Founder and CEO of MILLS (Mindset, Integrity, Loyalty, Leadership, Service) Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has expressed his deepest appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama for renaming the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) after the late President John Evans Atta-Mills.
Established in December 2011 by Parliamentary Act 828 under the late President Atta-Mills, the university was created to be a pre-eminent research and practically oriented health educational institution dedicated to community service.
Cutting the sod himself at the main campus site at Sokode Lokoe in the Ho District in 2012, President Atta-Mills emphasized that his decision to give the Volta Region such a flagship university was in fulfillment of his manifesto pledge to add three more universities to the existing ones.
“Volta Region also deserves a public university of repute, and I am glad that today, that mission is being carried out with great joy,” President Atta-Mills said.
Mr. Samuel Koku Anyidoho, who has remained deeply loyal to the legacy of his late political father-mentor for the past 13 years since his death, is full of praise for President John Mahama for making a commendable decision to properly honor the memory of the man who made him running mate and vice president—and who later became president himself.
“It has been a struggle to keep the legacy of President Atta-Mills alive, and this decision by President Mahama brings great joy to my heart,” Koku said.
“I am honestly grateful to President Mahama for this decision to rename UHAS as the John Evans Atta-Mills University of Health and Allied Sciences, and given the opportunity, I shall not hesitate to thank him personally,” Koku added.
“All my toil, sweat, and prayers have yielded the desired results, and my joy knows no bounds.”
According to Mr. Anyidoho, “This illuminating move by President Mahama has opened a new path for building new bridges within the NDC and for healthier ways of fostering sustainable unity, because honoring our heroes is the surest way of keeping the NDC tradition alive.”
Koku also noted that one of the late president’s favorite quotes was, “A nation that does not honor its heroes is a nation that is not worth dying for.”
Therefore, this honor certainly means a lot to the memory of the late president.
The Act that established UHAS makes it impossible for the university to diversify from its core mandate without going back to Parliament for an amendment.
“President Atta-Mills’s vision for the university was for it to remain focused solely on Health and Allied Sciences, and his soul will now rest in peace with this great honor done to his memory by President Mahama.”
