Governing council dissolved

Europa 06:34 - 29 April 2016

Wa Polytechnic

The decision, which was based on the advice of the National Council on Tertiary Education, follows a prolonged legal battle over the Polytechnic Council's decision to extend the term of office of the Rector, Dr. Baba Issah.

The Governing Council of Wa Polytechnic has been dissolved by the Ministry of Education.

A three-member Interim Management Committee has been appointed to take over day-to-day management of the Polytechnic.

Members of the Committee are:

1. Professor Amin Alhassan - Chairman

Dean, Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale

2. Mr. Chris Ackmann Ackumey - Member

Legal Practitioner

3. Mrs. Mary Agyepong - Member/Secretary

Former Registrar, Koforidua Polytechnic

President Mahama during his ‘Accounting to the People’ in the Brong Ahafo region said he had taken notice of the current crisis at the Polytechnic and is hopeful the interim management will restore normalcy at the school.

“For two years or more, graduating students have not received their certificate… all are engaged in a free for all litigation that threatens the survival of that institution… I have instructed that an interim management committee takes over the day-to-day management of that institution,” he said at the Sunyani Polytechnic where he inaugurated a new Hospitality Catering and Integrated Management facility as the Polytechnic becomes Technical University next Academic year.