COMMEND NPP, NDC FOR SETTING UP WA UDS (PAGE 12, SEPT 21, 2010)

Story: George Folley, Wa.

THE Upper West regional second Vice–Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Hafiz Bin–Salih, has said both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) governments must be commended for the establishment of the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS).
He said while the NDC established the UDS, it was the NPP government that ensured that the Wa campus became operational.
He said the Wa campus of the UDS and Wa Polytechnic have both enhanced the socio-economic fortunes of Wa and the region as a whole.
Mr Bin–Salih said as result of this development, the government, through the appropriate institutions, must ensure that both staff and students of these institutions were not exploited.
He mentioned, in particular, landlords who were charging exorbitant rents because students were in dire need of accommodation and that some of these accommodation lacked basic amenities such toilets and water.
He therefore called on the authorities of the university to coordinate the activities of these landlords in order to stop them from exploiting students.
“In addition to this, government, through the GETFUND, must facilitate the construction of residential accommodation for both the UDS and Wa Poly,” he added.
Mr Bin–Salih observed that while the UDS had residential accommodation which was grossly inadequate, Wa Poly had none at all for students.
He, however, commended the NDC government for continuing with the regional library and hospital projects and advised that the NDC should credit the NPP when it was due.