The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has announced that Cabinet has directed all public universities in Ghana that were renamed under the Akufo-Addo administration to revert to their original names.
Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the Bawku Central MP said a bill will soon be laid before the House to give legal backing to the decision.
“Mr Speaker, there has been a Cabinet directive to change the names of all the universities that were renamed after individuals back to their original names,” Mr Ayariga said. “A bill will be brought to this House to reverse all the name changes,” he added.
Several institutions were renamed during the Akufo-Addo administration to honour prominent national figures. These included the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in Tarkwa, renamed the George Grant University of Mines and Technology; the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS), renamed the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies; the Navrongo Campus of UDS, renamed the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences; and the Ho Technical University, renamed the Ephraim Amu Technical University.
The renaming exercise faced strong criticism from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), which described it as politically motivated.
Once Parliament approves the new bill, the affected institutions will officially return to their original names. The move, according to government sources, aims to preserve the neutrality and historical identity of Ghana’s public universities
