A group of senior lecturers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are mobilizing support from colleague lecturers to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general elections.
[contextly_sidebar id=”7wrpc49WV0NqGSXzqbCft2LpMSa9qnlj”]They argue that the NPP possess the intellectual capabilities and policies to develop Ghana at a faster rate hence their decision.
Known as KNUST NPP Front liners, the lecturers say their action is only meant to engineer a win for the NPP come the 2016 elections.
At its inaugural ceremony on Monday, the chairman of the group, Dr. Kwabena Boadu stated that the current state of economy and the numerous challenges facing the country exist due to “deep rooted corruption in government.”
They are therefore convinced that the intellectuals and the middle class in Ghana should “no longer sit and look unconcerned while our dear countries get into an abyss.”
Dr. Boadu therefore appealed to the general public to join the lecturers to support the NPP which according to him is the “best alternative government to salvage our sinking economy.”
“2016 is a must win for our great party,” he declared, adding that “we are ever ready to contribute our quota anyway possible to achieve this goal. I therefore urge all intellectuals to rise up and join the battle.”
But the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has condemned the open political deceleration by the lecturers.
The General Secretary of UTAG, Dr. Samuel Atintonoo in an interview with Citi News as professionals, it is wrong to openly support a political party.
“From our perspective, we wouldn’t say it is appropriate to do that because we are teachers who teach all kinds of people…people can belong to political parties as individuals but not as professionals,” he explained.
Dr. Atintonoo remarked that UTAG has noticed that lecturers are nowadays called upon to give expert opinion on national issues; a situation he commended and insisted that that is as far as lecturers can go.
“Clearly what we are saying is that it’s not right from our professional point of view as university lectures,” he added.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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