This week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) holds discussion with scholars gathered from all higher education institutions across the country. During the discussion, the scholars and the PM exchanged views on current affairs and ways forward to solve current challenges and on the way of building a peaceful, strong and prosperous nation. The discussion was organized with the theme “the role of scholars in nation-state building” and the view of focuses to foster the role of intellectuals in nation building process.
PM Abiy underlines scholars’ substantial role in
producing solutions for challenges
Scholars have the intellectual capacity to build a developed and peaceful country. The idea of scholars is vital for state building process. All citizens, including scholars dream to see a developed, peaceful and strong country. Scholars should contribute their maximum capacity to realize the ideal state that they want to see.
Scholars have the capacity and the ability to produce substantial solutions for current problems that Ethiopia is facing and can predict and put possible scenarios for the future. By producing and contributing substantial ideas, scholars can make the nation building process peaceful and smooth.
The role of scholars in cultivating the next generation is critical to the nation. I urge all university scholars in doing their part in this regard. Applying intellectualism to produce substantial solutions to national challenges is expected of our scholars.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said during the discussion with university scholars
Ethiopia needs selfless scholars to solve current challenges- scholars
At this critical time, Ethiopia needs selfless intellectuals. Ethiopian scholars should produce constructive ideas to solve the current challenges that our country is facing. To build strong, peaceful and developed country, it needs scholars’ selfless effort and contribution.
I have spent for over 29 years in teaching. I love the discipline and it is all about cultivating generations. It is all about scarifying to cultivate generations, not to fulfill for self needs. In addition to fulfill our responsibility in our respective institutions, scholars have additional responsibilities in contributing constructive ideas for national development and for nation building process.
The challenges and the problems that our country is facing are multifaceted and complex. Our country is facing internal and external challenges. Solving these challenges should become among the priority agendas for Ethiopian scholars. We have to give due focus on producing ideas to solve current challenges of our country.
A scholar from Arba Minch University who attended the scholars’ discussion with PM Abiy said
The Ethiopian Herald 28 January 2023
