PREZ AKUFO-ADDO TO COMMISSION EASTERN UNIVERSITY AT SOMANYA ON WEDNESDAY
PRESIDENT AKUFFO-ADDO TO COMMISSION THE FIRST PHASE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (UESD) ON WEDNESDAY 5TH AUGUST 2020 AT SOMANYA.
The President of the Republic Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo, will be in Somanya on Wednesday August 5, 2020, to commission the first phase of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, known as the Eastern University(UESD).
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The commissioning of the first phase of the University is part of the President's two-day regional tour in the Eastern Region.
The University being constructed by Contracta Construzioni Italia at Somanya, has its first phase completed in the middle of last year 2019.
The first phase of the construction includes road networks across the university as well as the residences of the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Lecture hall, Laboratory, the Administration, and the multi-purpose hall buildings and Key Offices are all completed.
The Eastern University, Somanya, which covers 521-hectare site, has the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, the School of Agric and Agro-Entrepreneurship Development, a multi-purpose hall, lecture halls, administrative offices, the vice-chancellor’s residence as well as the pro-vice-chancellor’s residence, residences for key officers and a students’ hostel.
Background
In April 2013, the then President John Dramani Mahama inaugurated a committee to prepare a road map for the establishment of the University to focus on addressing critical environmental sustainable development challenges in the country.
In 2014, Cabinet submitted a bill to Parliament, which was approved and endorsed by President Mahama in 2016.
Parliament, in October 2016, ratified an agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank for a 38-million Euro loan for the construction of the university in Somanya and its sub-campus at Donkorkrom.
On 29th December 2016, few days before President Mahama will leave office, he came to Somanya to cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of the University in Somanya.
After taking up office in 2017, President Akuffo Addo saw to the construction and completion of the first phase of the University. As we speak, the second phase of the construction of the University is also underway.
The university will offer degree programmes in Environmental Studies, Climate Change, Urban Development, Water Resources Development, Energy Sustainability, Energy Economics, and Agriculture.
The university is currently in the hands of interim management consisting of engineers and technicians who are taking care of the maintenance of equipment and other technical issues.
The University Council, which was recently instituted by President Akuffo Addo, has constituted an interim governing council in the medium term which will appoint Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and other key management staff for the running of the University.
The lecture hall block for the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences has 13 halls with a total seating capacity of 1,545, a video conference room with a seating capacity of 40, a computer Research Room with a seating capacity of 24. Offices for senior lecturers, students’ common room, telecom rooms, washrooms and stores among others had all been completed.
There will also be one graduate school, comprising three (3) research centres made up of the Centre for Agri-entrepreneurship, the Centre for Agriculture and Bio-Technology, and the Centre for Sustainable Resource Development.
Source: Kloma Hengme
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| Eastern University Campus |
The President of the Republic Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo, will be in Somanya on Wednesday August 5, 2020, to commission the first phase of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, known as the Eastern University(UESD).
https://youtu.be/qVPCvvFOr7Ehttps://youtu.be/qVPCvvFOr7E
The commissioning of the first phase of the University is part of the President's two-day regional tour in the Eastern Region.
The University being constructed by Contracta Construzioni Italia at Somanya, has its first phase completed in the middle of last year 2019.
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| Lecture Halls |
The first phase of the construction includes road networks across the university as well as the residences of the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Lecture hall, Laboratory, the Administration, and the multi-purpose hall buildings and Key Offices are all completed.
The Eastern University, Somanya, which covers 521-hectare site, has the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, the School of Agric and Agro-Entrepreneurship Development, a multi-purpose hall, lecture halls, administrative offices, the vice-chancellor’s residence as well as the pro-vice-chancellor’s residence, residences for key officers and a students’ hostel.
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| Students Hostel |
Background
In April 2013, the then President John Dramani Mahama inaugurated a committee to prepare a road map for the establishment of the University to focus on addressing critical environmental sustainable development challenges in the country.
In 2014, Cabinet submitted a bill to Parliament, which was approved and endorsed by President Mahama in 2016.
Parliament, in October 2016, ratified an agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank for a 38-million Euro loan for the construction of the university in Somanya and its sub-campus at Donkorkrom.
On 29th December 2016, few days before President Mahama will leave office, he came to Somanya to cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of the University in Somanya.
After taking up office in 2017, President Akuffo Addo saw to the construction and completion of the first phase of the University. As we speak, the second phase of the construction of the University is also underway.
The university will offer degree programmes in Environmental Studies, Climate Change, Urban Development, Water Resources Development, Energy Sustainability, Energy Economics, and Agriculture.
The university is currently in the hands of interim management consisting of engineers and technicians who are taking care of the maintenance of equipment and other technical issues.
The University Council, which was recently instituted by President Akuffo Addo, has constituted an interim governing council in the medium term which will appoint Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and other key management staff for the running of the University.
The lecture hall block for the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences has 13 halls with a total seating capacity of 1,545, a video conference room with a seating capacity of 40, a computer Research Room with a seating capacity of 24. Offices for senior lecturers, students’ common room, telecom rooms, washrooms and stores among others had all been completed.
There will also be one graduate school, comprising three (3) research centres made up of the Centre for Agri-entrepreneurship, the Centre for Agriculture and Bio-Technology, and the Centre for Sustainable Resource Development.
Source: Kloma Hengme
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