"Better to have educated Ghanaians out of work than jobless illiterates" – Haruna Iddrisu | Policy

Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, leader of the minority in Parliament, supported the project to convert the Wa university campus of the University of Development Studies into a full-fledged university, claiming that the new university would give access to the university. 39, higher education to the inhabitants of the region.

The member for Tamale South said that although Ghanaian universities have graduates most of whom are unemployed, it is better to have an educated people than non-educated people.

He declared in Parliament on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 after the state minister for higher education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, made a motion regarding the conversion process.

The leader of the minority said, "Access, quality and relevance remain the three fundamental problems of higher education in Ghana," adding, "What are we doing to expand access? in higher education? There is no doubt that the conversion of the Wa campus could be one of the contributions to solving the problem of access. "

"With the creation of two other universities from the University of Development Studies, created in May 1992 through President Jerry John Rawlings and which has transformed the economy of all of Ghana, we have a number Graduates in Ghana, although unemployed, it is a positive thing for the country. It is better to have a population [of] educated unemployed [people] a population without education and without employment.

Taking advantage of the motion to convert the UDS Wa campus into an autonomous university known as the University of Commerce and Integral Development, Professor Yankah told Parliament that the Upper West region was one of the poorest in the country.

Therefore, with the establishment of a complete university in this part of the country, businesses and other activities related to the economy will be attracted to this region.

He also told Parliament that the university was part of the government's policy of having a public university in all parts of Ghana.

"This is in line with the government's policy of creating a publicly funded university in every region of the country," he said.

He added: "Faculty Development Studies, Faculty of Planning and Management, Business School and Faculty of Education; these programs will form the core of the new university.

"The transformation of the Wa campus into a full-fledged university was recommended because the Upper West region is the poorest in the country. The region must be developed with resources.

"Wa's campus is also far from Tamale. The upgrade provides local residents with access to higher education for national development and to improve the lives of local residents. "