{"id":449018,"date":"2017-12-21T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/gij-rector-under-probe-over-procurement-infractions\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:46:19","slug":"gij-rector-under-probe-over-procurement-infractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/gij-rector-under-probe-over-procurement-infractions\/","title":{"rendered":"GIJ rector under probe over procurement infractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/81708766.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah 123\" title=\"Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah 123\" width=\"295\" height=\"209\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513863979_17_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) Dr Wilberforce Dzisah has been ordered to proceed on leave over alleged infractions in \u201cprocurement practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A four-member investigative committee set up by the Governing Council has been mandated to look into petitions submitted to the Council\u2019s Chairperson Prof. Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dzisah and some management members are also being investigated over \u201cacademic integrity and any other matters arising out of the investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The investigative committee which began its work Monday, December 18, 2017 is being chaired by Dr. Margaret Amoakohene.<\/p>\n<p>According to a letter signed by the Council\u2019s chairperson Prof. Ansu-Kyeremeh, the internal probe was instigated by \u201cmatters arising out of, and as summarized in, petitions submitted to the Council Chairperson; complaints raised during meetings with the Executive Management Board, Senior members, Senior and Junior Staff and the SRC; as well as the Chairperson\u2019s observations on prevailing decision making and implementation procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee is also to come up with proposals to rectify any shortcomings that may be detected to enhance the Institute\u2019s operations. Council seeks the cooperation of all within the GIJ community to ensure a successful investigation,\u201d the letter dated December 20, 2017 added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rector of the Institute is on leave to facilitate a smooth investigation,\u201d the letter announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Vice-Rector Dr Ebo Afful will be acting in Dzisah\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-21 Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) Dr Wilberforce Dzisah has been ordered to proceed on leave over alleged infractions in \u201cprocurement practices.\u201d A four-member investigative committee set up by the Governing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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