UDS TAMALE, NAVRONGO, AND NYANKPALA CAMPUSES CONGREGATION 2016

The University for Development Studies UDS held its seventeenth congregation to confer certificates and awards on graduants and staff at the forecourt of the university’s Tamale campus. Three thousand seven hundred and twelve students in total graduated from the Navrongo, Nyankpala and Tamale campuses which included one hundred and thirty eight students from the graduate school. The occasion was graced by the Sagnarigu chief, the Deputy Northern Regional Minister, the Ghana ambassador to Angola, and the Northern regional police commander among others. The Vice Chancellor of the university Professor Gabriel Ayum-Teye in an address said the university was growing at a fast rate to meet the demand of the ever increasing student population. He advised the graduants to be steadfast when they leave the walls of the university as life out there is tougher than in school and despite the unemployment crises the country is facing graduants should be self innovative and impact positively on their society. He commended government for its unwavering support in the completion of the auditoriums in all the campuses and also for the hostel facility recently completed on Tamale campus. Professor Ayum-Teye however appealed to government for good road networks on the campuses and also to the alumni association of UDS to give back to their Alma Mata by giving the various faculties a facelift. In a speech read on behalf of the president the chairman of Ghana Gas Professor Kwesi Botwe said through science and education the country flourishes and so the graduating students should be empowered to work hard to overcome the challenges the country faces. He said UDS is a manifestation of government’s vision to liaise with an institution in alleviating poverty and thus government plans to use reports from community service by the students to solve development needs. Professor Kwesi Botwe assured the new vice chancellor of government’s commitment to provide infrastructure. He urged aspiring candidates in the 2016 elections to engage in peaceful dialogues, and that as peacemakers Ghanaians must continue to preach and act peacefully before during and after the elections.