THE VOLTA REGIONAL Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were totally disgusted by the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS)’s proposal to confer an honorary doctorate degree upon President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
According to the Volta Regional NDC Youth Organiser, Mathias Johnson Alagbo, there is nothing about President Akufo-Addo that shows he merits an honorary doctorate degree upon him. To this effect, the youth wing demanded the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lydia Aziato and the University Council halt all actions toward this undeserved conferment immediately.
The youth wing stated that President Akufo-Addo’s policies and actions have profoundly undermined the welfare and development of the Volta region and the nation. And it’s infuriating and unacceptable that UHAS would even consider honoring such a leader, they retorted.
UHAS was established from scratch by the Mills-Mahama-led NDC administration, who provided the vision, resources, and initial development, making the institution (UHAS) what it is today.
The Volta Regional NDC Youth Organiser said it’s misleading for UHAS Authorities to claim that the NPP government secured funding from the China for Phase II projects.
He explained that the relationships for continuous funding through grants from the Chinese were laid down long ago by President Atta-Mills even before the first phase of the University Construction began. Mr. Alagbo challenges the current administration to demonstrate any significant contributions they have made to UHAS since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took office as president of Ghana.
Mathias Johnson Alagbo, Volta Regional Organiser quizzed, the whereabouts of the developments, funding, or support the Nana Akufo-Addo administration provided to merit such an honor?
“The NPP government has failed to provide the necessary financial clearance for employing lecturers and staff at the University and has abandoned the University roads started by the NDC before leaving power”, he lamented.
….”the Volta Region has faced systematic neglect under the current government. Critical infrastructure projects, including the Ho-Aflao roads, have stalled, and the region has not received its fair share of the national development”, he opined.
Johnson Alagbo, Regional NDC Youth Organiser was of the firm opinion that the honorary degree proposal is a blatantly partisan move. UHAS, as an esteemed academic institution, must remain neutral and avoid political controversies.
This conferment not only tarnishes UHAS’s reputation but also sends a dangerous message to the youth and future leaders of this country, he noted. “It implies an endorsement of the numerous failings and misdeeds that have defined the current administration, including economic mismanagement, grand corruption, and the marginalization of the people of the Volta region”, Mathias Johnson Alagbo pointed out.
Source: Nationaltymes.com
