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GIMPA staff on ‘Red Monday’ protest until Council is dissolved

By CitiFMonline
General News GIMPA staff on Red Monday protest until Council is dissolved
JUL 19, 2016 LISTEN

Aggrieved staff and faculty members of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have vowed to continue wearing red arm bands and attires every Monday until the governing council of the Institute is dissolved.

The staff have been agitating for the dissolution of the Council for what they claim is the mismanagement of the Institute.

According to them, the Council's failure to appoint a registrar for close to 'seven years' and its constant interference in the school's affairs was unacceptable.

They also accused the council of committing the institute to purchase a 1000-acre land at Nsawam under unfavorable terms.

The staff say they will continue to wear red attire every Monday in protest of  the continued presence of the current Council at the Institute.

“It's to send a message out to the Council that we’ve complained about issues of interest to us; about the land issue and the cost involved, their failure to appoint a rector/registrar for us  and their unnecessary interference in the administration of this institution. Those are core issues we are looking for answers to,” the President of the GIMPA Senior staff Association, Dr. Stanley Coffie told Citi News

He explained that despite assurances that their concerns will be addressed no timelines had been given to them.

“We’ve asked for a meeting, they’ve not assured us when that's going to happen. For us wearing red is to tell everybody that the battle continues, it' not over. We are looking for answers to the issues that concern us as staff of the institution. This will be ongoing every Monday until such time we have a satisfactory response to the issues we’ve raised,” he said.

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Tertiary Council not petitioned 
The National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) said it had not received a petition from the GIMPA staff for the Council to be dissolved.

The Executive Secretary of the NTCE, Prof. Mohammed Salifu said on July 9 that the Council is yet to receive any formal complaint from the GIMPA staff.

“The NCTE exercises oversight over all the institutions and so if something is going to the higher authority like the Minister or the Presidency, it has to go through the advice of the NTCE. So the right procedure for them was to pass it through the NCTE to the president, they haven't done that.”

The Deputy Minister in-charge of tertiary education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, had called on the staff to formally petition the NCTE over their concerns.

The staff had earlier petitioned President John Dramani Mahama over the removal of the members of the council.

The call was made after a vote of no confidence was passed against them

By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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