{"id":385217,"date":"2017-12-21T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385217"},"modified":"2017-12-21T20:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:43:13","slug":"gij-rector-on-leave-as-committee-probes-suspicious-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/gij-rector-on-leave-as-committee-probes-suspicious-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"GIJ Rector on leave as committee probes ‘suspicious deals’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah, is on leave, as a four-member committee investigates alleged infractions in procurement practices among other issues.<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether the said investigation is connected to the Rector’s leave, considering that no particular official is named as being the target of the supposed investigation.<\/p>\n
A four-member investigative committee has thus been set up by the University’s Governing Council to look into petitions conveying complaints from some persons in the school.<\/p>\n
The issues being investigated revolve around \u201cacademic integrity, procurement practices and any other matters arising out of the investigation\u201d according to a letter sighted by Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The committee is probing \u201cmatters arising out of, and as summarized in petitions submitted to the Council Chairperson; complaints raised during meetings with the Executive Management Board, Senior members, Senior and Junior Staff and the SRC; as well as the Chairperson\u2019s observations on prevailing decision making and implementation procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Committee is also to come up with proposals to rectify any shortcomings that may be detected to enhance the Institute\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n Council seeks the cooperation of all within the GIJ community to ensure a successful investigation,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n Thus, \u201cthe Rector of the Institute is on leave to facilitate a smooth investigation.”<\/p>\n The investigative committee began its work Monday, December 18, 2017, and is being chaired by one Dr. Margaret Amoakohene.<\/p>\n The Acting Vice-Rector of the university, Dr. Ebo Afful, is to act in Dr. Dzisah\u2019s absence, a letter signed by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, Prof. Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh stated.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah, is on leave, as a four-member committee investigates alleged infractions in procurement practices among other issues. It is unclear whether the said investigation is connected to the Rector’s leave, considering that no particular official is named as being the target of the supposed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":385218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,11],"tags":[15598,12728,3],"yoast_head":"\n