{"id":679087,"date":"2019-08-12T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>President Akufo-Addo presenting an award to the overall best graduating student<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE PRESIDENT, Nana Addo Dankwa\nAkufo-Addo, has said he supports the\ndecision of the Governing Council of the University of\nEnergy a"},"modified":"2019-08-12T12:49:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T12:49:43","slug":"uner-to-be-named-after-busia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/12\/uner-to-be-named-after-busia\/","title":{"rendered":"UNER To Be Named After Busia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>President Akufo-Addo presenting an award to the overall best graduating student<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT, Nana Addo Dankwa<br \/>\nAkufo-Addo, has said he supports the<br \/>\ndecision of the Governing Council of the University of<br \/>\nEnergy and Natural Resources (UENR) to rename the institution after the late Prime Minister, Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia.<\/p>\n<p>He said the decision to rename the university<br \/>\nwas taken by the Governing Council of the university on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August<br \/>\n2018, in accordance with the statutes of the institution. He said subject to<br \/>\nparliamentary approval, he was all for it and when that was finally done; the<br \/>\nuniversity would be called \u201cK.A. Busia University of Energy and Natural<br \/>\nResources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision was an excellent one which would<br \/>\nreceive the blessing of the President of the republic,\u201d he said at the 4th<br \/>\nCongregation of the university on Saturday in Sunyani in the Bono Region, where<br \/>\na total of 1,113 graduates comprising 885 males and 228 females were conferred<br \/>\nwith degrees and diplomas.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo indicated that Prof.<br \/>\nBusia, born on July 11, 1913 at Wenchi in the region, was<br \/>\nan illustrious son of the land, a renowned scholar and a noble Ghanaian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a devoted patriot and one who distinguished<br \/>\nhimself during his time as the Prime Minister of the country from 1<sup>st<\/sup><br \/>\nOctober 1969 to 13<sup>th<\/sup> January 1972 when the Second Republic was overthrown,\u201d<br \/>\nthe President noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him,<br \/>\nProf. Busia believed individual freedom was not just about the space and<br \/>\nability to speak free and to vote freely but the cognitive capacity towards<br \/>\ncreativity and innovation of the people for the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on infrastructural challenges of the<br \/>\ninstitution, President Akufo-Addo announced that a pledge made to construct<br \/>\nfive kilometres access road to the university was being fulfilled.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>He reiterated government\u2019s decision to expand<br \/>\ntertiary education in the country because that is the means of equipping<br \/>\ncitizens with tools for national development. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Council<br \/>\nStatement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Announcing the new decision, a statement issued<br \/>\nby UENR and signed by its Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Benjamin<br \/>\nAppiah-Kubi, said: \u201cThe approval of the proposal was premised on the<br \/>\nachievements of Prof. Busia. He was the first African to attain the position of<br \/>\na professor in Ghana and remains an inspiration and an icon in academia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe mentored many people by way of teaching and<br \/>\nhighlighted Ghana and Africa on the academic map of the world through his<br \/>\nprofessional engagements in universities across the globe. As a distinguished<br \/>\nacademic, Prof. Busia set up the Department of Sociology at the University of<br \/>\nGhana,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The council has, therefore, urged the Minister<br \/>\nof State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, to consider the<br \/>\ndecision of the council to rename UENR as Busia University to honour the late<br \/>\nPrime Minister of the Second Republic whose contributions to the development of<br \/>\nGhana cannot be underrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Akyeamehene of the Wenchi<br \/>\nTraditional Area, Nana Damoah Koasane Adese-Poku Kofabaye IV, a representative<br \/>\nof the council, expressed gratitude to the council for the decision and thanked<br \/>\nthe President for agreeing with the council, saying \u201ctoday is a joyful day for the people of Wenchi,<br \/>\nbecause this is what we have been waiting for all this while.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM Daniel Dayee, Fiapre<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo presenting an award to the overall best graduating student THE PRESIDENT, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said he supports the decision of the Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) to rename the institution after the late Prime Minister, Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia. 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