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Medical students urged to be innovative in their careers
Ghanaian medical students have been urged to be innovative and not solely concentrate on what they can derive from the system.
Dr Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur, a Senior Clinical lecturer and Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon at the University of Ghana Medical School, who was addressing the Ninth Matriculation ceremony of the Accra College of Medicine (ACM), asked the matriculants to remain focused throughout their training.
He encouraged them to work hard on the added value they would bring on board, remain unique throughout their profession so that people they encounter would identify the extra value they have ,and how they would enhance the set of skills at their disposal.
He said though knowledge and skills were the essential values, patients and colleagues would require of them, the ability to listen, comfort, explain conditions, and to console others were as important as making the right diagnosis or operating on a patient safely and effectively.
“Treating patients while shouting at them and not looking them in the face is very different from explaining conditions and problems to them, and providing them with enough contact time,” he explained.
He said the extra value they would add as professionals could be simple or complex, be life-changing or just a way to keep a smile on the face of an old sick person.
“Be assured that you will find more and greater rewards in all you do because the extra value you bring to the table will be noticed and rewarded by all those you encounter,” he said.
The President of ACM, Prof Afua A Jectey Hesse, described it as a great joy to hear about the splendid performance of doctors trained by ACM. She said testimonies abound in the hospitals where their trained doctors worked.
She said by the quality of training received in the country, Ghanaian doctors were in high demand throughout the world.
She, therefore, called on students to work hard and remain focused in their studies, adding that ACM was poised to train more doctors for the country, the sub-region and beyond.
Twenty-seven students who were enrolled this year, were from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Canada.
A matriculant, Ms Nana Abena Ohemeng, in her speech, asked her colleagues to remember that they were enrolled to study to enable them to make positive impact in the world.
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also love for humanity,” she said.
By Raymond Kyekye
National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
