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UNIVERSITY LEVEL PLANNING COMMITTEE

Professor George Obeng Adjei Director, ORID, Chair
Professor Chris Gordon Convener, UG-POET, IESS, Member
Professor Daniel Twerefou Director, Quality Assurance, Member
Professor Robert Osei Darko Dean, Graduate School, Member
Mrs. Elizier T. Ameyaw-Buronyah Director, Public Affairs Directorate
Mrs. Theodosia Adanu Acting University Librarian, Member
Ms. Mary Twum-Barima Research Development Officer, PDT, Member
Mr. Jacob Zuttah Research Development Officer, ReP, Member
Ms. Mammie Hutchful Research Development Officer, TTIPS, Secretary

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Members of the Planning Committee

NAME ROLE REPRESENTING

Prof. Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi Chairman School of Continuing & Distance Education

Dr. Isaac Biney Member Head, University of Ghana Learning Centre

Dr. Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto Member Department of Distance Education

Dr. Clement Adamba Member Department of Educational Studies and
Dr. Rita Yeboah Member Leadership
Department of Teacher Education

Dr. Inusah Salifu Member Department of Adult Education and Human
Resource Studies
Dr. Linda Tsevi
Ms. Vida Korleki Nyawornta Member Accra Learning Centre
Member Department of Physical Education and
Dr. Ebenezer Ankrah
Dr. Aurelia Ayisi Sport Studies
Member Department of Information Studies
Member Department of Communication Studies

Mr. Musah Moses Bawa Secretary College Academic Affairs Office

COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES

Members of the Planning Committee

NAME ROLE REPRESENTING

Prof. Patrick Asamoah Sakyi Chairman School of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences

Prof. Langbong Bimi Member School of Biological Sciences

Dr. Dora Neina Member School of Agricultural Sciences

DAY OF SCIENTIFIC RENAISSANCE OF AFRICA

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION

THEME: GHANA ASKS, LEGON ANSWERS:
THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGING PLASTICS

THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2022 | 4:00 P.M.
CEDI CONFERENCE CENTRE

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ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS

3:30 p.m. Guests to be seated

3:30 p.m. Procession

4: 00 p.m Welcome Remarks/Introduction of Chairperson:
Mrs. Emelia Agyei-Mensah,
Registrar

Chairperson’s Response:
Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Vice-Chancellor

Ghana Asks, Legon Answers:
Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Development)

Solidarity Messages:
Prof. Olusola Bandele Oyewole
Secretary General, Association of African Universities

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng,
Chairman, Presidential Vaccine Manufacturing Committee

Founding President, Ghana Heart Foundation

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology,

and Innovation

Seperewa:

Mr. Osei Korankye

Panel Discussion:

• Prof. Ivan Addae-Mensah

Topic: The Role of University to National Development

• Prof. Agyeman-Badu Akosa

Topic: Plastic Pollution and Our Health 3 Day of Scientific

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• Prof. Kofi Sefa-Dedeh

Topic: Local Alternatives to Plastic Food Packaging

• Dr. Fatima Denton

Topic: Africa, Policy, and the Circular Economy

Musical Interlude

Interactive Session with Audience

Presentations

Vote of Thanks:
Mrs. Elizier T. Ameyaw-Buronyah,
Director, Public Affairs Directorate

Closing Remarks:

Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo



UG Anthem



Group Photographs

MC:
Mr. Bernard Avle

Rapporteurs:
Mr. Emmanuel Ghartey
Mr. Daniel Kwasi Anafo
Ms. Yvonne Boatemaa-Yeboah

Ongoing In Foyer
Poster Exhibition: Office of Research, Innovation and Development/Academic
Quality Assurance Unit/UG Library/French Embassy in Ghana

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DAY OF SCIENTIFIC
RENAISSANCE OF
AFRICA

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL
DISCUSSION

BACKGROUND

The Organization of Africa Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU) in 1987 passed
a resolution for the celebration of the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa
(DSRA) on 30th June each year. The core objective of the celebration is to remind
African governments and people about the critical roles played by Science and
Technology in national development. This is also done in remembrance of the
continent’s great contribution to the rise and development of modern Science
and Technology.

