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General News of Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh
2019-03-27
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with members of UBUSOGO
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia inaugurated last Friday the students of Ghanaian origin from Buckingham University (uBUSOGO), at a pioneering event held on the sidelines of the ceremony of handing over degrees from Buckingham University in 2019, in the historic English city of Buckingham.
The badociation is chaired by Richard Sky of Citi FM and Citi TV, student of UoB.
"I think this badociation is very welcome and I badume that powerful Ghanaian alumni would automatically become members, which would make me an outsider on campus," said Dr. Bawumia, drawing applause from leaders and officials Ghanaian group. who had gathered inside the Vinson Building of the University of Waterloo for the ceremony.
Dr. Bawumia, a distinguished UoB alumnus, was in Buckingham at the invitation of the university leadership to speak at the school's graduation ceremony in 2019 as "president." inspiring. "
"I see that after speaking with the Vice Chancellor, there is a lot of potential for increased collaboration …", he told UBUSOGO leaders at the inauguration ceremony, Also attended by the second lady, Samira Bawumia, Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Papa Owusu Ankomah, staff member of the High Commission, and other senior Ghanaian officials. Tino Santonocito, Head of Recruitment and International Development at UoB, also attended the event.
Referring to discussions with UoB officials on future capacity-building and training opportunities for Ghanaian officials and officials with important public functions, Dr Bawumia said: "We have very good opportunities to strengthen ties between Ghana and Buckingham University. and we will work on it. "
After signing the inaugural certificate of the group, Dr. Bawumia declared uBUSOGO officially inaugurated. He also took the opportunity to congratulate a member of UBUSOGO, Kwasi Nyame-Baafi, who has since begun his doctoral studies in economics at UoB, for obtaining the "First clbad in economics (at UoB)".
Dr. Bawumia, who had himself graduated with first clbad honors in economics from the University of Belanger 32 years earlier, said to the packed house, "This is not an easy area. . He is one of us and he has made us proud, and I am sure you will all continue to make us proud. "
The group's president, Richard Sky, has already won two academic exam awards from the UoB School of Law, where he has been studying law since January 2018.
Sky, an award-winning Ghanaian journalist, was elected founding president of UBUSOGO a day earlier, after playing with other Ghanaian students as a pioneer in the group's creation.
"The group will represent the ideals of the Republic of Ghana – the Ghanaian excellence that is global, the excellence you defend for the vice president and the excellence we all defend as Ghanaians" said Mr Sky in his speech at the inauguration ceremony.
The group, he said, will mainly represent the interests of Ghanaian students in the university, adding that it will also bring together people of Ghanaian descent … people related to Ghana from around the world. one way or another "to help contribute their quota to make Ghana a great nation.
Mr. Sky added that the group also wanted to work hard to invite "people from the diaspora" to learn about Ghanaian culture and systems as part of plans to deepen the global knowledge of Ghana, a small country. influential West Africa celebrated for its remarkable heritage and considered an oasis of peace, stability and determination.
"Founding members, dear colleagues, I am truly honored to have been invited, by the compelling force of your collective wishes, to be the main servant of our very young uBUSOGO," said Sky shortly after his election last Thursday. "I consider this invitation as noble and I will work with all of us to engrave our names and that of UBUSOGO in the history of our university."
He added, "We have all realized the dream of forming the very first Ghanaian company of Buckingham University and we can only be collectively grateful for all our efforts.
Allen Jackson-Davis, elected vice president of UBUSOGO, echoed his own remarks after his election: "As our president said, as we were able to dreaming and giving birth to this group, it means collectively that there is so much we can achieve.
"What we are doing is a more ambitious and ambitious adventure. It is therefore fair that we use all our energy resources to exploit our potential and strive to achieve these goals. "
He promised to "continue to work tirelessly to support … our society".
UoB has students from around the world who are attracted by its popular two-year degree programs, as well as through its 10-month Masters and PhD programs.
Figures on the school's official website show that at least 8% of students come from sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. They include countries like Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Djibouti, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. "
In addition to Dr. Bawumia, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, Member of Efutu's Parliament, Sandra Ankobiah, lawyer and television personality, Maame Ama Pratt, CEO of MAP Concepts Ghana, are also former alumni of l & # 39; University.
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