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UDS Wa Campus renamed S.D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies

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Parliament has passed the University for Business and Integrated Development Studies Bill 2018.

The main contention before approval of the Bill was the proposed name of the institution which is S.D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies.

But the Majority Members of Parliament (MPs) had their way after the vote in Parliament yesterday (August 1) despite the Minority complaining that the name change had been brought in through the “back door.”

The Minority side also decried a lack of consultation on the matter.

The Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, however justified the name change arguing that, it is the prerogative of a University Council to approve names of school’s therefore no Bill is needed.

Dr. Opoku Prempeh, also stated that previous name changes were done without consultation.

The passage of the Bill will transform the existing campus of University of Development Studies (UDS)  in Wa into a fully-fledged University.

The Wa and Navrongo campuses of UDS were recently made autonomous through an Executive Instrument.

The campus was separated from UDS in 2002 as the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies to give easy access to people in the Upper West Region to tertiary education.

The University’s new name is after Simon Diedong Dombo, who was a Ghanaian politician, teacher and king who belonged to the United Party (UP) tradition, of which the New Patriotic Party has its roots.

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