*Lehohla on behalf of Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) alumni, gave this speech on Thursday.
CHAIRPERSON of the proceedings and chairperson of RIPS Jubilee organising committee, Medamfo Dr Grace Bediako, permit me to bring greetings from South Africa to the vice-president of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; to the vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo; and to the acting director of RIPS, Professor Ayaga Agula Bawah.
I feel like Jonah in the Bible and like Shakespeare’s Malvolio in the “Twelfth Night”.
I am burdened by the trust that my 1 500 colleagues have conferred on me, that of representing them truthfully on this monumental occasion.
