and publicity to help the event of Ghana.
President Kufuor is without doubt one of the few alumni of Oxford College who has two of his portraits held on the partitions of the college.
That is in recognition of his sterling contributions to Ghana and likewise his function in international affairs.