\u201cThe first issue has to do with his appointment as the principal, now this is someone who is a full-time employee of the University of Cape Coast, he is a lecturer at the UCC and somewhere last year, he was appointed as the Director of the College of Health for a period of four years. It means that he is now holding two public offices as a full-time lecturer at the UCC and a full-time principal at the college of Health\u201d, he alleged.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we speak now, he is in UCC waiting to attend an interview for the position of Quality Assurance Manager and Pro-Vost of the university,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cNow within one month after assumption of office, he requested for a V-8, now there is no management in place to decide on the purchase and no procurement processes. He forcefully took the money from the school accountant, a sum of GHc 463,000 to purchase the vehicle whiles the school bought a Nissan Navara last year and we have not even finished paying for it. We have V-6 Landcruiser, Toyota Hilux Pick Up, infact we have not less than 10 vehicles that are working in the school here and then he comes and request money to buy the V-8. Infact, it’s being worrying us since he took the money, there\u2019s been no V-8, there\u2019s been money and our checks at the ministry show the where about of the money cannot be traced.\u201d<\/p>\n The HETAG Kintampo Branch Secretary also accused the principal of side-stepping the institution’s procurement committee to award a contract of GHc 22,000 to his wife and cronies to supply detergents to the school<\/p>\n He opined Prof. Adu-Oppong was causing more harm to the school as National Accreditation Board (NAB) recently refused to upgrade the school to a University status because his engagement and records were not documented.<\/p>\n He, therefore, appealed to government and the ministry to immediately appoint a more qualified person to the school to fast track its growth and development.<\/p>\n When Citi News contacted embattled principal, Prof. Ahmed Adu-Oppong said the matter was being handled by the Ministry and will, therefore, need clearance from them before commenting.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Mashoud Kombat\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Health Tutors Association of Ghana (HETAG) of the Kintampo College of Health in the Brong Ahafo Region is demanding the removal of the school principal, Prof. Adu-Oppong for incompetence and mismanagement of the institution. To demonstrate their anger, the group Monday embarked on a peaceful demonstration, wearing red armbands on the school’s premises. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[3,9487],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Aggrieved](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kintampo-wellness-colllege-2.jpg\")