Agbogbomefia Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV has urged the graduates to shun their insatiable lust for money and work harder to be agents of change for the country.
He spoke at congregation 7 of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at its main campus in Sokode-Lokoe, near Ho, on Saturday (January 21, 2023).
Togbe Afede, who was the special guest, said success and wealth are achieved through hard work, honesty and perseverance, adding that wealth acquired by fraudulent means comes without honour.
Agbogbomefia said the current economic and development challenges facing the country may seem overwhelming, but it also gives graduates the opportunity to be innovative and use the minds liberated from the education they have acquired to overcome these challenges.
Service to the community
He stated that a university degree is worthless if it does not help meet the aspirations of society.
“Therefore, you should focus on things that are important to the people and not on the desire to get money, expensive cars and big houses with money from doubtful sources,” he told the graduates.
Togbe Afede noted that greed among citizens is not helping to meet the needs of the debt-ridden country, but portends a bleak future for the people.
To reverse the trend, he called on the graduates to lead a vigorous campaign to inspire Ghanaians to cut their suits to their size and adopt a modest life.
Giving more on wealth creation, Togbe Afede said it is time Ghanaians sacrificed their sleep and gave more time to serve the nation with passion and enthusiasm.
“Poverty is created in bed, and you cannot sleep as if you are competing with the dead and expect success to come,” he said.
sufficient resources
Agbogbomefia maintains that Africa has enough natural resources to create wealth for its people, with appropriate innovation and development policies from the country.
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the guest of honour, praised UHAS for achieving high standards as a university in international circles for ten years.
He assured that the government will take the necessary steps to address the infrastructure deficit of UHAS as soon as possible.
He appealed to the graduates to be humble in their practice, saying that a certificate without good attitude of the holder is worthless.
He said the government will continue to invest in education, without which the country will not progress.
Already, it is said that there are now 1.3 million children in secondary school, instead of 800,000 in 2017 as a result of the Free SHS Policy.
The Vice Chancellor of UHAS, Professor Lydia Aziato congratulated the graduates and advised them to be guided by the institution’s ethos and values of excellence, integrity, innovation, and service and care.
“Be humble and learn from everyone you meet in your practice; as you know, health care requires teamwork, so be a firm team player,” he added.
In all, 826 degrees were awarded to graduates from the School of Allied Sciences, Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Midwifery, Pharmacy and the Fred N. Binka School of Public Health.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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