There is growing disquiet among some senior members of the University for Development Studies (UDS) following what is regarded as the unilateral appointment of Professor Seidu Al-Hassan as the new Vice-Chancellor.
The tenure of the current Vice-Chancellor Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye expires on September 30, 2022, following an extension of his mandate by Governing Council of the University for Development Studies (UDS) by two years in July 2020.
As a result, a VC’s search committee was constituted to look for a possible replacement and report the same to the Governing Council.
But without recourse to these procedures, a new Vice-Chancellor was announced in a letter dated June 1, 2022 and signed by Professor Wayo Seini who is the Council Chairman.
Senior Members of the University who are shocked at the decision want the entire Governing Council of the institution to call the Chairman to order since he may be acting on their behalf
Some of the members who spoke to MyNewsGh.com disclosed that the statutes and process have been breached to the highest level following the appointment in a letter signed by the Council Chair Professor Wayo Seini.
The last time a council meeting was convened was in March 2022 and the next was supposed to have taken place in July 2022 when the issue of the appointment of the new VC would be tabled for consideration.
Meanwhile, per the statutes of the UDS, a person eligible to serve as the VC must at least have not more than five years to serve before retirement but sources reveal that that Professor Seidu Al-Hassan has less than three and half years to proceed on mandatory retirement.
When reached for his comments, Director of University Relations Abdul Hayi Moomen declined to comment on the matter indicating that the matter is yet to get to his attention.
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