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Maulvi Dr Abdul Wahab Bin Adam, Ameer in charge of the Ahmmadiyya Muslim Mission, has reiterated the call on education and health professionals to accept postings to the rural areas where their services were badly needed. He said it was sad that very often professionals trained with State resources refuse to serve their people, especially those in the rural areas, but travel outside to seek greener pastures. Maulvi Dr Adam made these remarks when he addressed the 37th Anniversary speech and Prize Giving Day ceremony of the T. I Ahmadiyya Senior High School at Gomoa Potsin in the Central Region. He said the time had come for the professionals to help curb the brain drain because it was seriously affecting the socio-economic advancement of the country. Maulvi Dr Adam urged Ghanaians to serve the nation with humility and a sense of patriotism to accelerate growth and development. He called on old students to assist their Alma Mata to improve the infrastructure development of the educational institutions, adding that, "it is the responsibility of old students to impart great moral, righteous and religious values into the students to check moral decadence among them." He, however, commended students of the school for their high level of discipline exhibited over the years, adding that, because of the religious values, it was unusual to see or hear students of T. I Ahmadiyya schools staging demonstrations to destroy the property of their schools, unlike their contemporaries elsewhere. Mr Mohamed K. Ackonu, Headmaster of the School, expressed concern about the inequalities that existed in many senior high schools in Ghana. He said the disparity in the learning environment in majority of the rural schools was a major contributing factor to the low level of education in the country. Madam Ama Benyiwa Doe, Central Region Minister, in a speech read on her behalf, said the government was committed to ensure that more educational infrastructure were provided to public institutions to promote effective learning and teaching. She commended the headmaster, teaching staff and non teaching, for their hard work and dedication that had raised the academic standards of the school. Mr Ekow Okyere Panyin, MP for Gomoa East, said he would use part of his share of the Common Fund to construct a kitchen for the school. Mr Isaac Kingsley Ehunu Armah, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa East, announced that the assembly was sponsoring 30 students to pursue secondary and tertiary education for the future benefit of the district and the nation as a whole.