Akufo-Addo applauds decision to rename Uni. of Energy and Natural Resources after Busia

Source The Ghana Report/Gloria Kafui Ahiable

On August 11, 2019, 10:30 AM

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the decision by the Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources to name the outfit after Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of the Government of the 2^nd Republic.

The decision was taken by the Governing Council of the University on 3^rd August, 2018, in accordance with the Statutes of the University.

Speaking at the 4th graduation ceremony of the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani in the Bono region, the President said the decision by the governing body is an excellent one.

He noted, “The decision will have the blessing of the President of the Republic, so that, once the parliamentary process has been completed, this University will, thereafter, be called the K.A. Busia University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani”.

The President added, “It 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.”

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.

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 “we will continue to support institutions such as U.E.N.R.”

Government, he assured, will continue to initiate policies and programmes to enhance the capacity of graduates from the country’s tertiary institutions to contribute to the socio-economic transformation of the nation.

“It 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’s science and technology-led, knowledge-driven global economy, and who will, thereby, help generate prosperity for the mass of our people in our time,” the President stressed.

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.

Story By Gloria KAFUI Ahiable / info@theghanareport.com