Minister of Information, Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid, has said comments by the the president on the role of his uncle, J.B Danquah, in the establishment of the University of Ghana was only a presentation of facts.

According to him, it is unfortunate that a section of the public have twisted the information to suit their agenda and cause dissatisfaction for the president.

President Akufo-Addo sparked controversy when he stated that his Uncle Dr J.B Danquah was the Founder of the nation’s premier university, the University of Ghana.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the vision of the late J.B Danquah inspired the British colonialists to build the University hence can be credited as the founder of the University.

The president told an audience at the launch of an Endowment Fund to commemorate the school’s 70th anniversary that: “It will be wholly appropriate and not at all far-fetched to describe Joseph Boakye Danquah as the founder of this University.”

“How felicitous was that decision and how greatly it has contributed to the growth of modern Ghana, it will be wholly appropriate and not at all far-fetched to describe Joseph Boakye Danquah as the founder of this University…. The fact which on the 70th anniversary of the university’s existence should be vividly recalled that all of us are the beneficiaries of his work,” Akufo-Addo said.

The comments have fueled speculations that the President will rename the oldest university after his Uncle as part of an agenda to restore the legacy of Dr J.B Danquah who’s is referred to as the Doyen of Ghana’s politics.

Reacting to the outrage, Mr Hamid who was speaking on JoyFM said “the president was only speaking about history and to historical facts and we should leave it at that.”

For Mr Hamid, “people are making inferences and attempting to cause unnecessary debate.”

He explained that it was the Governing Councils of the various tertiary institutions that propose and trigger a naming or renaming of institutions and once that has not happened, no changes will be made.