NPP aligned contenders of the KNUST VC position are on a politically motivated agenda and discrediting mission – Papa Jay.
The Oforikrom Constituency Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry James Sukah, popularly known as Papa Jay has taken exception to the recent publication on Ghanaweb about the process to select a new VC for KNUST.
He questioned the basis for stating that, three of the candidates are top runners of the KNUST VC contest. However, none of the nine (9) alleged contenders has formally submitted an application for the position and allegedly more than nine candidates are likely to apply.
Why is it that three of the candidates are all Provosts yet, only one was stated as occupying the position of a provost?
The following persons; Prof. Britwum, Provost of Engineering; Prof. Marfo, Provost of College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Prof. Agyare, Provost of Health Sciences are all contenders, but only Prof. Agyare was referred to as a Provost in the publication.
Again, Papa Jay quizzed, isn’t Prof. Brenya the Council Chair of the Kumasi Technical University, Prof Kponyo the Director of Office of Grants and Research, and Prof. Abavare the President of UTAG KNUST? So why was it that these hard-won titles were intentionally ignored?
Clearly, one could smell intellectual dishonesty in the whole publication. It was an attempt to demean some contenders for the VC position.
Papa Jay further indicated that, all the self-acclaimed top runners are allegedly NPP aligned. It clearly suggests an NPP agenda to promote a contender from their ranks to serve as the next VC for KNUST. The easiest strategy for them is to aim at discrediting key contenders.
He therefore called on the government and the University Council to take swift action to prevent such dubious and dangerous agenda from hatching its diabolic fruits. He further urged the contenders to desist from the desperation that is pushing them to denigrate others and rather focus on preparing for the interviews ahead.
