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General News of Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com
2019-04-10
President Nana Akufo-Addo with former President Jerry John Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings rejected the proposal to rename the University of Development Studies (UDS).
The project of renaming four universities after prominent Ghanaian personalities, including the former president, features in the controversial bill on universities that should be submitted to Parliament.
In a statement signed by Kobina Andoh Amoakwa, an officer in the communications branch of his office, Mr. Rawlings said that "when the proposal to appoint the UDS was brought to the attention of the outgoing president in 2017 by the Minister of Education, he thanked the President and the Government were honored, but they politely declined the offer because it was his principle not to badign to the monuments and to the national facilities the same name. "
According to the statement, "in fact, in November 2015, when the government of the day had proposed to name the floatation, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel of the offshore cap, it had also rejected the # 39; offer ".
He said that "the former president, since the publication of the details of the new bill to be submitted to Parliament, wrote to the Minister of Education to reiterate his position and kindly asked that the new name of UDS, after him, be removed from the Bill to submit to Parliament. "
The former president once again thanked the president and all those who, in various ways, would like to acknowledge his contribution to the development of education in Ghana.
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