BAPTIST VARS TO TRAIN NURSES (MIRROR, PAGE 34, MAY 15, 2010)

From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi.

The Ghana Baptist University College (GBUC) has started the construction of a block meant to train nurses at the university as its contribution to building the capacity of personnel to enhance health care delivery in the country.
The Chairman of the University Council, Rev. Professor Edwin K. Wiredu, who cut the sod for work to begin, said the first phase of the project, estimated at GH¢500,000, was expected to be completed in a year’s time .
The first phase of the project would include a demonstration block, offices and lecture rooms.
Professor Wiredu said admission for the first batch of student nurses would begin in 2011.
Commending the chiefs and people of Abuakwa and Asenemaso for releasing land for the project, Professor Wiredu said priority would be given to the youth who resided in those communities when they started admitting students.
He said it was, therefore, important for the chiefs to impress upon the youth in the catchment area for them to concentrate on their academic programmes to enable them to gain admission to the university.
In his welcoming address, the Acting President of the GBUC, Rev. Kwadwo Osei Owusu, said the sod-cutting marked a milestone in the life of GBUC, explaining that the Nursing programme would help train the youth who had the appetite for developing the skills in the health sector.
In his address, the Chief of Asenemaso, Nana Poku Agyemang Appianim III, commended the University Council and Management of the university for the initiative.