Koku Anyidoho, Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reacted to Mahama’s “NDC built all public universities” claim.
Speaking to party supporters, chiefs, and students at Zuarungu in the Upper East Region, the former President said names that the NPP have given currently will be given to significant infrastructure in the various universities.
According to Mahama, every public university was initiated and built by the NDC accusing the NPP government of only coming in to rename those universities.
“We are known as nation builders because of the number of schools we have built. Every public university was initiated and built by us. All the NPP knows how to do is name universities that people have built.
“After NDC builds a university, then they will give it the name of one of their heroes or people. We are going to rename the universities. Ghana has many heroes, and not only the heroes of the NPP tradition.
This comes after Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo renamed the University for Development Studies (UDS), Wa campus after Simon Diedong (SD) Dombo, a politician from the United Party tradition.
Reacting to the comment in a post on X, Mr Anyidoho, questioned how the changing of names of universities solve the graduate unemployment and change the economic situation of Ghana.
“Did NDC really build all Public Universities? Prez Rawlings established UDS, President Mills established, UHAS, Volta, UNER, B/A, USD Eastern. Which one did [Mahama] establish? Rather he created a green book and sought to appropriate all projects of Prez Mills.”
“24hr economy to be used for honeymoon and University name change – not for, Creating Jobs, Investing in People, Expanding Infrastructure, Governing in an Open, Honest & Transparent manner. Obviously, [John Mahama] never believed in the Better Ghana Agenda of Prez Mills. God save Ghana.
“How does the changing of names of universities solve the graduate unemployment and change the economic situation of Ghana? Isn’t it a continuation of the endless drab cycle of ‘do me I do you’ politics which sinks the nation deeper into the throes of gross mediocrity?
“If you name UHAS, Atta-Mills University for Health and Allied Sciences, how does that affect its core mandate? Honestly, if I was President Akufo-Addo, after building Asomdwe Park, I would name UHAS after Atta-Mills and see if [Mahama] would dare say he would change that one too,” Koku Anyidoho posted on social media platform X.
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