Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Area, Daasebre Professor Oti Boateng, has called for more aggressive push towards the use of space technology to drive the nation’s development.
This, he said, required fashioning out a new globally competitive space engineering policy regime.
He was speaking at the 28th convocation of the All Nations University (ANU) in Koforidua.
He said urgent steps needed to be taken to utilize the benefits of space science for sustainable development in critical areas of the nation’s resource management.
Daasebre Oti Boateng, who is the Chancellor of the University, asked that Ghana took advantage of the recent successful launch of a satellite into space by the ANU - exploit the pioneering feat, to position itself as space engineering hub of Africa.
He said the incredible feat achieved by the University “in this elite global scientific sector, has made it a monument of inspiration not only for the universities in Ghana but also for the whole of Africa to compete in the global spaceâ€.
He added that the sense of history, enthusiasm and globally-competitive spirit inspired by the university to build an all-encompassing intellectual resource-base to draw on what he calls, “hyper-imaginative creative thinkingâ€, should be sustained.  Â
It was the way forward to place Ghana as a new emerging global laboratory for creative research on sustainable development in Africa.
‘‘It is instructive for government to seize this great opportunity to redefine a globally competitive new human resource regime that would balance the reward culture in Ghana to fully recognize and appreciate technocratic ingenuity in providing pertinent solutions for national development. It is within such a well-crafted governance regime that we can develop the country beyond aid’’, he stated.
Daasebre Oti Boateng applauded the government for setting the pace in free senior high school (SHS) education to ensure a universal access to secondary education.
He, however, urged it to explore creative avenues to make all Ghanaians share-holders of the policy so as to attract the needed funding to bridge the infrastructure and other essential facility gaps to build a solid foundation of quality education.