National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah has drawn the attention of Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education and Chairman of the National Council for Tertiary Education to the conduct of one Alhassan Salifu Bawa, said to be a lecturer at the University of Education Winneba (UEW), which he deems a concern for national security.
In a letter dated June 7, 2019, the National Security Minister noted that the paramount chief of the Efutu Traditional Area, supporters and sympathisers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as well as students of UEW, are unhappy about the social media posts by Alhassan Bawa, who is alleging that the MP for the area, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is sabotaging the NPP government with his attempt to remove Rev Fr. Anthony Afful-Broni from the university as vice-chancellor.
Kan-Dapaah said the group is of the view that the posts are intended to tarnish the image of the MP to create the impression that there is chaos at UEW so as to bring the government into disrepute.
On the same issue, chief of Effutu Zongo in the Central Region has written a strongly-worded letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof Anthony Afful-Broni.
Salaki Sulemana Salaga IV has alleged, among other things, that Prof Afful-Broni was behind the confusion at the university.
The letter to the UEW Vice-Chancellor, dated June 24, 2019, according to Salaki Sulemana Salaga IV, had been necessitated by a series of articles by one Alhassan Salifu Bawa, said to be a lecturer at the university.
“It is so clear that Bawa is doing your bidding, the reason you haven’t found the need to discipline him, much against your purported avowed principle as a disciplinarian,” the Zongo chief stated in the letter.
Salaki Sulemana Salaga IV said it was unfortunate for Mr Afenyo-Markin’s image to be consistently attacked by the lecturer because it is through his efforts that Prof Afful-Broni was made vice-chancellor.
In the said letter copied to the Minister of Education and the Minister for National Security, he stressed that Bawa must apologise and retract all articles written against Afenyo-Markin.
He also averred that there is the need under the current circumstances for the reinstatement of all dismissed staff who became victims of the tyranny of Afful-Broni.
The chief also urged Rev Afful-Broni to reflect on the words from the President when he admonished him (Afful-Broni) to reconcile the university.
He stated, however, that his conduct since he became the VC is proof that he is a “divisionist”.
He stated that, “Your posture of creating misleading impression of being bullied by Afenyo-Markin is now known to all and sundry. Such baseless allegations that the MP is interfering in your administration will no more be entertained by discerning stakeholders.”
Source: The Finder
