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By
Boakye Baafi, GNA

Ejisu (Ash), Nov 06,
GNA – Most Reverend Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Kumasi, has urged students in the country’s tertiary
institutions to use appropriate legal means to seek redress of their
grievances.

He said it was
ironic for students of tertiary institutions, regarded as matured persons with
high intellectual capabilities, to resort to violent demonstrations without
recourse to laid-down regulations for the resolution of grievances.

Most Rev. Kwasi
Sarpong, who is also the Chancellor of the Spiritan University College, made
the call at the 10th congregation of the University’s campus at
Ejisu in the Ashanti Region.

He said often, the
aftermath of students’ unlawful acts and violent demonstrations made people
wonder if such students were really matured and could be trusted to hold the
country together in the unlikely event of national crisis in future.

Most Rev. Kwasi
Sarpong said universities were established to train students to be law-abiding,
using the skills and expertise acquired to contribute meaningfully to the
development of the country.

“It becomes
disturbing if tertiary students tend to disregard the law and engage in acts
which are detrimental to the security of the country”.

Most. Rev. Kwasi
Sarpong, also appealed to the board and management of tertiary educational
institutions to always consider the views of their students whenever crucial
decisions which could affect their students, were being taken.

He further advised
school authorities not to engage in any immoral activities that could undermine
the integrity of the universities.

GNA


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