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PART OF A DAYLONG CELEBRATION TODAY. CORINNE: MATT BARCARO HAS A PREVIEW. MATT: IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE A BIG DAY, THE NEW PRESIDENT DR. DANIEL WBAH HAS BEEN IN THE ROLE SINCE JULY BUT HIS OFFICIAL INSTALLATION IS TODAY. HE IS A MICROBIOLOGIST AND A TRIBAL KING IN HIS NATIVE GHANA. IT’S A HEREDITARY TITLE AND SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE MAYOR HERE IN THE U.S. IS THE FIRST KING TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF GHANA AND BECAUSE OF THAT, EVERY MORNING HE CALLS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IN GHANA TO GO OVER OFFICIAL BUSINESS AND W WERE WITH HIM ONE MORNING RECENTLY WHEN HE WAS CHECKING IN ON RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALAC HE TOLD AS BEING A TRIBAL KING AND A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT IS A BALANCIN ACT BUT THERE ARE SIMILARITIES. >> YOU HAVE TO SERVE OTHER PEOPLE, SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE IF YOU THINK ONLY ABOUT YOURSELF YOU NEVER SUCCEED, YOU HAVE TO BE SELFLESS AND PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU CAN’T DO EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF. MATT B: AS PART OF THE CEREMONIES, THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER KINGS FROM GHANA WHO WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT DR. WUBAH

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