This year the University of Ghana (UG) has actively participated in the celebration
of DSRA. The University has planned a high-level panel event chaired by the
Vice-Chancellor to mark the celebrations on the theme “Ghana Asks: Legon
Answers” with specific focus on the challenge of managing plastic. The event,
which involves panel discussions and interactive sessions, features the following
accomplished academics and industrialists:

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Professor Ivan Addae Mensah
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, and former Vice-Chancellor, UG

Professor Agyeman-Badu Akosa
Professor of Pathology, UG and former Director General, Ghana Health Service

Professor Kofi Sefa-Dedeh
Emeritus Professor of Food Technology Engineering, and former Dean, School
of Engineering Sciences, UG

Dr. Fatima Denton,
Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa
(UNU-INRA)

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng,
Professor of Surgery, UG and former Minister of Environment, Science and
Technology

Professor Bandele Oyewole
Secretary General, Association of African Universities

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Profile

Prof. Nana Aba
Appiah Amfo

Vice-Chancellor

Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, PhD, FGA, is the (first female) Vice-Chancellor of
the University of Ghana. She is a Professor of Linguistics and an experienced
university administrator, with over 20 years’ experience in the higher education
sector.
Professor Amfo has built her experience in governance through attendance of
formal management and leadership programmes as well as on the job training.
She brings a lot of innovation and resourcefulness to her leadership positions
and is adept at change management. As Vice-Chancellor, she is leading her
university to uptake technology in all its operations, while keeping people as the
focus. She recently launched a seven-million-dollar digitalisation programme
to enhance the experience of the University’s students, faculty and staff.
Professor Amfo previously served as the Pro Vice-Chancellor with responsibility
for Academic and Student Affairs, the Dean of the School of Languages and the
Head of the Department of Linguistics, of the same university. Her masters and
PhD degrees, both in linguistics, are from the Norwegian University of Science
and Technology (NTNU) and her Bachelors in French and Linguistics is from the
University of Ghana.
She is a member of many prestigious societies and organizations such as
the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commonwealth Professionals
Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Academic Exchange
Services and the International Women’s Fellowship Leadership Program. She
is a pioneer fellow of the African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American
Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). She currently serves as an assessor and
a mentor on that program and has recently been elected as the inaugural
President of the African Humanities Association, an offshoot of the AHP. In 2021,
Professor Amfo was awarded as the GUBA (Grow Unite Build Africa) Nana Yaa
Asantewaa Woman of Enlightenment for her resilience and work in academia
which has created knowledge, built confidence and broken down barriers to
opportunities.

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Statement by

Prof. Felix A. Asante
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research,
Innovation and Development

I am delighted to welcome you all to the University of Ghana. Your participation
in this important event signifies the importance of African science.
The celebration of the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa expresses the
University of Ghana’s recognition of its place and purpose in the development
of our nation and indeed, the African Continent. In assembling a high-level
panel of eminent scholars, industry giants and policy makers we seek to set an
example of how to approach challenges that Africans are best placed to solve,
from a holistic perspective.
The University of Ghana has contributed substantially to Africa’s collective
achievements in science and knowledge generation in the broadest sense,
while the event theme, ‘Ghana Asks; Legon Answers, underscores our strategic
mandate and long-standing tradition and aspiration to provide empirical
evidence and insights from research and community engagement, to spur
development.

A reflection on events of the past two years (2019-2022), reiterates the stature
of collaborative research in tackling the global challenges, including tackling
the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis. While a true renaissance of African Science
cannot be overemphasized, it can also be said that there is a perception that
this is yet to be felt in a way that we envisage.
All stakeholders must, in a collective effort, take appropriate and urgent action
to find solutions to the issues surrounding management of plastic waste and
it is in this regard that our institution must proactively engage with our most
important stakeholders, the broader community to address this challenge.
Regardless of your position in society or the role you play at this event, African
science will only be meaningful if it is applied in all spheres and in a way that
brings development across the Continent.
We implore you to take a stand today, to make a difference in addressing the
menace of plastic waste; no effort will be too small or none too huge to save
the environment.
We look forward to your engagement in a productive discussion.

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Profile

Emeritus Prof Ivan
Addae-Mensah

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry,
&former Vice-Chancellor, UG

Ivan Addae-Mensah is a Ghanaian chemist and university administrator who
served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon from 1996 to
2002. He is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the same institution. He is a
Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Ghana Academy of
Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the Ghana Chemical Society.

