FOGET entreats students to be of substance in nation building

The Foundation for Generational Thinkers (FOGET), held the second in a series of lectures in what it termed ‘Life Empowerment Summit 2017’at the Anlo-Afiadenyigba Senior High Secondary School. The Life Empowerment Summit (LES) is a program under the Foundation’s educational sustainability umbrella through which it strives to empower the youth to shun corrupt acts and adopt values worth emulating.

FOGET, a trans-generational non-governmental organization, NGO, according to its president, Mr. Prosper Afetsi, has realized that the future of the nation can only be certain if the youth are encouraged through teaching on how to make good and sustainable choices in life through proper management of resources.

Speaking at the function at Anlo-Afriadenyigba SHS, the president said the motivational factor behind the lecture series is to spread the message to the youth about the essence of making life better not just for themselves, but also for generations coming after them.

Speaking on the topic “Living worthy legacies” he noted that one factor hindering the country’s progress is the lack of great thinkers who will provide the youth with the sense of living worthy lives by promoting the cultural norms and values of the country.

The programme, co-hosted by ROSI Consult, according to Mr. Afetsi, was to educate today’s youth not to be self-centered yearning for ephemeral things but must rather always aspire for greater heights that will make them leave worthy landmarks and legacies for future generations.

He pointed out that the inability to think on these lines has created a nation that is stunted in development, asking rhetorically: “once you are alive and still young, ask yourself, what legacy am I leaving behind for me to be remembered for?”

He urged the youth to always remember two guiding principles in life – the problem they have caused or the problem they have solved. Such principles, he stressed, can guide them to greatness.

The president pointed out that as generational thinkers, “… we do not want our lifestyles to hamper the survival or in any way infringe upon the livelihood of those who will come after us. This is why we urge the youth, especially students to strive to leave good legacies in their schools and their communities. We want them to make the school better than they came to find it; they should plant trees, gardens, paint walls, erect fences, engage in clubs that leave positive footprints in their schools pari passu with academic records. We want them to endure the pain of discipline and focus on their studies so that they can be better off in the future. We want to help them discover, develop and deploy their God-given potentials in life.”

Mr. Afetsi explained that what the world is enjoying today is the legacy and footprints of inventions and thoughts of earlier generations of great and critical thinkers.
“So, legacy is very important at the individual human and collective level, so try to live your life as the best human, so that your actions will be left behind as legacy to your family,” he added.

FOGET had earlier organized a similar lecture at the Aburi Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region. The program is geared towards instilling the spirit of excellence, diligence and dedication to duty in our youth, as well as to prepare them to master their time and skills for academic success and exploits in life.