Former Commonwealth Hall JCR Executives handed 3 years suspension each
According to a notice dated January 8, 2023, these Executives are said to have organized or allowed the organization of the Junior Common Room(JCR) of Commonwealth Hall on August 18 and 19, 2022.
The Disciplinary Board of the University of Ghana has suspended five(5) former Junior Common Room(JCR) Executives of the Commonwealth Hall of the university for 3 years each.
The affected persons, Mr. Paul Anim Inkoom; former president, Bright Gati; former Vice President, Daniel Kofi Boakye; former Secretary, Daniel Odoi Nyarko; former Treasurer and Frank Asare; former Legal Advisor were handed these sanctions in accordance with Section 45(g) of the Statutes of the University, 2011(as amended).
According to a notice dated January 8, 2023, the above persons are said to have organized or allowed the organization of the Junior Common Room(JCR) of Commonwealth Hall on August 18 and 19, 2022 at which forum false and defamatory statements were published against some senior members of the school including the Vice Chancellor and others.
It adds that following the above, the Disciplinary Board for the Junior Members conducted a hearing upon a complaint lodged to that effect and established a case of misconduct against the former Executives contrary to the University’s Statute.
The statement revealed further that one of them, Mr. Paul Anim Inkoom had earlier been suspended for two(2) academic years after being found guilty of misconduct, contrary to Regulations 7.1( e) and 7.1(g) of the University’s Regulation for Junior Members.
The sanctions are to run concurrently with the previous sanctions for misconduct for blatantly disobeying the Vice-Chancellor and the Dean of Student Affairs.
Students of the University have meanwhile been ‘advised and encouraged to acquaint themselves with the content of the Statutes and the Student Regulations, which are available on the University’s website, as a contravention of these statutes and Regulations will lead to the imposition of appropriate sanctions.’
