She said the government had provided an initial $204,000 out of $1.7 million for the construction of a 2,000-seater auditorium for the RMU. She commended the rector and the management of the University for initiating the RMU Satellite Programme which aims at taking the university closer to beneficiaries in the member countries.
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Ms Dzifa A. Attivor, made this known at the 10th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Regional Maritime University (RMU) in Accra recently.
She said the government had provided an initial $204,000 out of $1.7 million for the construction of a 2,000-seater auditorium for the RMU. She commended the rector and the management of the University for initiating the RMU Satellite Programme which aims at taking the university closer to beneficiaries in the member countries.
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Ms Dzifa A. Attivor, made this known at the 10th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Regional Maritime University (RMU) in Accra recently.
The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the RMU, Mr. Francis A.L Mboge, noted that with the oil find in the Gulf of Guinea and its accompany industrialization, there was the need for the intensification of the level of maritime education and training at regional institutions such as the RMU.
He observed that for the RMU to herald itself as a model for quality education in sub-Saharan Africa, it needed both logistical and financial support.
To that end, while urging member countries to meet their obligations to ensure the university achieved its aim, he also pledge the Gambian government’s commitment to the university, adding that a hostel block being financed by The Gambia would soon be completed.
There were messages from the governments of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cameroon and the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWAC), each pledging unflinching support for the growth and development of the RMU.
Source: Daily Graphic
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