The tutors, numbering about 18, took a unilateral decision to lock up the office of the principal, Mr. Bawa Awula, accusing him of violating the Procurement Act in the procurement of goods and services as well as neglecting the plight of both lecturers and students.

[contextly_sidebar id=”gIVTGABEFpJt1NiVNhIi8mYZDxtr3ok0″]They also threatened to boycott lectures as they demanded that the principal steps aside to pave way for investigations into his conduct.

But the tutors reconsidered their stance after Mr. Bukari visited the school in a bid to address their concerns.

Mr. Bukari instructed that the school suspends all financial transactions until Monday 16th October, when the school’s governing council will be constituted to commence investigations into the matter.

“Let me assure that, for all the concerns you have raised, solutions will be found to them. Meanwhile, open the office of the principal so that due process will be followed to address the concerns,” the Minister urged.

The school has also been directed to cease all financial transactions.

Mr. Bukari said he had instructed that, “nobody should sign any school cheque for now and that, the acting Regional Director, Dr. Razak Dokurugu, should write a letter to the school’s bank to suspend withdrawals until Monday 16th October, when the school’s governing council will be inaugurated to investigate the matter.”

A senior lecturer and convener for the lecturers, Edward Atiim, lauded the swift intervention of the Minister and opened the office of the principal.

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The tutors, who threatened to boycott lectures, are demanding that the principal steps aside to pave way for investigations into his conduct.

The tutors, numbering about 18, took a unilateral decision to lock up the office of the principal, Bawa Awula, accusing him of violating the Procurement Act in the procurement of goods and services as well as neglecting the plight of both lecturers and students.

A senior lecturer and convener of the lecturers, Mr. Edward Atiim, said “since the coming of our principal to Bolga Nursing Training College, he had indicated to us his vision, but it has been almost two years, but his vision has not materialized. First and foremost, he wanted to work from bottom-up, but we are not seeing that, procurement is ongoing without a procurement committee or board, and he’s not even taking the procurement procedures into consideration”.

“There are inadequate facilities in the school, yet we have been collecting development levy since 2008, and tutors allowances which are supposed to be paid are not being paid, and we think that these are reasonable enough for us(tutors) to be able to tolerate.”

“This has prompted us to lock up his office so that we all stay out of office until the authorities respond because we have served letters in respect of these issues to the acting head of Health training institutions, and copied the Regional Director of Health Services, the Upper East Regional Minister, the Minister for Health, and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO),” he said.

Some students who spoke to Citi News said, the situation, if not urgently dealt with, would affect their studies.

“I’m not happy about what is happening, so the authorities should address the issue so that we can get back to the classroom, because if the tutors embark on the sit down strike as threatened, it will affect our studies,” one of the students said.

Another student added that,”In our classrooms, we do not have sockets or enough furniture, which affects our studies, so we also want the school authorities to do something about it.”

When Citi News contacted the Principal, Bawa Awula for his side of the story, he said he was attending to some important meetings, and would respond at the appropriate time.

Supervision in nursing training colleges

It appears supervision in most of the country’s nursing training colleges is quite weak, a situation that allows a lot of improper practices spearheaded by principals and other officials to thrive.

This has in some cases led to the interdiction of some principals accused of wrongdoing, with the recent one being the Principal of Tepa Midwifery and Nursing.

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By: Frederick Awuni/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The Local Black Stars defender played a very key role in the Ghana team that finished runner-up in African Nations Championship (CHAN), but that wasn’t enough to earn him a call-up to the Black Stars.

“I thought, I was going to make it to Ghana’s 26-man provisional list for the World Cup and I even anticipated to be in the final 23-man squad for the World Cup,” the 22-year-old defender told Joy fm.

“I feel bad because we are doing well in the domestic league and we translated that to Africa by conceding just a goal during the CHAN, but that wasn’t enough.

“Not withstanding that, Ghana has over thousand players, so the mere fact that people are chanting my name for a place in the World Cup is an achievement and it is my hope that I one day earn a call-up to the Black Stars.

He added by expressing his desire to play overseas within the shortest possible time.

“Playing abroad is quite head of Ghana and I think when you go overseas and excel people will see you.

“By the grace of God I am hoping there will be such an opportunity for me by the close of this year,” the Hearts of Oak defender said. ”

Source: All Sports

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