Lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have withdrawn all their services moments after a Winneba High Court ordered the Vice Chancellor and the Chief Finance Officer to hand over to the Pro-Vice Chancellor.
The UEW branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says per the court order on Friday, they cannot continue to offer their services. The High Court asked the two principal officers to cease holding themselves as such as per a suit filed by Supi Kofi Kwayera.
The suit was seeking a dissolution of the University’s Governing Council and, relatedly, rendering the positions of Vice Chancellor and Chief Finance Officer vacant.
The Presiding Judge, William Ato Mills-Graves, granted the plea of the plaintiffs and ordered the two officers to step aside. But the lecturers say the ruling has left more confusion in their minds than clarity. “We are now in a state of confusion.”
According to them, they desired to join the suit but their application was rejected by the presiding judge. Making sense of Friday’s ruling, Dr Samuel Bekoe, the UTAG President at UEW, said even the Pro-Vice Chancellor cannot perform his duties as the University’s regulations enjoin only the VC to appoint the Pro-VC.
“For now, we have the blessings of the [UTAG] national president, and by extension the National Executive Committee.”
Source: 3news
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Dat Afenyo markin boy is a Demon and satanic. he is making Nana Addo unpopular in Central Region. Central Region now calling for Mahama because Hon Afenyo Marking always causing confusion in Central region. What a ***barred word*** MP. We the footsoldiers will curse him if he make us lose Central Region in 2020 to ***barred word***.
The UEW UTAG must be cited for contempt. They can appeal if they are not satisfied with the ruling.
What sense is UTAG making by redrawing it's services because of a court action. Where were they when this alleged illegal council was running the show? You have no logical bases for redrawing your services for the ordinary student to suffer. The rule of law must work and we expect civil society groups like UTAG to support it.
Afenyo Markin is really playing the tribal card and bent on disrupting activities at the UEW. What at all does he want? Does it mean that if UEW is located in his constituency the VC and all the top officers of the university must come from his constituency? Change has come indeed.
UTAG must flex their muscles Afenyo Markin is playing the ***barred word***
If UTAG disagree with the judgment of the High Court, nothing stops them from applying for a stay of execution of the court's orders as well as filing appeal at the Court of Appeal to challenge the High Court's decision. I have a problem with UTAG taking the law into their own hands by withdrawing their services. It's simply not acceptable in this day & age.