IMANI Africa’s president, Franklin Cudjoe, is admonishing President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ditch an honorary award earmarked for him by management of the University of Allied and Health Sciences (UHAS), Ho.
This follows a rejection of the proposed award for the President by some youth group in the region.
Following the announcement of the award, some youth in the Volta Region have asked the University’s management to withdraw the decision citing the President’s neglect of the region and his general poor performance that has plummeted the nation severe economic hardship.
According to the youth, President Akufo-Addo has not contributed anything towards the success of the institution since its establishment by the late president John Evans Atta Mills.
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Reacting to the development, Franklin Cudjoe, in a post on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, indicated that President Akufo-Addo accepting the honour will not solve any of Ghana’s numerous problems.
“…what at all in Cathedral’s name does Nana Addo want an Honorary doctorate for? A coronation? Will this Award complete the dangerous roads in the Volta Region? Will it solve SALL debacle? Will it reduce inflation and the exchange rate? Will it tear down the highest tax wall erected by any government in a generation?
“Will it end the forgotten galamsey battle? Nearly 2 million youth are idling about mired in poverty and squalor. They need proper domestic industry to at least keep them alive on minimum wage,” he asked in a post on Facebook.
According to Franklin Cudjoe, the President should prioritise devising solutions to solving the teeming unemployment in the country by providing jobs rather than accepting honorary degrees.
“What about resuscitating a Jute making industry so we use local materials to make sacks to bag our cocoa instead of spending nearly $60m a year importing cocoa bagging sacks? These idling youth would have had jobs just going around helping collect basic data for proper property valuation and realistic property taxes! Haba!!
“Mr. President, don’t go for the Honorary Award from the University of Health and Allied Sciences!” he concluded.
