A former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, had alleged that the said relocation was without recourse to Parliament hence making it illegal.

[contextly_sidebar id=”2rPW3JGrQOZFObEVGI9ORCByj2VXxJC4″]Speaking in an interview with Citi News, the former deputy Education Minister said, “the program which Parliament had already approved was that, there will be two main campuses, the Somanya campus and the Donkorkrom campus in the Affram Plains area. The information I have, which is unimpeachable, credible, is that, this government has changed the second campus from Donkorkrom in Afram Plains to Bunso in Kyebi, and that is why they did not want to answer the question. The facility that this house approved in 2016 has to do with funding for two campuses, there is reasonable proximity.”

He said although he tried to seek clarification from the Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh on the matter, the former did not give details about the development, noting that “they know what they have done, for which reason they are hiding from the people of this country.”

The Ministry of Education in response described such claims as false.

However, speaking to Citi News, the Eastern Regional Communications Officer of the NDC, Jamal Konneh, said they will resort to demonstrations and a possible legal action to get government to back down on such a decision.

“When you pick the constitution, every citizen has the right to defend his case if his right is being violated or an individual is trying to cheat on him or her. If a government is trying to cheat, we have the right to demonstrate, we will do that and I know the sitting President believes and understands demonstration because he has led several demonstrations before and demonstration is a language that he understands. Apart from that, we can battle this case in the law court which we will not relent on at all if all avenues are used without us achieving our goal” Mr. Konneh said.

The Education Minister had told Parliament that the construction of the proposed Somanya Campus of the University would begin next month, but did not give details about the construction of the second campus.

The construction of the University was part of the Mahama administration’s vision to ensure each region in the country had a public university.

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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President Mahama’s second term bid was truncated by the New Patriotic Party’s Nana Akufo-Addo who will be sworn into office on January 7, 2017.

The President was in the area to the cut sod for the construction of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development also called the Eastern University.

The Eastern University, which was one of President Mahama’s key promises to the people of the region during the 2012 electioneering period, will be cited at Somanya with a satellite Campus at Donkorkrom, all in the Eastern Region.

The University will provide higher education in developments and environment that will lead to the award of honorary Degrees, Diploma and certificates.

While speaking at the sod cutting ceremony, President Mahama called on the incoming New Patriotic Party administration to see to the completion of the project.

“The building of a campus for the University of Environment and Sustainable Development which is popularly called the Eastern University, I believe is a milestone worth celebrating. The chiefs can also be assured that funding for the Eastern University has been secured and has been approved by Parliament.”

“I urge them (NPP) to continue to support the new government to ensure the full realization of the vision to provide the Eastern Region with a public university. It will have a modern telecommunications and ICT service system…and all the basic equipment required by an institution of higher learning.”

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By: Godwin A. Allotey & Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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