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General News of Monday, March 18, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-03-18
Sam George, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram
Sam Nartey George, MP for the electoral district of Ningo-Prampram, accused the presidency of being at the origin of the "kind of impudence" that led to the closure of the University of Winneba Education (UEW).
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP says that what is currently perceived as efforts to bring problems back to normal is "just a face-saving" and goes beyond what has been seen.
Sam George was speaking Monday at TV3's New Day.
He was discussing the issue that ended university life at UEW.
A violent demonstration of students on Thursday, March 14 – calling for the reinstatement of some sacked lecturers – led to the closure of the university.
Although the Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has negotiated a kind of peace between some dissidents of the imbroglio, the tertiary institution has not yet reopened.
In expressing New Day, Sam George advised politicians to consider avoiding certain national issues in order to save some noble institutions.
"We can not continue to pollute everything in the country," he warned.
For him, the problems at UEW have grown with the apparent approval of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, given to the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, attending his inauguration last year, following the withdrawal of Professor Mawutor Avoke.
"It is clear in the light of day that there is the government hand in this university of education, which counts Winneba."
Political Glaucoma
Deputy Information Minister Pius Enam Hadzide, who also participated in the program, criticized the member's allegation, which she described as "disappointing".
The former deputy minister of youth and sports said that his co-panelist had no evidence to support his accusations that the presidency would be in charge. cause of problems at the STE.
"[He] knows that the president does not have such powers, such as the investiture of a vice-chancellor, "said Mr Hadzide, adding that Reverend Prof Afful-Broni was always appointed, even without the presence of the president.
Sam George, however, said that politicians were sometimes blinded by "glaucoma" when they badumed their duties.
He said the government could not afford to give the leadership headed by Afful-Broni "a stamp of legitimacy on the part of Flagstaff House".
He added that the troubled VC has powers that go beyond what it is legitimately entitled to.
The head of the NDC said that the VC was "worse" than anything he accused of doing Professor Avoke.
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