Addae-Mensah is a member of the Fante ethnic group. He was educated at
Achimota School and studied Chemistry at the University of Ghana, Legon,
receiving his bachelor’s degree with first class honours. He also obtained
a Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Chemistry from the same university.
Between 1967 and 1970, he pursued his PhD at Churchill College, University of
Cambridge.

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Profile

Prof. Agyeman-
Badu Akosa

Professor of Pathology, UG&
Former Director General, Ghana HealthService

Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa graduated from University of Ghana Medical School
in 1979 and proceeded to specialise in Histopathology in the Royal Postgraduate
Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital in London where he served as
Registrar and Senior Registrar and became a Consultant to Forest Healthcare
Trust- Whipps Cross Hospital, London. He was appointed Associate Professor
in December 1993 but took up appointment two years later after serving as
Director of Pathology in the intervening period. He became Head of Patholgy
in University of Ghana Medical School and was promoted Full Professor in
1997 and gave his inaugural lecture on the ‘Health of the Nation’ from 23,000
autopsies (1990-1999) in the year 2000. He became Director General of Ghana
Health Service and served for 5 years (2002 to 2007).

Prof. Akosa continues to research in areas of Public Health importance and
relevance. He is currently the Lead Consultant with Pathology Consultants
Organisation and works out of his laboratory at Ghana Standards Authority.

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Profile

Prof. Kofi
Sefa-Dedeh

EmeritusProfessorof FoodTechnologyEngineering, &
FormerDean, School of EngineeringSciences, UG

Samuel Kofi Sefa-Dedeh is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Food
Process Engineering, University of Ghana. He is a Fellow and currently the
President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a Fellow of the
International Academy of Food Science and Technology as well as the Kellogg
Foundation Leadership Programme in Food Systems.
Emeritus Professor Sefa-Dedeh was the Foundation Dean for the School of
Engineering Sciences at the University of Ghana. He also served as Dean
of International Programmes at Legon and was Scientific Advisor to the
International Foundation for Science. He was Head of the Department of
Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Ghana where he taught several
cohorts of undergraduate and graduate students.
He served as Vice Chairperson at FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
based in Rome and Geneva, from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, he led the Codex
Committee for Africa from 2007 to 2011.
He was also the Chairman of a Planning Committee for the Establishment of
two public Universities namely, University of Energy and Natural Resources,
Sunyani and University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho.
Emeritus Prof. Sefa-Dedeh was the team lead consultant for the development
and preparation of Ghana’s second Millennium Challenge Compact. He was
also the Board Chairman for the Millennium Development Authority for Ghana’s
Millennium Challenge Compact 1 and reappointed Chairman for the Millennium
Development Authority for Ghana’s Millennium Challenge Compact 2 till January
7, 2017.
Currently he is retired and serves as the Chairman of the Food Sub-Committee
of the Board of the Food and Drugs Authority.

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Profile

Dr. Fatima Denton,

Director of the UnitedNations University Institute
for Natural Resources inAfrica (UNU-INRA)

Dr. Denton is the Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural
Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA). Before joining UNU-INRA, she worked with
the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) as Director of the
largest substantive division – the Special Initiatives Division and Coordinator of
the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC). An accomplished senior manager,
renowned across the research and implementation branches of the UN and
beyond for her in-depth knowledge of natural resource management and
extensive experience in research and policy development in the African region.
Dr. Denton’s research has centred on climate change adaptation, focusing on
resilience systems in agriculture, water, and energy, principally in Africa. She
works on the intersections of adaptation and mitigation, focusing on transition
theories, not least green transitions, stranded assets, and minerals and
extractives.

Dr. Denton has served as a Lead Author and Co-ordinating Lead Author of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), contributing to reports and
special reports over the past two decades. She is currently a Co-ordinating Lead
Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group III. Dr. Denton was
Programme Leader for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC),
where she managed high-impact action research, including Africa’s largest
climate change adaptation research programme. She has a large footprint in
advisory committee and scientific boards namely Future Earth, Global Economic
Transformation (CGET) chaired by Joe Stiglitz, the Institute for New Economic
Thinking (INET) and the Climate Change Advisory Group (CCAG), led by Sir
David King. Dr. Denton is a prolific writer and hold PhD in Political Science from
the University of Birmingham, UK.

