{"id":188922,"date":"2016-02-11T15:33:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=188922"},"modified":"2016-02-11T15:33:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:33:06","slug":"group-cautions-govt-against-uds-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/group-cautions-govt-against-uds-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Group cautions gov&#8217;t against UDS conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Government is far advanced with plans to convert the University for Development Studies (UDS) into three autonomous universities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the main Nyankpala campus and the Tamale city campus, government intends converting the Wa and Navrongo campuses into self reliant universities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;q3MkPzahZWf67YtvlggbPmukp02OiW5Z&#8221;]Though a laudable idea, a group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Northern Region has cautioned government against any attempt to review the existing law (PNDC L. 279, 1992) that established the UDS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A statement signed by the group&#8217;s President, Adam Mohammed Siisudeen insisted that the name University for Development Studies should remain unchanged when the the autonomy is activated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The convertion process should not prevent UDS from running its existing mandatory programmes and physical locations and the convention process should not in anyway negatively affect government&#8217;s support to the UDS in terms of finance, human resource and infrastructural development,&#8221; Siisudeen underscored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adam Siisudeen served notice that the group will take the necessary action against government if its concerns raised are ignored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government is far advanced with plans to convert the University for Development Studies (UDS) into three autonomous universities. 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