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The Hypocrisy Of The Interdicted Vice Chancellor (VC) Of The University Of Education, Winneba (UEW)

Feature Article The Hypocrisy Of The Interdicted Vice Chancellor VC Of The University Of Education, Winneba UEW
JAN 22, 2018 LISTEN

In the eyes of the interdicted VC of UEW, no one in this world qualifies as VC of UEW apart from him. It may not be far fetched to conclude that the interdicted VC is in a delusional state or possessed by the demonic and satanic spirits of Theophilus Ackorlie, his Finance Officer (FO), who has also rightly been interdicted.

One of the pseudo names, of the interdicted VC, Eric Appiah, rightly stated in a recent write-up: "I have written much on the activities of these two personalities - Rev. Father Anthony Afful-Broni and Emmanuel Nicholas Abaka. Everything I wrote is verifiable."

Who to verify what? The submissions of demented and faceless individuals?

If a reasonable President of a country like Ghana, or a Minister of State, should waste precious time on cowards and incompetent individuals who hide under pseudo names like what a certain Bekoe, Jinapor, Adhzalie-Mensah, Kaakyire, Avea Nsoh, etc, are currently doing, then what a country would that be? Such a country would not just be a "shithole", but a 'bleeding rotten shithole'!

I wish to remind the interdicted VC and his associates, that am NOT a lecturer, so addressing me as a "junior lecturer", is wrong. Per the interdicted VC's 'impeccable' write-ups, I am not qualified to be a lecturer, so please correctly address me as a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) or a Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) Driver. This is where I rightfully belong to, in the interdicted VC's own submissions. Why the interdicted VC knew that I wasn't qualified for the position of lecturer, and he went ahead to preside over my confirmation in 2016, is a question that only the interdicted VC can answer.

The interdicted VC further claimed in his write-up: "...Alhassan Bawah has written defamatory things, insults using disgraceful English". Isn't it an indictment on the interdicted VC that my English is disgraceful and yet he proceeded to confirm my appointment?

With regards to Epiphany Agbeshie, he submitted on various media platforms, including GAUA’s WhatsApp page, immediately following the appointment of Surveyor Paul Osei-Barima, Esq., as Registrar of UEW: "Yes, there's is no need for Hardwork, ingenuity, long years of service, experience, competence, performance, excellence, best practices, etc again! All one needs to do in Ghana is to be a loyal member of a political party. If your party comes to power, then one can .......! Have I landed? Epiphany (Most Controversial V-P?)"

Let it be on record that a group of GAUA members, (not with pseudo names!) formally wrote to complain to Management, and the setting up of the investigation committee was the consequence.

The interdicted VC should quote from any of my write-ups as I have done above, where I stated categorically that his appointment as VC of UEW, or any other staff of UEW appointment, was based purely on political affiliation and NOT competence.

I wrote about illegality of certain appointments including those of the interdicted VC by an illegal governing council, the appointments of Bekoe, Kaakyire, Atintono and the interdicted VC's wife, as Deans and Vice Deans without due regard to UEW Statutes, just as the interdicted VC breached the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663) as amended in the award of some contracts.

In any case, my write-ups are a defence of a just cause, that is, ending the rot and wanton dissipation of public funds at UEW. If it so happens that the Constitutionally appointed Council Chairman and Ag. VC, are apostles of probity and accountability, then as a matter of course, all reasonable Ghanaians who abhor the type of loot witnessed at UEW under the interdicted VC, ought to support the Council Chairman and Ag. VC wholeheartedly.

The onus is on the interdicted VC to appear in court and provide incontrovertible evidence to the effect that his appointment, and all his subsequent decisions such as the award of all contracts, were intra vires.

If I have defamed anyone, sue me, and stop the foolish noise, that will NEVER yield any fruitful results!!

If the interdicted VC has the right to think and believe that he is the only qualified 'Fool Professor' for the position of VC at UEW, so too does the President of the Republic, have the right to think and believe that Prof. Abaka and Rev. Fr. Prof. Afful-Broni, are the best qualified citizens of Ghana for the positions of Council Chairman and VC at UEW. The question is, whose line of thinking and belief, is relevant?

The interdicted VC and his disgraceful lot, ought to be reminded that Agbeshie is more civilised than them. Agbeshie used his real name in his write-ups, and therefore knows better than these sycophants who are pretending to be concerned about Agbeshie.

If anyone forced Agbeshie to apologise, he is at liberty to make that evidence available to the general public. Agbeshie is not a fool like the interdicted VC and his bunch not to record any proceedings of a secret meeting that the Ag. VC of UEW or his nominees, invites him to.

I have to remind the interdicted VC that the meeting he invited me to in his office on May 24th 2017, at 10am, was accidentally recorded. So next time the interdicted VC sends his hoodlums to steal my belongings, they should be on the look out for that recording too!

The stupidity and foolishness of the interdicted VC and his 'foot soldiers', is amazing! Just read this: "The last time we had matriculation this week, the numbers were nothing to talk about". "We"! Discerning readers, can decipher the import of the "we". That tells you who Eric Appiah is.

