Students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) are up in arms with their acting Vice Chancellor over the dismissal of some lecturers.
According to the students, the decision by the acting VC, Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-
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About 30 teaching and non-teaching staff of the university have been sacked by the VC for engaging in acts he considers to have brought the name of the university into disrepute.
Among the lecturers sacked was Dr Atintonoo who was sacked by th vice chancellor on the grounds of vacation of
Another lecturer, Dr Ofori Bekoe, a former local chapter President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) was sacked for allegedly threatening to butcher some members of the university’s governing council with knives and cutlasses after a disagreement at a meeting held on February 22, 2018 – an allegation he has vehemently denied.
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Some non-teaching staff have also been sacked by Rev. Prof. Afful-
However, the aggrieved students say the entrenched position being adopted by their VC not to reinstate the lecturers was affecting them negatively.
The students clad in red on
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Some final year students who spoke to Adom News said most of the dismissed lecturers are their supervisors thus their absence will affect their graduation.
“We will be graduating in June but our supervisors have been sacked so we are stranded,” a level-400 student said.
The students have accused the acting VC of being a “tyrant” and not having their interests at heart thereby appealing the o government to intervene.
The government is yet to make any formal statement on the matter.