{"id":468567,"date":"2018-02-28T21:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/attempts-to-destroy-my-reputation-unfair-professor-aryeetey\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:30:19","slug":"attempts-to-destroy-my-reputation-unfair-professor-aryeetey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/attempts-to-destroy-my-reputation-unfair-professor-aryeetey\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempts to destroy my reputation unfair &#8211; Professor Aryeetey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/24968860.295.jpg\" alt=\"Aryeetey 21minutes\" title=\"Aryeetey 21minutes\" width=\"295\" height=\"162\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Ernest Aryeetey<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519853419_597_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana has dismissed allegations that he signed a bad deal when he allegedly committed the university to pay over $250 million for a $64 million loan.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ernest Aryeetey said he has struggled over the past year to get the university community to appreciate the processes he went through to establish some projects.<\/p>\n<p>He feels hard done by as his attempts to explain issues to members of the university community hit a roadblock, because his email was blocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy email to the university community was blocked so I had to find other ways to get my voice heard&#8230;it is not fair,\u201d he told Ghanaweb in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the University under the leadership of Prof. Aryeetey entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Africa Integras.<\/p>\n<p>This agreement was to invest $64 million in the construction of 1,000 new students\u2019 hostel beds for undergraduate and post-graduate students on the Legon campus.<\/p>\n<p>The said project was structured as a 25-year Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) contract.<\/p>\n<p>However, there were reports that the University signed the agreement without doing due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>The project is currently on hold with claims by the Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh the University risks being privatized if it fails to pay $10 million to Africa Integras every year for a period of 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Aryeetey has however, been defending his actions, requesting that an independent body is set up to investigate all contract and projects during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He says the current brouhaha is adversely affecting his reputation \u2013 a situation he believes is deliberate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_cubHo4feI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was about to retire, I was looking forward to being able to write my books, do my research, travel around the world\u2026 I didn\u2019t think that I would be spending the first year of my retirement fighting to salvage my reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t enjoy talking about the University of Ghana like this but I\u2019ve reached the point where it\u2019s my reputation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody is destroying you and you\u2019re held back in terms of how far you can go to defend yourself. 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