Dr. Clement Apaak, Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s remark that the University of Ghana could be renamed after Joseph Boakye (J.B.) Danquah is unacceptable.
He claimed that during his presidency, the president attempted to give his forefathers a prominent place in Ghanaian history.
This comes after the President hinted that the famous institution could be renamed after J.B Danquah in the future as an homage to his unrelenting drive and key role in motivating the Ghanaian public to create the university.
President Akufo-Addo gave these remarks at the University of Ghana’s 75th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service.
However, in an interview with Citi News, Dr. Apaak stated that renaming the university is not essential.
“Remember that JB Danquah belongs to the president’s family and this is not the first time that we have picked up signals that if the president has his way, UG will be named after JB Danquah.”
“I believe that that ought not to be the case. There is a general tendency that we are witnessing where President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has tried to eulogise his ancestry and to give his forebears a prominent place in Ghana’s history,” he stated.
