Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
UNIVERSITIES IN the country have been urged to share their scientific research findings with those in industry and the government to expedite the country’s development.
The Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, who made the call, was of the opinion that research, since time immemorial, has been helping humanity to properly advance.
According to her, actions which are taken based on the advice and recommendations of research findings, eventually end up well, stressing that research is crucial to national development.
In this regard, she stated that research findings from the universities would greatly enable industries and the government to take proper steps to help accelerate the country’s growth.
“I’m encouraging faculty and students to share their research findings with government and industry as part of your efforts in contributing to the effective development of the country,” she said.
Special Congregation
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was addressing the 58th Special Congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi last Saturday.
The Chancellor of the KNUST, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and His Royal Majesty, King Mswati III of Eswatini, who was on a working visit to the country, were at the event.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on his part, urged the graduating students to make the development of society their utmost priority.
According to him, national development should be the collective effort of all-and-sundry, and entreated the graduands to contribute their quota to speed up growth.
“Don’t think about your personal interest alone, rather, you should think about what you can contribute to make society better for the present and future generations,” he advised.
Otumfuo also expressed concern over the delayed KNUST Teaching Hospital project, and called for swift government intervention.
When completed, he pointed out, the KNUST Teaching Hospital project would help to train medical professionals and also boost access to medical care in the Ashanti Region.
The Asantehene therefore appealed to the government to do its utmost best to complete the project since its completion time had unduly delayed.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah, Kumasi