Elected Speakers – The Board of Governors to the Minister of Education

General News of Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-03-19

The board of directors of the University of Education, Winneba (STE), has rejected a directive from the Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, to reinstate three licensed lecturers from the institution.

It will be remembered that the minister last week, the vice-chancellor of the University of Winneba Education (STE), Reverend Father Anthony Afful-Broni, immediately reinstated the approximately 30 members of his staff , including senior lecturers licensed under his mandate.

However, at an emergency meeting held on Monday, March 18, 2019, the Governing Council confirmed the decision to dismiss without notice the three members, including Professor Ephraim Avea Nsoh, former Regional Minister of the High -Eas and Principal of the College of Languages ​​Education in Ajumako, as well as a Dr. Frimpong Kakyire. Duku who is the local president of the Association of University Teachers of Ghana (UTAG).

Justifying the decision, the chairman of the board in a statement to Dr. Emmanuel Osei Sarpong said: The aberrant behavior of Sarpong has not stopped. He and others were captured on video to urge students to continue and incite them to intensify the unruly behavior that led to violence and destruction on campus. "

He added that "the disciplinary measures taken by Professor Avea Nsoh were in accordance with the due process that had been followed to institute disciplinary proceedings against Dr. Duku. However, because of its status as a director of a college and as a principal member of the University, a Disciplinary Board composed of eminent members of the Board of Governors, a staff with the status of a professor and a Another external person of great renown was: created by the Board of Governors to remedy the charges against Professor Avea Nsoh.

The disciplinary board concluded that Professor Avea Nsoh had organized a conference / seminar on Campus on a case before the High Court without the approval of the management; and to this conversation played the role of a spokesman for the University, made perverse insinuations and unreasonably attacked the direction.

ii. Repeatedly demonstrated that he had no respect for authority in the University.

iii. Usually, he has been absent from office without reasonable cause or excuse. "

The chairman of the board also said, "The letter was delivered to Duku inviting him to meet with an investigative body on July 20, 2018. The disciplinary process is in two parts. In the first part, the person concerned is summoned before an investigative body; and under Part II, the person is summoned before a Disciplinary Board if his dismissal took place about 5 months before he was brought before the Court of Appeal in January 2019. Mr. Duku appeared before the investigation committee set up to investigate his conduct and made submissions. When the inquiry committee submitted its report to the disciplinary council, Mr. Duku decided not to appear before the committee with a letter from his lawyers advising him not to make any appearance.

The behavior of Dr. Frimpong Duku during and after the violence unleashed against the University. It is interesting to note that Dr. Frimpong Duku is one of three personalities whose actions urged students to engage in violent behavior during the riot of March 14, 2019. We have several videos in our possession and circulating on social media as evidence of this rush that unnecessarily elicits the behavior that has unnecessarily provoked the behavior towards our students at the Winneba campus "