A Member Of The Jury Presents The Trophy To The UG Reps
Two visually impaired students of the University of Ghana, Fareed Gombila and Gerald Arhin Dakyehene, who represented the school in the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Inter-universities anti-corruption debate, emerged winners of the competition.
Central University placed second while Islamic University and Accra Technical University placed third.
The representatives of UG received a trophy and certificates of participation while other contestants also received certificates.
The topic for the debate was, ‘Which of these will you priotise and why: A Special Prosecutor or Rights to Information Law.’
The event, which attracted many people, according to a planning committee member, formed part of activities for the celebration of the 2017 National Anti-Corruption and Transparency Week Debate for students held at the Balme Library of the University of Ghana, Accra on Wednesday.
Representatives of University of Ghana and Accra Technical Universities debated in favour of the passage of the Right to Information Bill rather than the Special Prosecutor Bill, while the Central and Islamic Universities preferred the passage of the Special or Independent Prosecutor Bill.
Prof Asafu-Adjaye, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and a member of the jury, in a brief remark, called on the youth to speak out against corruption.
According to him, Ghana is losing huge revenue which would otherwise have been used to provide essential services.
He lauded the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), among others, for providing the resources.
Speaking to DAILY GUIDE, representatives for the University of Ghana, Gombila and Arhin, indicated that the debate, besides being very relevant for promoting academic work, was also key to tackling the canker.
By Solomon Ofori