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Profile

Prof. Kwabena
Frimpong-Boateng,

Professorof Surgery, UG&
FormerMinisterof Environment, Science&Technology

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng graduated from the University of Ghana
Medical School in 1975 with MB, ChB degrees. He won the Easmon Prize in
Surgery. After housemanship at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital he served as
a Medical Officer at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he was also a
demonstrator in Gross Anatomy at the School of Medical Sciences from 1977-
1978.
He had his post-graduate studies at the Hannover Medical University, Hannover,
Germany and qualified as a general as well as cardiothoracic and vascular
surgeon. He subsequently worked as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon and
was one of the pioneers of the heart transplantation programme in Hannover,
where he also taught both undergraduate and postgraduate Thorax, Cardio-
thoracic and Vascular Surgery.
He performed the first of scores of heart transplantations in 1985. At the time
he was recognized worldwide as the first black person to have performed a
heart transplant. He performed the first Heart-Lung Transplant in Hannover in
November 1988.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng returned home in 1989 to establish the National
Cardiothoracic Centre and the Ghana Heart Foundation. He joined the University
of Ghana Medical School in the year 2000 and was promoted Associate Professor
of Surgery the same year and a Full Professor in 2002.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng is past CEO of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, past
President of the Ghana Red Cross Society and past Chairman of the Public Utility
Regulatory Commission (PURC). He established the National Cardiothoracic
Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and was its founding Director. Currently
he is the President of the Ghana Heart Foundation. Professor Frimpong-Boateng
was also the Head of Surgery at the University of Ghana Medical School. He is
a patron of SMIDO (Suame Magazine Industrial Development Organization) and
patron of the Ghana Old Footballers Association

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Prof. Frimpong-Boateng has received several local and international awards
in recognition of his medical work and service to humanity. In 1999 he was
the Ghana Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Marketing Man of the year and,
a recipient of the Millennium Excellence Award. In 2005 the Millennium
Excellence Foundation awarded him as Personality of the Decade.
He is the Secretary of the Centre for Technology-Driven Economic Development
(CTED), which received the 2003 special award from the Ghana Chartered
Institute of Marketing.
On 10th September 2004 he was a recipient of an honorary Doctor of Science
(DSc.) Degree from the University of Education, Winneba.
He also received an honorary Doctor of Laws (DLL) degree from the University
of Ghana Legon, on 23rd March 2016.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng was made honorary member of the German Surgical
Society in May 2011. He is a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
since 2002; also, a fellow of the Ghana Medical association.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng was given a national award: COMPANION OF THE
ORDER OF THE VOLTA in 2006
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng was the winner of the 2012 edition of the prestigious
African Heroes Award, presented by Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA, on
February 12, 2012.
He was Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation from
2017 to 2021.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng has authored two books entitled, DEEP DOWN MY
HEART: A history of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Ghana and TAMING A MONSTER:
Managing Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and has contributed chapters to two
other books. He has several scientific publications and conference abstracts
to his credit.
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng is married to Agnes and the couple has five children. A
hobby pianist his other hobbies are farming and engineering.

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SolidarityMessageby

Prof. Kwabena
Frimpong-Boateng,

Professorof Surgery, UG&
FormerMinisterof Environment, Science&Technology

I wish to commend the University of Ghana for playing an immense role in this
year’s celebration of the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa.
Africa has made great contribution to the development of science and
technology in the world. The story is, however, not told with accuracy. In some
cases other continents take the credit for Africa’s achievements.
Ghanaian knowledge producing and research institutions such as the University
of Ghana recognise that our modern world is driven by technology. Thus,
areas such as energy, agriculture, medicine and health, clean air and water,
transportation, management conservation of natural resources and sanitation all
are based ultimately in science and technology. Societies that use knowledge,
i.e. produce, select, adapt, commercialise knowledge have realised sustained
economic growth and improved living standards. It is for this reason that the
poverty gap is recognised as a technological gap.
For many years, especially over the past two decades, scientific work from the
University of Ghana, including those of post-graduate students and research by
faculty members, have contributed to the understanding of the Plastics Value
Chain in Ghana, particularly in the Greater Accra Region. One research team
from the university is exploring cutting-edge energy technology, including the
conversion of microplastics into fuel and other products.
These efforts are complementing those of research teams from other Ghanaian
Universities and research institutions that are using pyrolysis to convert waste
plastic into syngas, which is used to generate electricity as is taking place in the
hybrid energy project in Gyankobaa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South District in
the Ashanti Region.
The celebration of Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa is not only to highlight
achievements byourscientist but more importantly, to remind and promptAfrican
governments to invest in areas that have bearing on the survival of Africans. The
science and technology infrastructure is very poor and equally poor is attention
paid to building the human capital. Without investment and training we will lag
behind even in plastic research. Our scientists know that microbes, including
bacteria, fungi and bacteriophages that break down plastics exist. They need
investments to pursue research in these areas. CONGRATULATIONS, LEGON.

