He said the creation of jobs, raising the standards of living of
the people and above all providing skills for the youth was the best
ingredient for development.
President Mills said this when he cut a sod for work to start on
a three million Ghana cedis multi-purpose auditorium at the University
for Development studies (UDS), Navrongo Campus, as part of his
three-day working visit to the Upper East Region.
President Mills also called for the installation of street lights
and construction of pavements for the university.
He stated that producing quality graduates was a priority since
the youth of today were future leaders of the country.
President Mills said government was aware of the numerous
problems facing universities in the country and was ready to
participate in bringing the necessary changes required for them to
develop.
Professor Haruna Yakubu, Vice Chancellor of UDS, called for
urgent infrastructural development of the school in view of the fact
that it started with old buildings and had not seen any significant
improvement in infrastructure.
He appealed for assistance from the Ghana Education Trust Fund to
help the university expand its infrastructure.
He said the school started with only 39 students in 1996 and
currently has a population of over 80,000. It is able to accommodate
only 400 students out of 4,331 students on the Navrongo Campus.
The President also inspected an ultra modern school project that
was at various levels of construction at the Our Lady of Lourdes
Senior High School in Navrongo.
Reverend Sister Martina Naameh, Headmistress of the school,
appealed for a bus and a computer laboratory as the school was far
from Navrongo Town and students could not continue to travel long
distances to other schools for their practical lessons.
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