General News of Sunday, 30 April 2017Source: citifmonline.comUDS honours former Tanzanian PresidentFormer Tanzanian President, Benjamin William MkapaThe University for Development Studies (UDS), has conferred Honorary Doctorate degree on a former Tanzanian President, Benjamin William Mkapa. He was honoured alongside 252 other postgraduate students at the climax of his three-day lecture at the UDS central administration auditorium in Tamale. The former Tanzanian President thanked the university for the honour and dedicated it to the UDS alumni. H.E Benjamin William Mkapa delivered a three-day lecture at the 5th African Leadership Lectures (ALL) organised by the UDS in Tamale. The UDS was established in May 1992 to make tertiary education accessible to students in the three regions of the north and beyond.

Source: GhanaWeb April 30, 2017 11:37 UTC