Joe Ghartey Writes: “How World’s Strongest Nations Have Progressed”

On Monday the 9th of August, I was privileged to attend the Official Launching of the SRC Week for the Cape Coast Technical University as Guest of Honour. I shared a few thoughts with the students. I stated that the strongest nations in the world have progressed mainly because of their technical sector.

I also stated that it was a matter of considerable regret that Ghana which was richer than South Korea in 1957 has today fallen far behind South Korea.

I gave the example of countries like South Korea and Germany whose progress to a large extent was because of the attention they paid to the technology and the technical sector. I asked the students to recognize the remarkable progress the present government had made in this area. Key among which is the conversion of polytechnics into Technical Universities. I urged them to work hard and to remember that challenges will come but they are there to be conquered. I reminded them of the words of Nelson Mandela in his book ‘Long walk to freedom’ where he stated that ” I have climbed many hills & every hill I climbed I realized there were more hills to be climbed”. I ended with a quotation from ‘Glanville Williams: Learning the Law’ which has stuck with me since I read it as a law student more than 30 yrs ago. “If the young people go about their chosen profession diligently, one day they will wake up and be amongst the great people of their time.” I admonished them to work hard to be counted amongst the great people of their generation.

Source :Kessbenonline.com