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Profile

Prof. Bandele
Oyewole

Secretary General,
Associationof AfricanUniversities

Professor Oyewole is a higher education practitioner with over thirty five years
teaching and research experience. He had his first degree from the University
of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and holds a doctorate degree from the University of
Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He was once a Senior Expert on higher education at the
African Union in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia and had also served as a Project Officer
and Coordinator of the World Bank project on Quality Assurance for African
Universities at the Association of African Universities, Accra. Within the past
many years, he has developed interest in various aspects of higher education
including Leadership, Quality Assurance, Internationalization, Harmonisation,
Accreditation and the African credit Systems. He is currently the Cluster leader
for Research and Graduate Studies in the African Union Continental Educational
Strategy for Africa (CESA).

He has provided leadership for many higher educational projects in Africa, and
is very conversant with various higher education initiatives in Africa in the past
fifteen years.

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UG RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LANDSCAPE AT A
GLANCE

With a student population at 54,000, 1600 teaching and research staff and
more than 14,000 peer-reviewed publications in the Elsevier’s Scopus citations
database, University of Ghana (UG) has been consistently ranked as the best
university in Ghana since 2013 by Webometrics. Webometrics is the largest
academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions worldwide. UG is also ranked
among the top 300 universities in Times Higher Education’s 2022 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) impact rankings. The University’s Institutional
Research Repository was also ranked at first place in Ghana in the February
2022 Google Scholar Transparent Ranking Institutional Repositories.

At over 14,000 research publications in Scopus, UG’s scholarly output is the
highest among Ghanaian universities and UG faculty have been at the forefront
in attracting grants from donor agencies. Between 2017 and 2022, UG faculty
were awarded over 150 million US dollars in research grants from external
donor agencies, including major funders such as, Wellcome Trust, Horizon
2020 Framework Programme and the UK Research Councils. UG was recently
ranked the highest tertiary education institution in Ghana by the Alper-Doger
(AP) Scientific index 2022. The AP index named UG scientist as the topmost
scholar in Ghana and a high proportion of UG scholars among the top 1000
Ghanaian scientists.

In its’ quest to support faculty research development and research capacity-
building, UG has since 2008, awarded over 10 million cedis from its internally
generated funds to support 235 early- and mid-career faculty, as well as multi-
disciplinary research by seasoned scientists.

The University in 2014, identified malaria, climate change, food security
and development policy in poverty reduction as areas that reflected faculty
research strength. However, an overview of faculty research output in the major
bibliographic databases show a diverse research focus, with publication topics
spanning more than 2,600 themes across 130 academic disciplines.

The Office for Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) has the mandate
to promote, coordinate and facilitate research at UG. ORID offers a range of
research support services ranging from grant administration and management;
intellectual property (IP) management and facilitating collaborations with
industry; ensuring standardized research ethics approval services across
the University; and dissemination and translation of research findings. ORID,
in partnership with the UG Business School, is presently in the process of
incubating student-led ventures as part of the Innovation for African Universities
Programme. ORID has also facilitated collaborations with private sector partners
to facilitate technology transfer, explored internship opportunities for students
and developed an Industry Engagement Strategy, which aims at facilitating
long term strategic partnerships between the University and industry. UG
also has an IP policy that outlines the ownership of IP, including IP created
through collaborations with the private sector and systems to support the
commercialisation and a framework for allocation of benefits from technology
commercialisation.

