VCC appeals to EP Church to change name of university to Volta

Kumasi, Feb. 16, GNA - An appeal has been made to the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana to consider changing the name of the university it intends establishing in the Volta Region from "EP University" to "Volta University."

Togbe S.K. Fugah, chairman of the Voltarian Co-ordinating Council (VCC), said changing the name to the Volta University would help attract other religious bodies and organisations to genuinely identify with the university and contribute to its establishment and sustenance. Togbe Fugah made the appeal when he addressed the first general meeting of the VCC at Anloga in Kumasi on Sunday.

Presently the Church is in the process of mobilising funds for the establishment of the university.

The VCC Chairman disclosed that as part of its moves at mobilising funds towards the establishment of the university, the EP Church had scheduled March 13, for the holding of a fund-raising activity in Kumasi.

Togbe Fugah therefore, called on District Co-ordinators of the VCC in the region to sensitise their membership about the fund-raising activity to enable them TO appreciate its significance and contribute toward its success.

He also announced plans by the VCC to establish an endowment fund to assist brilliant but needy students from the Volta Region to acquire quality education to the university level.

"Part of money to accrue to the fund will also be used to support the Volta Region Students Association (VORSA) to organise more voluntary classes for schools in the Volta region, which lack adequate staff", he added.

Togbe Fugah said in order to enhance co-ordination and unity of purpose amongst all citizens of the Volta region and help adequate mobilisation of funds and expertise for development, the VCC was making efforts to bring chiefs or heads of Voltarians in the various communities in the Ashanti Region under a common umbrella to be known as "the Voltarian House of Chiefs."

Addressing the meeting, Mr Oliver Benoit, Ashanti Regional Director of the Alliance Francaise, entreated Ghanaians to take advantage of French programmes offered at the school to learn French since Ghana was "sandwiched between a number of francophone countries."