Education think tank, Eduwatch, has welcomed the decision of the Winneba High Court for the authorities of the University College of Education, Winneba (UEW), to reinstate the embattled Vice Chancellor, Professor Avoke and other personnel who were “unlawfully” dismissed.
According to Eduwatch in a statement dated February 6,, “while the process of reconciliation has begun with the formation of a Committee at the UEW, its successful outcome depends on the genuine honesty and commitment of members and affected persons to forgive and move on.”
It thus called on the Minister of Education to take a keen interest in the procedure to ensure every decision of the Winneba High Court is fully and timeously implemented to serve justice.
“Especially to innocent persons who have suffered the injustice of being denied their jobs, salaries and other entitlements,” it added.
In 2017, Prof. Avoke was instructed to vacate his post until a case against him and the University Council by Supi Kofi Kwayera was determined.
The plaintiff alleged and cited financial and procurement irregularities on the part of Prof. Avoke.
He also claimed that the University Council’s mandate expired in 2013; however, the Education Ministry failed to constitute a new Governing Council.
The University interdicted Prof. Avoke and four others after it emerged that some vital documents at some offices at the centre of an ongoing investigation, had disappeared.
A Fact-finding Committee that was set up to look into the matter suggested the dismissal of the officers in August, 2018.
The decision by the University’s Governing Council was described by many as politically motivated.
The Governing Council of the University later appointed Rev. Fr. Professor Anthony Afful-Broni as the substantive Vice-Chancellor for a limited period of three years.
Eduwatch concluded that, “the lessons from the UEW politics and litigation are too expensive to be forgotten by the university/academic community in Ghana. Let’s all be guided accordingly.”
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