Accra, January 29, 2018//-Indians and Ghanaians converged at the Residence of the India High Commissioner in Accra to mark the 69th Republic Day. On this day it marks the anniversary of its constitution coming into effect on Jan 26, 1950.
The annual celebration included floats from the various Indian states and its defence and police forces. These display a rich culture and heritage of India.
Addressing a large Indian community in Ghana, the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Birender Singh Yadav who read a speech on behalf of the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind said that the country’s republic “cannot rest and cannot be satisfied without meeting the basic needs and essential dignity of our less well-off brothers and sisters”.
He added that it was their sacred obligation to eliminate the curse of poverty in the shortest possible time. This is non-negotiable for the republic, Mr Kovind stated.
He emphasised the need to further improve the lives of the country’s hard working farmers. “Like mothers, they toil to feed us- more than a billion of us”.
“We need to continue to modernise and strengthen our strategic manufacturing sector so as to provide the valiant personnel our Armed Forces, and our police and paramilitary forces, the equipment that they need”, the President said.
Mr Kovind said the country needs to move ahead rapidly on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that commit India and other countries to eliminate poverty and hunger, among others.
Developed India beckons
“The promise of a developed India beckons us. This is the new stage of our nation building project which we have embarked.
This is the republic that our young people need to take forward and enhance-in keeping with their vision, their ambition and their ideas”.
A confident and forward-looking nation, according to him is built by confident and forward-looking young people, stressing: “Over 60 percent of our fellow citizens are below the age of 35. It is in them that our hopes lie”.
Initiatives for the youth
To this end, Mr Kovind noted that many programmes and initiatives had been launched to equip the youth with the education and skills to compete in a globalised world.
“Sizeable resources have been set aside for these programmes. It is for our talented young people to make the most of these opportunties”, he urged.
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, African Eye Report
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