UG is in the process of building a robust research and innovation infrastructure
and processes that should be supported and harnessed towards its quest to
become a research-intensive university.

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COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAMMES

COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF
HUMANITIES HEALTH BASIC & EDUCATION
Seminars by SCIENCES APPLIED Seminar
selected units of Editors Forum SCIENCES presentation
the College. to provide a Publication: on policy
Public Lectures/ platform for Open display communication
Debates by units interaction of of publications for sustainable
of the College faculty with of Senior industry
Exhibition of editors of journals Members not development
Scholarly Works Research Fair on more than five Talk show/
of Faculty Eye Health (5) years old. discussion
Members and Posters: Posters programme (radio
Roundtable Panel discussion presentation of and social media
discussion on radio on research work platforms).
selected health by PhD and Open day
Webinars by issues in Ghana MPhil Students, (Mapping Library
selected units of as well as by and Information
the College. Exhibition faculty. Science research
of innovative Exhibition: towards the Africa
works of faculty Showcase we want: Agenda
and graduate of available 2063)
students resources,
including Seminar
analytical and presentation on
other scientific teacher attitudes
equipment in the use of
used in the technology in
departments teaching and
and other learning
academic units.

Symposium with Showcase the
MIASA Department’s
Artistic research activities.
Performance Seminar: Emerging
technologies
relevant to
education in the
Ghanaian context.

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Workshop on Editors Forum Seminar
scientific writing to provide a presentation
platform for by students
interaction of on the topic:
faculty with Anthropometry and
editors of journals Health Outcomes
among students
of College of
Education and
College of
Humanities. This
will be done by the
students.

UG Library Systems

• Amnesty Weeks
• Online Exhibition of Research on Plastic Waste Management
• Webinar- The Role of UGLS in promoting UG’s Research, including

research on plastic waste management
• Open Day: for a selection of SHS/JHS students from selected schools &

interested members of the university community
• UGLS Services: what you need to know

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Sponsor

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UNIVERSITY ANTHEM

Hail University of Ghana
The nation’s hope and glory
The place that bears the star of peace
That bids us all to do our best
Let the great Tower of learning
Inspire both young and old
May we proceed in unity to uphold the public cause.

//: Arise, arise O Legon
Defend the cause of freedom
Proceed in truth and integrity to make
Our nation proud: //

We ask for strength and wisdom
As we climb the hill of learning
May we excel in what’er we do
As we prepare to face the world
With a mind ready at all times
And a conscience quick to feel
May we proceed in unity to uphold the public cause.

//: Arise, arise O Legon
Defend the cause of freedom
Proceed in truth and integrity to make
our nation proud ://


Prof. Emeritus J. H. Kwabena Nketia

(1921-2019)

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Dr. Cornelia Appiah- Member School of Veterinary Medicine
Kwarteng
Member School of Engineering Sciences
Dr. Kwabena Kan-Dapaah Secretary

Ms. Ernestina Melomey

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

Members of the Planning Committee

NAME ROLE REPRESENTING

Prof. Joseph K. Teye Chairman Centre for Migration Studies

Dr. Innocent Badasu Member Legon Centre for International
Affairs and Diplomacy

Dr. Gertrude A. M. Eyifa- Member Department of Archaeology and Heritage
Dzidzienyo Studies

Dr. Benjamin Amoah Member Department of Finance

Dr. Kofi T. Asante Member Member, Institute of Statistical, Social
Dr. Kwabena D. Opoku- Member Department of English
Agyemang
Dr. Eric Sunu Doe Member Department of Music and Economic
Research
Dr. Ernest Darkwah
Dr. Samuel Obeng Manteaw Member Department of Psychology
Mrs. Betty Enbonla-ebo Kallson Member University of Ghana School of Law
Secretary College Human Resource Office

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ROLE
Chairman
Members of the Planning Committee Member
NAME Member
Prof Eric Sampane-Donkor Member
Prof. George Obeng Adjei Member
Prof. Alfred Edwin Yawson Member
Prof. Collins Ahorlu Member
Prof. Mark Mawutor Tettey Member
Dr. Catherine Segbefia Secretary
Dr. Mary Ani-Amponsah Co-Secretary
Dr. Seth Amponsah
Mr. Daniel Asiamah
Mr. Daniel Nana Yaw Abankwah

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