President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the government will rename the Ho Technical University after the late music composer, Ephraim Amu.
He said this during the 50th-anniversary celebration of the University over the weekend.
“Before I conclude, there is a significant matter I must address, and it relates to the decision taken by the Governing Council of Ho Technical University, in accordance with the Statutes of the University, to rename this institution after Ephraim Amu, the great Ghanaian cultural icon, who asserted that the creative faculty should embrace also the capacity to work with one’s hands,” President Akufo-Addo said.
He indicated that it was in the right direction to honor the late Ephraim Amu, who he described as a “great Ghanaian cultural icon”.
Nana Addo said that the governing council of the institution suggested the renaming of the HTU after the great musicologist.
“This decision is an excellent one, which has received the blessing of the President of the Republic, so that, once the parliamentary process has been completed, this University will, thereafter, be called the Ephraim Amu Technical University, Ho,” he disclosed.
“It is wholly fitting that this great, modest man, composer of what easily passes for our unofficial national anthem, Yen Ara Asase Ne, should be properly honored by a grateful posterity, and, especially, by citizens of his native Volta Region,” the President added.
