Senior Presidential Adviser at the Presidency, Mr Paul Victor Obeng has called on the business community and civil society to do more to establish their proper roles in national discourse and progress. Mr. P.V also urged the business community to offer credible middle paths for compromise, since any unnecessary tension in the nation would affect especially, the business community the most. He made the comments while delivering an address at the first annual B.J Da Rocha Lectures, at the Mancrest University College, in Accra on Thursday. The event instituted to celebrate the life of the late B.J Da Rocha and commemorate the 84th birthday of the late Ghanaian politician and statesman, was chaired by Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo, former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning. In his lecture, Mr. Obeng described the late Da Rocha as a man of strong conviction who was willing to shift position in the interest of national development and progress. To emphasise his point on the qualities of the late Da Rocha, Mr. Obeng, recalled his meetings with the late statesman in the aftermath of the 1992 Presidential elections when the NPP, which Mr. Da Rocha then chaired, had decided to boycott the Parliamentary polls. Mr. Obeng said that it was as a result of such meetings that the NPP which though boycotted the parliamentary elections, participated fully in the national discourse which eventually ensured that Ghana’s democracy was strengthened. Mr. P. V. Obeng who has held several high ranking positions in public service under almost all the administrations since the early 80s, described Mr. Da Rocha as a statesman par excellence who should be celebrated. He observed that Ghana was at a critical stage in its development and needed more of the likes of the late Da Rocha to ensure that bridges are built between the various factions in the political arena and society in general, to ensure that Ghana’s development is not bogged by unnecessary politicking, partisanship and division.