The
state-of-art business and technology university which sits on a
100-acre land has lecture halls, an administration block, a cafeteria, a
library and an auditorium.
Portions of the
school land have also been earmarked for the construction of a teaching
hospital for health and allied sciences programmes. Communities in and
around the catchment area are expected to benefit immensely from the
facility; and that was evident on the day of opening. Some residents of
the adjoining communities engaged in brisk business activities.
The
key note address was delivered by the Vice Chancellor of the
University, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom. He was full of praise for some key
Groupe Nduom (GN) staff members who helped in diverse ways to put up the
university and particularly cited the architectural prowess of Yorke
Properties, a subsidiary of Groupe Nduom that enabled the Groupe to put
up the University building.
Dr Nduom disclosed
that the entire NSB&T project was being tackled in three phases
with the first phase being the commissioning and admission of first
batch of students.
The second phase according
to the Vice Chancellor would be the construction of hospital and an
operation of an ambulance service which had been launched to operate in
Accra and Elmina with other parts of the country joining soon.
Dr
Nduom indicated that the third phase of the project will involve the
introduction into the School’s curricular, a course on ethics to ensure
that graduates from the university apply high ethical standards in their
respective fields, adding that University will also have the GN Centre
for Learning and Development for all Groupe Nduom staff members.
NSB&T
is also expected to embark on good Christian Corporate Social
Responsibility by giving 10 per cent scholarships for new entrants
through GN Foundation plus internship for students annually at various
Groupe Nduom subsidiaries.
The Rector of the
University, Prof. James Hawkins Ephraim, disclosed that the University
was registered as Nduom University, but the accreditation requirements
made it change to Nduom School of Business and Technology.
The
University is affiliated to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as the
country’s Tertiary School law stipulates that any private institution of
higher learning should be affiliated to a public university at
inception. He mentioned that more programmes including law will be added
to the School’s curriculum in due course.
“The
first phase which I call, a proclamation, will deliver first class
education for effective leadership. The expansion of facilities will
include a graduate school ultimately to create new knowledge for the
betterment of Ghana”, Rector Ephriam declared.
Chiefs
of Asebu, Okatakyi Dr. Amanfi VII, and his counterpart from Elmina,
Nana Kodwo Conduah VI, in separate remarks eulogised Dr. Nduom and his
staff members for putting up the University and believe the facility
will impact positively on the lives of people in the Central Region.
They
urged indigenes of the Region to take advantage of the numerous jobs
created by Dr. Nduom in the area including the University to better
their living conditions. Dedication was the University was done by the
Metropolitan Arch Bishop of the Cape Coast Diocese of the Catholic
Church, Rev. Mathias Nketsia.
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