President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would begin a one-day working visit to the Volta Region with a sod-cutting for the China Aid Phase Two of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho on Friday, 10th September 2021.
In 2019, the government of China extended a $60- million grant to Ghana for the second phase of work on the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS).
Under the agreement, the grant will facilitate the construction of a new central administration block building for the College of Nursing and Midwifery and duty and equipment room all on land covering a total of 29,200 square meters.
Part of the grant will also be used to purchase furniture, teaching aids, and other supporting facilities for some schools in the university.
The Phase Two project at the UHAS was part of several agreements that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo signed when he visited China and attended the Forum on Cooperation (FOC) at the Beijing Summit in 2018.
The first phase of construction of the UHAS was also funded by the Chinese government and handed over officially to Ghana in September 2015.
The works covered a total land area of about 10,386 square meters and comprised lecture halls, libraries, staff residential areas, and student hostels.
The funding also took charge of equipment for the School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
