278 students graduate from UG school of law, college of health sciences

Mrs Nana Adjoa Hackman addressing the congregation

A total of 278 students of the 2023 batch from the School of Law and College of Health Sciences, last Saturday, graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon.
There were 218 graduands from the School of Law and 60 from the College of Health Sciences (CHS) who were con¬ferred with degrees.

The CHS constituted the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) and the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences (SBAHS).
In a speech the co-founder of Africa Legal Associates (ALA), Mrs Nana Adjoa Hackman said the advent of Artificial Intel¬ligence (AI) and other digital tools must be well embraced to enhance the efficiency of doctors and lawyers in the country.
“As a keen follower of the World Economic Forum, I believe we must be abreast of the times, by being strategic and adaptable in order to remain rele¬vant else the rapid development which is taking place shall equally retire us if we do not embrace it,” she said.
With the opportunity the Africa Conti¬nental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) presents, she said Ghana must utilise her Anglophone or Commonwealth history as an advantage in building more uni¬form principles to resolve cross-border business disputes, similar to the same pace her francophone counterparts were following.
The valedictorian for the 2023 graduat¬ing class was Mrs Abigail Nakuor Wowolo from the School of Law with a final grade point average (FGPA) of 3.72.
She said during their first-year, their aspirations of becoming esquires and doctors in their academic journey looked bleak, however with determination and support from their lecturers and parents, they overcame such frights.
“Completing the first-year seemed impossible. It was a living nightmare,” she admitted.
The valedictorian however urged her colleagues not to be solely keen on winning cases in their field of study but seek justice and uphold the principle of fairness.
“We must recognise the immense re¬sponsibility that lies ahead of us, besides the perceptions we make shall have profound impact on the lives of others,” she said.
On her part, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo announced that a second series of ceremonies would take place in January 2024; for undergraduate and postgraduate students from the various disciplines in the four colleges of the University.
She also said that the Uni¬versity Council has approved the restoration of the Accra City Campus to a semi-autonomous unit of the University.
The establishment of the new campuses will bring the UG brand and standards to the Ashanti and Western regions, thus opening up more places for the admission of undergraduate students.
“Approval has been granted for the es¬tablishment of the Takoradi and Kumasi City Campuses of the University by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, and accreditation processes are almost complete for the campuses to start ad¬mitting students from the next academic year,” she revealed.