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Dr Hilla Limann Technical University freshers hold orientation under open walkway
By SchoolRegistry Ghana Newsroom ·
MyJoyOnline reported that hundreds of freshers at Dr Hilla Limann Technical University in Wa held their orientation under an open walkway because the university lacks an auditorium. Vice-Chancellor Prof Hamidatu Saaka Dramani told Parliament's Select Committee on Education that the institution is the only technical university in Ghana without a completed student hostel. She said a 1,000-bed hostel project abandoned for 18 years has resumed renovation, but structural issues forced engineers to reduce the design from four floors to three, cutting capacity to 600 beds. The committee visited the hostel site and discussed funding and workshop space.
“This is the first time I'm seeing this number of students using such an area as an auditorium for freshers”
Key facts
- Hundreds of freshers at Dr Hilla Limann Technical University in Wa held orientation under an open walkway because the university lacks an auditorium.
- The university is the only technical university in Ghana without a completed student hostel.
- A 1,000-bed hostel project had been abandoned for 18 years.
- Renovation works on the hostel resumed about four months ago.
- Engineers reduced the hostel design from four floors to three.
- The adjustment will bring the hostel capacity down from 1,000 beds to 600.
What this means for parents and students
Freshers at Dr Hilla Limann Technical University in Wa are having orientation under an open walkway because there is no auditorium. The university is the only technical university in Ghana without a completed student hostel, and a 1,000-bed hostel project abandoned for 18 years is now being renovated. The renovation will provide 600 beds instead of 1,000 because the building was reduced from four floors to three.
Source: MyJoyOnline (Ghana), 2026. Read the original.
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