{"id":384804,"date":"2017-12-20T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384804"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:40:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:40:41","slug":"supreme-court-quashes-high-court-ruling-against-uew-2-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/supreme-court-quashes-high-court-ruling-against-uew-2-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court quashes High Court ruling against UEW, 2 officials"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Supreme Court today [Wednesday], overturned the ruling of a High Court against the University of Education Winneba (UEW) and two of its Principal Officers; the Vice Chancellor Professor Mawutor Avoke, and the Finance Officer, Dr. Theopholus Senyo Ackolier.<\/p>\n
The High Court last week ruled that, the two officers of the University are guilty of procurement offences and other financial irregularities.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”4EioW5skRq7FE9PODIkdPwqbvRiHzAxk”]It subsequently ordered that the two to vacate their offices for a forensic audit into the University\u2019s award of road projects.<\/p>\n
It also awarded eight thousand cedis in damages against the University, and ordered the retrieval of monies paid to one Paa Nii Lamptey.<\/p>\n
But the Supreme Court today [Wednesday], hearing an application for certiorari by the UTAG Winneba branch, took the view\u00a0 that the High Court did not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter.<\/p>\n
A Former UTAG President, Samuel Bekoe, who made this known Citi News<\/strong> said : \u201cToday at the Supreme Court, our application for certiorari and passion for the ruling has been granted by the Supreme Court which therefore means the ruling given by the High Court on the 14th of July<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which is the injunction application, and then the 14th of December, the ruling on the substantive case, no longer holds because the very roots of the case is what has been quashed, and so technically there was no case before the judge for the judge to rule on it. We are very excited about the ruling. This is all that we were seeking to do . We wanted the right thing to be done and today the Supreme Court has upheld our argument.\u201d<\/p>\n He was however quick to add that, the case had not \u201cended\u201d yet, as the \u201cUniversity Council based on this issue and the High Court issue, has also come out with some decisions that should be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n