Charles
Owusu, a staunch member of the People's Progressive Party, has called
on the authorities of the University of Ghana to file a law suit against
government over the demolition of a toll booth the school constructed
recently.
The University authorities had the shock of their lives
when the toll booth erected to recoup their monies after securing a
loan to construct better roads for the students of the institution, was
demolished in the early hours of Tuesday, February 18.
The
authorities were reported to have instituted a toll charging system, in
which students and vehicle drivers were supposed to pay some amount of
money whenever they ply the roads.
But a section of the government officials together with the students stridently opposed the idea.
With
the Ministry of Education expressing disappointment in the University
for undertaking the project without consulting the Ministry, the road
toll system was indeed bound to face some public repression.
“We
have been concerned honestly that the University of Ghana will embark on
such a major decision without recourse to the Ministry, considering
it’s a public University. It continues to subsist on the Government of
Ghana. It’s one of the subvented institutions under the Ministry of
Education. We have thought that they would have involved us in the
decision-making process...
"Ministry of Education knew nothing
about it…The University of Ghana is not even ready. The toll booths are
not ready. And they have toll collectors who are walking around and
meeting you in your car and giving out tickets. I thought that the
University of Ghana could have done better. I thought the University of
Ghana could have done better," Deputy Education Minister, Samuel
Okudzeto Ablakwa recently told the media.
The National Security,
under the auspices of its Coordinator Gbevlo Lartey, is said to have
brought the toll booth down over concerns that it was obstructing the
smooth movement of passengers and vehicles who used the road.
Speaking to Peacefmonline.com,
Charles Owusu bemoaned the action and stressed that "if Mahama was a
serious person as President, he would have sacked the so-called National
Security Coordinator. The man is working with impunity…Gbevlo Lartey
should be sacked."
In his view, the University can sue the State and claim judgement debt for its losses.
“I
believe that if the University authorities want to go to court,
definitely they will win the case against government and there will be a
judgement debt…We’re lucky the University is for the State, other than
that if it were to be a private University, by now, there would be more
trouble.”
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