{"id":779302,"date":"2020-01-09T13:41:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/rawlings-calls-for-vice-chancellor-to-step-down-misplaced\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:41:25","slug":"rawlings-calls-for-vice-chancellor-to-step-down-misplaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/rawlings-calls-for-vice-chancellor-to-step-down-misplaced\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings&#8217; calls for Vice-Chancellor to step down misplaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  9 January 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2020-01-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/28790599.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Rawlings, former president of Ghana\" title=\"Jerry Rawlings, former president of Ghana\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jerry Rawlings, former president of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"> The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has said former President Jerry John Rawlings describing the continuous stay in office of its Vice-Chancellor as \u201csocial injustice and violation of human rights\u201d is misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>The university in a statement said Rev. Fr Afful Broni is not under any \u201cform of investigation; no prima facie case of wrongdoing or misconduct has been established against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added that no disciplinary action been initiated against him by the Governing Council against the VC to warrant his stepping aside as suggested by Mr Rawlings.<\/p>\n<p>The former President is the latest to wade into the controversy about who heads the University.<\/p>\n<p>He wants government to pay attention to the case involving the dismissal of former Vice-Chancellor Mawutor Avoke.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 38th celebrations of the December 31, Revolution at Winneba Tuesday, he said the current Vice-Chancellor should be made to step down as investigations on the matter continue.<\/p>\n<p>But the university deems the comments \u201cas unfortunate and a complete distortion of facts arising out of misinformation and\/or a loss of touch with the developments at UEW over the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university however described such calls as a deliberate attempt \u201cto make management look bad in the eyes of unsuspecting members of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university reacting to the statement further said the claim was completely misleading and an attempt to instigate social injustice into an institution where none exists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2020-01-09 Jerry Rawlings, former president of Ghana The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has said former President Jerry John Rawlings describing the continuous stay in office of its Vice-Chancellor as \u201csocial injustice and violation of human rights\u201d is misplaced. 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