The backward Prof. Assimeng was one of the foremost sociologists in Ghana and he lectured at the Department of Folklore of the university for over 45 years.
The renaming was done afterwards the three accouchement of the backward bookish luminary, Shirley Assimeng Stobie, Sylvia Assimeng Archer, and Dr. (Mrs.) Joycelyn Assimeng Dame, adapted and re-equipped the library as allotment of activities to mark the 10th commemoration of the afterlife of the professor, who anesthetized abroad in July 2014, asaaseradio.com reports.
The exoteric of the absolute Folklore library and three added appointment spaces that are allotment of the library block were adapted and repainted by the accouchement of the backward professor. Also, the autogenous of the library block was adapted and adapted with avant-garde tiles, new lighting, air conditioning, new accumulator lockers for students, and new books.
A commemoration was captivated at the forecourt of the Department of Folklore on Friday, August 2, 2024, to clearly agency the Assistant John Maxwell Assimeng Memorial Library.
The commemoration admiring participants from academia, government, faculty, students, and ancestors associates of Assistant John Maxwell Assimeng.
Among the guests were the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo, Senior Presidential Advisor Yaw Osafo Marfo, above Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye, arresting bookish and politician, Assistant George Hagan, Prof. Kwame Karikari, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso Boakye, Minister for Roads and Highways, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, Deputy Minister for Justice and Deputy Attorney General, amid others.
The ancestors of the Backward Assistant Assimeng and guests who abounding the allotment commemoration in a accumulation account central the refurbished library:
Addressing the gathering, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Assistant Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, who chaired the ceremony, accepted Prof. Assimeng for his addition to the university.
She additionally assured the ancestors of the assistant that the library they had refurbished in honour of their backward ancestor would be maintained properly.
"If we attending at what his (Prof. Assimeng's) activity stood for, what we accept heard this morning, what we are about to see with this refurbished library, we can see that we (University of Ghana) are appropriate on course.
"I would like to assure the ancestors that we accomplish to demography acceptable affliction of what you accept provided for us. We seek to abide to accomplice with you with attention to the aliment of this facility. But we accept the primary albatross to ensure that aback you appear aback actuality in two years from now or bristles years from now, this library is not dilapidated," she said.
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