Make education a priority nationwide - Nduom

Europa

June 6, 2016 7:11 PM

According to Dr Nduom there has been nowhere in the world that development occurred without higher levels of literacy for every member of that country.

The Founder of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum says current and subsequent governments must make a deliberate attempt to invest in higher education across the country.

He intimated that this is the only way to get the country developed.

According to Dr Nduom there has been nowhere in the world that development occurred without higher levels of literacy for every member of that country. He stated that "only education can lift the country from economic dependency to economic independence".

He therefore called on Ghanaians to demand the right and necessary investments in the education of Ghanaians from elected officials. He explained that it is only through education that "inhabitants from rural communities can change their economic status from poor to well to do".

“So if I go to Sampa and I want to put a manufacturing company there, I go to Hamile and I want to put a manufacturing company there who am I going to employ there if most of the people haven’t gone pass basic education?’’ Dr. Nduom questioned.

He stressed that without making a conscious effort to educate the rural folks, nobody will plan establishing factories in those of parts of the country to boost the local economy there.

"If a businessman is not from Ghana and they are coming from the US, UK or Japan or anywhere else will they even think about [bringing] jobs to Sampa or Hameli or Gemini in the Volta region or any of those places, absolutely not. They will want to come to Accra, Tema or maybe to Kumasi. Even in the oil and Gas [found in the Western Region] their offices are in Accra.”

Dr. Nduom who was addressing students of the Catholic University College in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region said the lack of human resources for folks in the countryside has hindered his attempts at employing indigenous people to fill positions at local GN Bank branches across the country. He further expressed the hope to increase the number of GN bank branches across the country from the current 245 to 300 branches before the end of this year.

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