The Council of Elders and the National Executive of the Old Vandals Association has condemned the behaviour of students of the Commonwealth Hall which resulted in the disruption of the congregation of the University of Ghana on March 13.
The association has also rendered an unqualified apology to the Chancellor of the University, Busumuru Kofi Annan, chairman of the University Council, Justice Date – Baah, the Executive Council of the University and all dignitaries at the congregation.
A statement jointly signed by John Mbroh, acting president of the association and Dasebre Professor Oti Boateng, acting Chairman of the Council of Elders noted that the action of the students disrupted the commencement of the Procession of the Chancellor to the congregation thus causing unfortunate embarrassment.
The statement said the apology to the university authorities was without prejudice to any action which the university might take under its disciplinary rules regulations and procedures against those might be identified as having been involved in the incident.
“We hope that this will serve as determent to a recurrence of such incidents in the future,” it said and expressed commitment to increasing its interactions with Commonweath Hall and the junior members of the Hall.
The statement said the move would enable the association to counsel the students in the proper norms of behaviour befitting students of the prestigious premier University.
In a related development, Professor George Armah, Hall Master of Commonwealth who expressed similar sentiments of the Old vandals Association said the Hall Council and Covering Body support the University management’s decision to identify the perpetrators and punish them according to its rules and regulations.
In a letter of apology to the Vice – Chancellor, Prop. Armah stated, however, that the events occurred outside the Hall where the Dean of students was not possible for the welfare and discipline of students.
It said the Hall has started its own investigations pint out what actually happened to enable the Hall council take appropriate disciplinary and corrective measures.
It advised the University to put in place measurers to identify the ringleaders and all those involved in the authorised events in order to take stiff disciplinary action
The association has also rendered an unqualified apology to the Chancellor of the University, Busumuru Kofi Annan, chairman of the University Council, Justice Date – Baah, the Executive Council of the University and all dignitaries at the congregation.
A statement jointly signed by John Mbroh, acting president of the association and Dasebre Professor Oti Boateng, acting Chairman of the Council of Elders noted that the action of the students disrupted the commencement of the Procession of the Chancellor to the congregation thus causing unfortunate embarrassment.
The statement said the apology to the university authorities was without prejudice to any action which the university might take under its disciplinary rules regulations and procedures against those might be identified as having been involved in the incident.
“We hope that this will serve as determent to a recurrence of such incidents in the future,” it said and expressed commitment to increasing its interactions with Commonweath Hall and the junior members of the Hall.
The statement said the move would enable the association to counsel the students in the proper norms of behaviour befitting students of the prestigious premier University.
In a related development, Professor George Armah, Hall Master of Commonwealth who expressed similar sentiments of the Old vandals Association said the Hall Council and Covering Body support the University management’s decision to identify the perpetrators and punish them according to its rules and regulations.
In a letter of apology to the Vice – Chancellor, Prop. Armah stated, however, that the events occurred outside the Hall where the Dean of students was not possible for the welfare and discipline of students.
It said the Hall has started its own investigations pint out what actually happened to enable the Hall council take appropriate disciplinary and corrective measures.
It advised the University to put in place measurers to identify the ringleaders and all those involved in the authorised events in order to take stiff disciplinary action
