DEVELOPED NATIONS SUCCEEDED BY INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY- JOE GHARTEY 

Oru Leonard

The Immediate past Minister for Railway Development, and Member of Parliament for Essikad-Ketan in Ghana, Honourable Joe Ghartey has said that investment in technical sector is a key ingredient to sustainable development.

Hon. Ghartey stated this while Speaking at the official launch of the Students Representative Council (SRC), Week at the Cape Coast Technical University, where he was the Guest of Honour on Monday, August 9, 2021.

He noted that in recognition of the role  of technology in nation building, the present government of Nana has paid considerable attention in developing technical capacity in the areas of engineering and technology, adding that increased infrastructure is the surest way to secure Ghana’s place among developed nations across the globe.Hon

He said that the government had demonstrated that it is committed to ensuring that Ghana rallies along with nations such as South Korea, Germany and other technologically advanced countries.

Ghartey stated that “The strongest nations in the world have progressed mainly because of their technical sector.

“It was a matter of considerable regret that Ghana which was richer than South Korea in 1957 has today fallen far behind South Korea.”

He gave 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.

The MP asked the students to recognize the remarkable progress the present government had made in the area of technology. Key among which is the conversion of polytechnics into Technical Universities.

He urged them to work hard and to remember that challenges will come but are there to be conquered, quoting 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”, and a quotation from ‘Glanville Williams: Learning the Law’ which has he said has stuck with him since he 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.”

He admonished the students to work hard to be counted amongst the great people of their generation.

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