May 2017<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>where one Supi Kofi Kwayera, adduced that the university\u2019s council\u2019s mandate had expired in November 2013, but the Education Ministry\u00a0failed to constitute a new governing council for the university.<\/p>\nThe plaintiffs, in their lawsuit, said Dr. Samuel Ofori Bekoe’s decision came as \u201ca surprise and a shock, since no meeting was ever convened on the Kumasi campus, Mampong campus or Wineba campus to take a decision to meddle in the court case.\u201d<\/p>\n
They also said Dr. Samuel Ofori Bekoe did not have the capacity to represent the UTAG UEW chapter \u201csince no such consent and authority was given to him by the members to depose an affidavit in court.”<\/p>\n
Aside from the other issues raised, the plaintiffs added that, Dr. Atuguba \u201cwas never engaged by members through any resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n
“In effect, no decision was ever taken by UTAG UEW chapter to appoint Dr. Raymond Atuguba as its lawyer,\u201d the lawsuit added.<\/p>\n
Background to UEW litigation<\/strong><\/p>\nA Winneba High Court in July ordered the Vice-Chancellor of UEW, Professor Mawutor Avokeh, to step aside until a case brought against him and the University\u2019s Governing Council is determined.<\/p>\n
The order also affected the institution\u2019s Finance Officer.<\/p>\n
The order was made in a case brought before the court by Supi Kofi Kwayera who insisted that the Vice-Chancellor and the Finance Officer were operating under the institution\u2019s defunct governing council.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff held that the University\u2019s Council\u2019s mandate had expired in November 2013, but the Education Ministry failed to constitute a new Governing Council for the university, and rather allowed and permitted the defunct Governing Council which had no mandate whatsoever to continue the functions of a properly constituted Governing Council as if same had been properly constituted.<\/p>\n
This, Mr. Kwayera insisted was unlawful, and hence his legal action against the University of Education, Winneba.<\/p>\n
The order from the court was described as an attack on academic freedom, hence the agitation from some lecturers.<\/p>\n
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By: Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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