No political interference in the STE – Deputy Minister of Information

General News of Monday, March 18, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-03-18

A deputy minister of information, Pius Enam Hadzide, dismissed accusations that the stalemate at the University of Winneba Education (UEW) would have been complicated by the fact that it was not easy for him to get out of school. interference from politicians and the government.

Ningo-Prampram MP (MP), Samuel Nartey George, on TV3's New Day broadcast on Monday, spoke of the seat of government to interfere in university affairs. .

He observed that the problems in the school that led to its closure were motivated by political considerations.

"You saw how Avoke and his colleagues were kicked out, you saw the hand of political actors and the government in dismissing Avoke and a number of university executives. ", he said, while stating that" the state should stay away from the University of Education, Winneba, politicians should get their hands on these institutions. "

Sam George again alleged that the Vice Chancellor, the Reverend. Anthony Afful-Broni, a professor, has obtained from the president the legitimacy to do what we recently called "mbadive layoffs," because the president had attended his inauguration, despite the problems he had encountered .

But the Vice Minister of Information believes that such comments are disappointing, especially when "there is not the slightest evidence to support".

"I do not see the introduction of this political interference that would imply that the president would have been invited as a guest at the investiture means that the president installed the vice-chancellor", a- he declared.

He admits, however, that some people may have been too involved in school affairs, saying that this can not be interpreted as "state interference".

He stated that it was an "uninformed position" for anyone to think that the president had legitimized the vice-chancellor, noting that, whether or not the president attends the investiture, Reverend Prof Afful-Broni would have always been vice-chancellor after the ceremony. .

According to him, the involvement of the deputy of the region, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, should not be interpreted as an interference of the state, saying that the deputy is a player in the university.

"I do not see any [political interference] at all, "he said.