The media was present, so whether the numbers present were something to talk about or not, rests with the larger Ghanaian public.

Since the interdicted VC has UEW at heart, he should make sure that next time around he beats a 'gong-gong' in the community to announce university activities to the whole community to ensure that greater numbers turn up for such occasions.

It is heartwarming that the interdicted VC is now of the opinion that: "UEW is a public institution and must not be allowed to be destroyed by the selfish interest of Rev. Father Anthony Afful-Broni and the Council Chairman Emmanuel Nicholas Abaka". This is great news, and the interdicted VC must be commended for acknowledging belatedly, that UEW is a public institution.

As UEW is a public institution, why did the interdicted VC sideline the "Public" Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663) as amended, in the award of multiple contracts?

UEW wasn't a "public" institution during the interdicted VC’s disastrous reign, but UEW has suddenly become a "public" institution with the interdiction of the most corrupt, incompetent and selfish VC in the history of UEW?

If the interdicted VC was not incompetent, he wouldn't have confirmed my appointment in 2016, since in his own submissions in his recent articles, I am an HGV driver, and as a matter of fact, do not qualify to hold any public office. Am I not far better than the interdicted VC?

Why should the Council Chairman and Ag. VC, even bother to dismiss people? In another recent article by the interdicted VC, he claimed that most staff are leaving. If so, why waste time and resources to sack any staff of UEW?

No one is afraid of idiots and stupid fools writing under pseudo names. It is the interdicted VC and his bunch of inconsistent presenters, who are afraid. This is why they write under pseudo names.

Just a quick reminder before I sign off. Some excerpts from the interdicted VC’s article titled, "Government must tame Rev. Father Anthony Aful-Broni and UEW Council Chairman";

".... we won't disappointed Effutu"; "We would not let it end they way of greedy So called Rev. Father Anthony Afful-Broni"; "I see it here on modernghana.com today"; "Mamy people in the university community did not hear of it"; "...an apology of a professors like these two guys"; "Afful-Broni never called him to adder or caused a committee...."; "I hear they forces Epiphany Agbeshi to retract his re-joinder". Is it forced or "forces"? Epiphany ends his surname, Agbeshie with an "E", and this is coming from someone who claims another person's English is disgraceful? My Bawah ends with an "H"

One may have to give the interdicted VC (writing under the pseudo name, Eric Appiah), the benefit of the doubt, since he may not be using the Queen's English.

He is probably writing in 'Poglish', i.e., a combination of Polish and English.

If there is a law which provides that an Acting Vice Chancellor is barred from signing certificates of graduands, and performing all the Constitutional functions of a VC, and this has been violated by the Constitutionally appointed Acting VC of UEW, is writing chaff in the media a means of seeking redress? The law courts are there, yearning to even prosecute common TV License fee defaulters, so why is the interdicted VC and his warmongers, not heading to court to assert their rights?

At the moment, the Republic of Ghana is being run by an Acting President, thus, the Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament, due to the absence of the President and Vice President from Ghana. Therein lies the ignorance of the interdicted VC and his pale shadows in Constitutional Law.

As a parting shot, I entreat readers to have a careful look at the two payslips attached. The said payslips are both for the month of December 2017, for the same employee of UEW.

However, the online payslip, fails to capture a Provident Fund (PF) deduction of Ghc 70. 00 from the coffers of the employer without a corresponding deduction from the employee's earnings, while the manual payslip (which is NOT readily available to the employee), captures the said deduction! This is a typical payroll fraud instituted by Theophilus Ackorlie the FO, in 2013 and continued by Mawutor Avoke when he was fatally appointed the VC of UEW in October 2015. If his appointment wasn't fatal, an unqualified person like me wouldn't be a staff of UEW today!

It is clear that the interdicted VC and his FO, are the principal individuals who disappointed Effutu; disappointed the students of UEW; and a majority of Ghanaians by diverting an amount of Ghc 140,000 of public funds every month from 2013 to date into their private pockets in the name of a phoney Provident Fund. Ghc 70 multiplied by the 2,000 staff strength of UEW equals Ghc 140,000!!

These are the issues that the interdicted VC, FO and their co-conspirators ought to be concerned with and preparing their baggage to make the foreseeable and short journey, to Nsawam.

Under section 122 (2) of the Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29), it is provided that: "An appropriation of a thing in any other case means any moving, taking, obtaining, carrying away, or dealing with a thing, with the intent that some person may be deprived of the benefit of his ownership, or of his right or interest in the thing, or in its value or proceeds, or any part thereof".

Did the retired Registrar, CY Akwaa-Mensah, carry away 8 ceiling fans, 2 air conditioners and other items from his official bungalow with the intent of depriving the owner (UEW), of those items or not? Herein lies my grounds for describing the retired Registrar of UEW as a thief!

It is incumbent on the interdicted VC of UEW, to quote any law to rebut my above submission! Until this is done, in the eyes of the law, the retired Registrar, CY Akwaa-Mensah, stole all those items he removed from his official bungalow!

Alhassan Salifu Bawah
(son of an upright peasant farmer)

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