{"id":943,"date":"2019-08-11T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=943"},"modified":"2019-08-11T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:38:20","slug":"decision-to-name-uenr-after-busia-has-my-blessings-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/homepage-english\/decision-to-name-uenr-after-busia-has-my-blessings-akufo-addo","title":{"rendered":"Decision to name UENR after Busia has my blessings – Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Nana\u00a0Akufo-Addo has applauded the decision by the Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources after Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The decision to name it after the country\u2019s Prime Minister in the 2nd Republic was taken by the university\u2019s Governing Council on August 3,\u00a0in accordance with the Statutes of the University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision is an excellent one, which will receive the blessing of the President of the Republic, so that, once the parliamentary process has been completed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President made this known on Saturday when he delivered the keynote speech at the 4th Graduation Ceremony of the University\u00a0in Sunyani in the Bono Region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis University will, thereafter, be called the K.A. Busia University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIt is wholly fitting that this great man, who viewed freedom as a great ally of progress, should be properly honoured by a grateful posterity, and, especially, by citizens of his native Bono Region.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to President Akufo-Addo, Dr Busia believed that individual freedoms were not just about the space and ability to speak freely, associate and assemble freely, and to vote freely, seminal as they are, but also about their capacity to stimulate enterprise, creativity and innovation, and, thereby, provide the inspiration for rapid economic development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure that you can appreciate what a special moment it will be for me to be the President who will have the privilege to assent to this decision. Long may we cherish his memory!\u201d<\/p>\n

The President assured the gathering that his Government is determined to promote tertiary education in the country as a means of equipping the citizens with the tools vital for national development, adding that \u201cwe will continue to support institutions such as U.E.N.R.\u201d<\/p>\n

Government, he assured, will continue to initiate policies and programmes to enhance the capacity of graduates from the country\u2019s tertiary institutions to contribute to the socio-economic transformation of the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my expectation, and that of the Ghanaian people, that U.E.N.R will continue to produce graduates who are moulded to take on the opportunities and possibilities for higher achievement, through innovation and creativity, in today\u2019s science and technology-led, knowledge-driven global economy, and who will, thereby, help generate prosperity for the mass of our people in our time,\u201d the President stressed.<\/p>\n

Whilst urging the 2019 graduating class to impact the world positively, he reminded them of the role they have to play in the development of the country, and in the realization of the vision of moving Ghana to a situation beyond aid.<\/p>\n

The flagship programmes rolled out by government, such as \u201c1-District-1-Factory\u201d, \u201cOne-Village-One-Dam\u201d, \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d, in addition to the exploitation of our strategic resources of bauxite and iron ore deposits, amongst others, President Akufo-Addo said, are geared towards building a Ghana Beyond Aid.<\/p>\n

The President applauded the University Teachers\u2019 Association of Ghana (UTAG) for bringing its year-long impasse with Government to an end.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast Wednesday, an agreement was reached with UTAG, and I would like to express appreciation to members of UTAG for their show of solidarity and commitment to the nation\u2019s development,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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