General News of Monday, 8 April 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comFour public universities to be renamed after Rawlings, Busia, two othersFrom left to right: Rawlings, Ampomah, Grant, GbedemahFour public universities will be renamed if a draft bill from the Education Ministry makes it to Parliament and is passed in its current form. In the draft bill, University for Development Studies, for instance, is renamed after the first President of the fourth republic, Jerry John Rawlings, who has the university as one of his legacies. Legon-based University of Professional Studies is renamed after its founder, Nana Opoku Ampomah. Besides the renaming, the draft of the Public Universities Act seeks to take majority membership on the universities’ councils from the university community and handover same to the government. However, the executive is facing pressure to withdraw the bill even before it hits the legislative arm of government for consideration.

Source: GhanaWeb April 08, 2019 16:52 UTC