Ms Sophia A. Akuffo, the Chief Justice, has appealed to the youth to disabuse their minds of travelling to other countries to look for greener pastures but rather they should stay and help build the country.
Chief Justice said the countries that the youth were looking up to, were built by their own nationals and not migrants.
“The nations that we look jealously on were all at one point or the other just like us. The standard of living that we long to go and experience is as a result of years of unrelenting hard work, selfless dedication and unflagging patriotism.
“Had some people not dedicated themselves to building those countries, they would have nothing for us to envy today.’’
Ms Akuffo was speaking at the 11th Chief Justice Annual mentoring programme held at the Supreme Court in Accra on the theme: ‘’I pledge myself to the Service of Ghana.’’
The mentoring programme, which brought together 10 schools, is meant to inspire young people to take up roles in the judicial sector, instil in them a sense of duty to their nation as well as be minded of their responsibility to take up the mantle of nation building.
This year’s programme gave students and some head porters the opportunity to ask questions on child marriage, corruption, appointment of judges, whether or not a hearing impaired could become a judge or lawyer.
The Chief Justice said recent events had made Western and other countries less tolerant to migrants, adding that ‘’we can only arrive at the conclusion that our only option is to build our country and we can only do so by pledging ourselves fully and totally to it”.
She said the country currently needed diligent practitioners to protect the rights of citizens, mediate in conflicts and settle disputes.
Ms Akuffo told the students that in any profession that they found themselves, their preoccupation should be to serve the nation with integrity and wholehearted commitment to the country’s growth.
“Should you choose any of the million other ways in which you can serve this country, you will need to apply the same principle of patriotism and ethical conduct.”
Source: GNA
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Very funny. I laugh enter my plane out of Ghana for good!
U have sent all your children to abroad and you to stay and suffer
Madam, many thanks for the advice but many things depend on how the successive governments are willing to encourage the citizens of the country to develop the patriotism that you refer to. When people feel that they are put aside, they care little about what is going on. In a country where huge sums of money is voted to buy cars for politicians whilst the hospitals are lacking beds, cocoa happens to be a major foreign exchange earner but no government cares about its production and marketing to give incentives to the poor ang aging farmers, when the farmers are imbéciles who have no respect and people look down upon them, that politics is the easiest way to get money and have social esteem, that justice is delivered depending whom you know, that even the English laws that we follow has leniency for petty crimes whilst in this country an ***barred word*** police officer can detain a driver unnecessarily for not having a driving licence whilst his motive is to take bribes, whilst justice is really delayed, the disappointed will make perilous journey even if it is at the cost of his life. Back your advice with concrete actions to give hope to people. All is not well when imported cars are kept to rot because political thiefs don’t know what to do with them because they cannot give to their cohorts.
for stup1@d ple like Anas to be chasing us with cameras all over the place? how can we allow someone to mask himself and claim to be fighting corruption and u believe him? only cr1m1nals were mask when going for operation. and anas is no exception. if we get the chance we will go.
When all work are given to family and friends
you have fuck-ed the country and made life difficult for the rest of us whiles you and your government enjoys. But you are fooooooooolishly telling us to stay and continue to suffer whiles the rest of you enjoy from our sweat
the govt favors ghanaians with foreign qualifications over local ones. Ministers and MPs have become visa racketeers and you are telling the rest of us who suffer for you to enjoy that we should stay here. Madam, u are not correct
We should stay and build Ghana for you eh? While you can't even build Accra...You have V8,patch the potholes on own road k3k3,,you can't. SHAME!!!!!!!!ON YOU BAD LEADERS!!!!!!
ah, times is difficult not to talk but once let go, it becomes a believe and acceptable in Ghana. madam CJ, no one wanna trip outside but you see, if ya brother and relatives will make available employment with good salary, if they will appoint people that studied at UDS, KNUST, LEGON, WA POLY etc and not havard, lincoln etc, we will all stay. stop the hepocrisy , parade yya children and grand children for us to see if they are all in Ghana. after all, no one needs appointment to travel neither is it party funds to buy ticket. give us a break and instill good and better courts adjudicating JUSTICE, where is wayome, where are killers of JB and you talking. as CJ, i expect you to do more rather to this ***barred word***. GIVE US A BREAK wai and enjoy ya short term V8. thank you