Mr P.V. Obeng (front row: third from left) and Prof. Adarkwa (fourth from right) in a group photograph with members of the council.
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3rd September, 2009
KNUST Governing Council Inaugurated
The new Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has been inaugurated with a call on members to work together with a sense of common purpose, unity of heart and mind.
“We no more represent different constituencies from where we first came but a university community and its wider Ghanaian community in which we exist, said Mr. Paul Victor Obeng, former Presidential Advisor on Governmental Affairs in the first NDC administration, emphasised.
Other members include Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor of the KNUST, Mr Kwame Saarah-Mensah, Mr Kuma Agbenyega, Mrs Margaret Benneh, Mr Kwasi Opuni Boakye, Prof. Tsiri Agbenyega, Dr Bukari Ali and Dr Kwasi Ohene- Yankyera.
The council was sworn-in by Justice Frank Amoah, Ashanti Region Supervisory High Court Judge, at a ceremony here.
Mr Obeng noted that the university faced many challenges and “we are here to respond to those challenges but not to mourn over them or needlessly pass the buck.”
He contended “that challenges of infrastructure, financing, logistics, quality of life and effectiveness of programmes are what we have to work together to confront”.
“We are here to direct, provide leadership and set goals which we will monitor and evaluate while real actions are left to the management.”
Mr Obeng said the council would succeed “if we respect the roles of all stakeholders in the university’s administration and commit our time, emotions and energies to the core functions of the council”.
The Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, Prof Adarkwa noted that the university was relatively old and well established but “we still need the council’s advice and guidance as we continue to make strides to entrench ourselves as one of the best science and technology universities in Africa.”
He contended that the university’s major problem related primarily to its inability to secure adequate funding to support teaching and learning as well as faculty research and community engagement.
He stressed the need for funding for modern laboratories, provide more lecture theatres, enhance internet connectivity and provide improved inputs for teaching and learning.
Prof. Adarkwah was also concerned about the state of on-going physical infrastructural developments, saying there were about 15 on-going projects funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund which had reached various stages of completion.
He said the University would need nearly GH¢23.6 million to complete these projects “but unfortunately, we have received GH¢2.910 millilon as our 2009 allocation”.
Prof. Adarkwa believed that council members had the capability to enhance the image of the university to compete globally.
“We no more represent different constituencies from where we first came but a university community and its wider Ghanaian community in which we exist, said Mr. Paul Victor Obeng, former Presidential Advisor on Governmental Affairs in the first NDC administration, emphasised.
Other members include Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor of the KNUST, Mr Kwame Saarah-Mensah, Mr Kuma Agbenyega, Mrs Margaret Benneh, Mr Kwasi Opuni Boakye, Prof. Tsiri Agbenyega, Dr Bukari Ali and Dr Kwasi Ohene- Yankyera.
The council was sworn-in by Justice Frank Amoah, Ashanti Region Supervisory High Court Judge, at a ceremony here.
Mr Obeng noted that the university faced many challenges and “we are here to respond to those challenges but not to mourn over them or needlessly pass the buck.”
He contended “that challenges of infrastructure, financing, logistics, quality of life and effectiveness of programmes are what we have to work together to confront”.
“We are here to direct, provide leadership and set goals which we will monitor and evaluate while real actions are left to the management.”
Mr Obeng said the council would succeed “if we respect the roles of all stakeholders in the university’s administration and commit our time, emotions and energies to the core functions of the council”.
The Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, Prof Adarkwa noted that the university was relatively old and well established but “we still need the council’s advice and guidance as we continue to make strides to entrench ourselves as one of the best science and technology universities in Africa.”
He contended that the university’s major problem related primarily to its inability to secure adequate funding to support teaching and learning as well as faculty research and community engagement.
He stressed the need for funding for modern laboratories, provide more lecture theatres, enhance internet connectivity and provide improved inputs for teaching and learning.
Prof. Adarkwah was also concerned about the state of on-going physical infrastructural developments, saying there were about 15 on-going projects funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund which had reached various stages of completion.
He said the University would need nearly GH¢23.6 million to complete these projects “but unfortunately, we have received GH¢2.910 millilon as our 2009 allocation”.
Prof. Adarkwa believed that council members had the capability to enhance the image of the university to compete globally.
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