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Great news to share. And congratulations to Prof. Bosu for his valuable contribution and services to our country. 

On 06/24/13, Richardson Addai-Mununkum  wrote:
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> Prof. Emeritus Bill Bosu has made Ghanaians and Africans in Madison proud with his recent donation to University of Ghana School of Veterinary Medicine on behalf of WVMA. He consulted for the University and has been one of the brains behind the formation of the school. Great example worth emulating!
> Enjoy the story below|culled from the University of Ghana website:
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> Kwaku Addai-Mununkum
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> SVM begins construction of Small Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital 
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> SVM begins construction of Small Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital 
> A symbolic sod-cutting and brick-laying ceremony has taken place for the construction of a Small Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital for the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), College of Health Sciences.
> The Hospital, which is expected to deal mainly with pets or companion animals, will have consulting and treatment rooms, a pharmacy, clinical diagnostic and radiology units, surgical theatres with preparation rooms, and also recovery rooms and wards for small animals. 
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> Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey
> The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, who was the Chairman for the Ceremony, recounted the drawn-out process prior to the establishment of the SVM. He expressed happiness that aside offering facilities for training, the Hospital would provide opportunity to engage with the communities around the University. He gave assurance that the University would complete the construction on schedule so as to realize its aim of offering excellent training to future Veterinarians.
> Prof. Aryeetey thanked the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) for its support and expressed the hope that links between the University and MOFA would grow further. He commended former Deans of the then Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. E.V. Doku and late Prof. KojoAssoku for their various roles. 
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> Prof. Kwame Offei,Provost of the College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences
> In his Welcome Address the Provost of the College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, Prof. Kwame Offei commended Management of the University for committing funds for the project in its budget. 
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> Prof. K. G. Aning,Acting Dean of the SVM
> The Acting Dean of the SVM, Prof. K. G. Aning, expressed gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor for his leadership to the SVM, which he described as the first in veterinary training in Ghana. He also paid glowing tribute to a number of institutions and individuals for their support to the SVM. They included the Department of Animal Science, the University of Ghana Medical School, Prof. William Bosu, a renowned veterinarian and Adjunct Professor at the SVM, the immediate-past Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Clifford Tagoe, and the Visiting Scholar from the University of Nairobi, Prof. Paul Mbuthia, who was assisting to recruit more visiting scholars for the SVM. 
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> Dr. Francis Peterson, Director of the Veterinary Services Division of MOFA
> In an address delivered on behalf of the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Hon. Clement Humado, the Director of the Veterinary Services Division of MOFA, Dr. Francis Peterson, emphasized the need for Ghana to train more veterinary doctors. He therefore assured the SVM of the Ministry’s support for partnership with other foreign institutions to make it a world-class centre of animal and public health. 
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> Prof. Aning receiving the donation from Prof. Boso
> Prof. William Bosu, donated a number of textbooks and surgical equipment to the SVM. The items were donated by the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association through an appeal for support he made to the two Institutions on behalf of the SVM. 
> The ceremony was attended by Officials of the University, staff and students of the SVM. Others included the Chairman of the Education and Accreditation committee of the Veterinary Council, Dr. William Amanfo, the Head of the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Accra, Dr. Joseph Awuni, and past and present faculty members of CACS.
> The ceremony was followed by the planting of trees and the symbolic laying of a brick by Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey. Construction of the Hospital has already started.
> SNAP SHOTS FROM THE EVENT 
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> Date Published: 15/05/2013
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> http://www.ug.edu.gh/index1.php?linkid=212&archiveid=1463&page=1&adate=15%2F05%2F2013
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