TENSION MOUNTS ON SUNYANI POLYTECHNIC CAMPUS

From: Michael Sarpong Mfum,Sunyani

There is an easy calm at the Sunyani Polytechnic campus as members of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) are calling for the removal of the registrar of the school Mr. Samuel Ankama Obour.

They are accusing the registrar of nepotism, divide and rule, financial malfeasance that is retiring the growth of the institution.

Lawrence Amponsah Chairman of the Sunyani Polytechnic branch of POTAG in an interview said the members of the association could not work with the registrar.

“Over the years we have not known peace on the Sunyani Polytechnic campus. There is always divide and rule from the registrar so we cannot work with him because of his attitude towards members of POTAG. Mr. Obour has been peddling falsehood about members of the association to the authorities of the Polytechnic if you challenge him then you must leave the institution. He also likes nepotism, there is no department on campus here where he has not employs his relative, we are tired of this attitude and he must go,” Mr. Amponsah disclosed.

Mr. Lawrence Amponsah, S-Poly POTAG Chairman

The association is also accusing the registrar of giving out a scholarship meant for a staff of the Polytechnic to stay abroad to his brother who is not a staff of the institution.

Mr. Amponsah also disclosed that though he is the Chairman of POTAG and is supposed to attend meeting of the Governing Council of the Polytechnic, he has been denied access to all meetings for a year.

Mr. Samuel Ankama Obour, S-Poly Registrar

The association has also rejected the committee to investigate the impasse between POTAG and the registrar because according the association, members of the committee are all cronies of the registrar because of this they believe the committee would not do a diligent work.

Efforts to get the registrar to get his side of the story proved futile as he refused to and all calls.