The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana, University of Ghana Branch (UTAG-UG), has called on the Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor and his deputy, Prof Augustine Ocloo to resign by January 31, 2026.
According to the Association, failure to heed their call will result in “industrial action.”
“UTAG-UG calls on the DG, Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, DDG, Prof. Augustine Ocloo, to resign honourably by 31st of January 2026. Failure to do so will result in (a) a petition to the Chief-of-Staff for their removal (b) industrial action if necessary,” UTAG-UG said in a press release jointly signed by Dr. Jerry Joe Harrison, President and Dr. Godfred B. Hagan, Secretary, UTAG-UG.
“UTAG UG has taken note of various actions of the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Ahmed Jinapor
Abdulai and his Deputy, Prof. Augustine Ocloo, that continue to negatively impact tertiary education institutions in Ghana, contrary to their mandate under the Education Regulatory Bodies ACT, 2020 (Act 1023)” UTAG-UG explained.
The Association further noted that, “Instead of executing its core mandate, the Commission has been reduced to tangential and
sometimes frivolous actions, such as chasing people with “fake degrees”, while neglecting the fundamental issues affecting tertiary education in Ghana.
Thus, the quality of education being provided by public tertiary educational institutions in Ghana is at an all-time low due to insufficient budgetary support – largely restricted to payment of salaries, inadequate infrastructure, poor remuneration for lecturers, etc., and yet GTEC appears indifferent to these systemic problems that pose existential threats to tertiary education in Ghana.”
“We urge all other UTAG campuses and sister institutions to join this fight against tyranny, oppression, and administrative abuse, to restore sanity and hope to our public education institutions,” it said.
UTAG-UG also called for “Immediate enactment of a Legislative Instrument (LI) that will guide the implementation of Act 1023 to forestall future abuse of power by leadership of GTEC.”
Source:Fiilafmonline/3News
