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The University of Ghana branch of the Ghana University Professors Association (UG-UTAG) requests an update on the status of the suspended public universities bill (PUB).
The Association is concerned that the bill will be reintroduced in parliament after UTAG raised concerns about the unconstitutionality of the bill and its consequent negative effect on public tertiary education in Ghana.
In a press release signed by its president, Dr. Samuel Nkumbaan, and addressed to Parliament, the Association also stated its reluctance to “believe that the bill could be presented in the last days of the current Parliament without consultations. promised ”.
“Rethinking the bill in Parliament, without extensive consultation and against the discontent expressed by faculty, staff and students against this bill, will not serve Ghana’s hard-won image in the world as a stable democracy ”, it reads.
“These are not the actions of a government that listens,” he added.
The bill that seeks to harmonize the governance, operation and administration of public universities in the country, has generated controversy and criticism from the actors of the education sector since its introduction.
Consequently, all PUB considerations were suspended by Parliament on Thursday, October 22.
Minority education spokesman Peter Nortsu Kotoe explained that Parliament’s Education Committee recommended that the government slow down the bill to allow more consultations.
Therefore, UG-UTAG has asked Parliament to provide updates on the current status of the bill, in order to promote its actions.
“Through this letter we humbly request that we be provided with information on the real and actual status of the bill in Parliament, which will allow us to determine our next line of action.”
