Acceptance Speech By The First National Executive President Of ENVIDAP – Chief Dr Clement Mgbechi

Below is the acceptance speech of the First National Executive President of ENVIDAP

I welcome all of you to this festive and historic occasion of Environmental Degradation And Pollution Prevention (ENVIDAP).

I stand before you today honored by your trust, and inspired by your charge. I am grateful to the members of the Board of Trustees for their confidence. I am touched by the greetings from our friends and partners.

I’d like to thank our special dignitaries that are here today; Professor, Dr H.A.A Ugboma, Professor Henry Alapiki, Hon Emmanuel Okolo and all other prominent distinguished associates to name but a few.

I also want to say that it is an honor to share the stage with highly respected Professors. I have attended quite a few inauguration over the course of my life, and I have always been on that side of the podium. I never really thought too much about them one way or the other. But I have to say, being on this side of the podium, there’s a certain surreal quality about these events. You have all these people from different stages of your life. And then they put this medallion on you. I sort of feel like frodo receiving the ring. Except when frodo received the ring, and put in on he became invisible. When I put the medallion on, I become highly visible.

I am indeed honored and humbled to become the first president in the distinguished history of ENVIDAP. And I promise that the executive National Working Committee, shall ensure that our personnel today, shall follow the examples of those who conceived this ideology. They were dedicated to work extremely hard, they’re talented and ultimately they will pursue the objectives that would restore back course.

They did a superb job and through the concept provide impressive services to the impacted communities. That would be for all to see.

We’re seeing the disturbing economics of healthcare in an aging population and we’re seeing the roles of providers being reshaped to meet these changing needs.

Today, I would like to focus on what I see as one of the most relentless change agents to the health care system – science and technology.

Hearing these accounts makes me proud to be chosen as the first president of ENVIDAP. I look forward to working with the Governing Council. Impressive it is why I stand honored by your trust and inspired by your charge.

Thank you.