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Lecturers at University of Ghana live
in boys' quarters - Yankah
Accra, July 26, Ghanadot/GNA - The acute accommodation
problem at the University of Ghana, Legon, has compelled
some lecturers to live in boys' quarters.
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the
University, said this on Thursday at a ceremony to formally
hand over 11 bungalows at Kisseman in Accra acquired from
the defunct Ghana Airways.
Professor Yankah said out of about 800 lecturers, the
University had been able to accommodate only 330, adding
that the rest were still living with friends and families
with some facing possible ejection from their landlords.
He said the concerns showed by the public on accommodation
problems of students must equally be demonstrated in the
plight of lecturers' accommodation to help boost their
morale in the discharge of their duties.
Professor Yankah said the acquisitions of the bungalows were
some of the steps taken by the University towards
alleviating lecturers' accommodation problems on campus to
enhance service delivery.
He said the ability of the University to attract young
lecturers to replace the ageing ones was dependent on the
provision of decent housing units for them and thanked
government for its support towards the acquisition of the
bungalows.
In a related development, a delegation from the World
Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) in Saudi Arabia, paid a
courtesy call on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor to look at the
possibility of areas of cooperation with the University.
Professor Khalid Alujaimi, leader of the delegation, said
WAMY had offered to sponsor three students to the doctorate
level to any University in the world to enhance the study
and teaching of Arabic.
Professor Alujaimi said WAMY had already signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with over 20 universities in Africa.
He added that any cooperation with UG would help afford its
students to interact with other sister-universities on the
continent and beyond to sharpen their Arabic skills.
GNA
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