General News of Tuesday, 9 April 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comPublic Universities bill, usurpation of authority - IMANI AFRICA condemns governmentFranklin Cudjoe, Founding President of IMANI AfricaIMANI Africa did not run out of adjectives when it variously characterized the yet to be introduced public universities bill as “backdoor arrangement,” “outmoded at birth,” “usurpation of the universities authority” and dictatorial. Consequently, the President of the Policy think tank has called for the immediate withdrawal of the bill, which seeks to harmonize the administration of Public Universities in Ghana and reserve majority slots on the University Council for government appointees. A political science lecturer has threatened bloodletting in opposition to the bill. “Actually a backdoor arrangement is the word I use to describe the bill,” Franklin Cudjoe, Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, described. This is a whole anti-democratic process, I do not see why you want start consultation on dictatorship.” he exhaled in despair.

Source: GhanaWeb April 09, 2019 12:22 UTC