A former UN adviser on governance Prof. Baffour Agyemang Duah has raised
concerns over the rapidity at which President Akufo-Addo is renaming
national monuments.
According to him, although it is appropriate to honour heroes of the
nation, the current situation appears to be fraught with politics.
The comment comes after President Akufo-Addo disclosed that the
Sunyani-based University of Energy and Natural Resources is to be named
after Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia after the university’s council proposed.
“Following the decision taken by the University’s Council on August 3,
2018, the university will be named after one of the illustrious sons of
the region, Professor K.A Busia after the decision had received
Parliamentary approval,“ the President said.
It came barely a month after a proposal for the renaming of the
Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) after C.
K. Tedam, the immediate past Chairman of the Council of Elders of the
governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) who passed on recently.
Already, another founding member of the UP tradition, the foundation of
the governing NPP, Dr. Paa Grant also has a university named after him
by the government.
Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Tuesday, Prof. Duah said
there should be an independent body to who will undertake the exercise
of renaming national monuments objectively.
“Since there is no independent commission making the pronouncements, it
seems the approach is partisan. The President seems to be so much in a
hurry in the renaming process if you ask me”.
