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Student leaders should embrace dialogue to resolve
grievances- Dr Oduro
Takoradi Nov. 7, GNA - Dr George Oduro, Chairman of Takoradi
Polytechnic Council on Friday asked the Students
Representative Council and other bodies on campus to use
dialogue as a tool to address all internal conflicts.
He said the local unionised workers should exhaust all laid
down structures in resolving their grievances before
embarking on industrial action.
Dr Oduro made the request during the induction of Reverend
Professor Daniel Nyarko as the Rector of the Polytechnic in
Takoradi.
Rev. Prof. Nyarko, who was a former Dean of Guidance and
Counselling and Vice Rector, replaces Dr Samuel Obeng Apori.
Dr Oduro said Rev. Prof. Nyarko's appointment was unique,
since he was the first academic staff of a polytechnic in
the country to rise to the high office.
He observed that since the polytechnic is a public
institution people would be interested in the type of
leadership he would provide towards the development of the
academic facility.
"They would also be interested in how you manage the human
and material resources of the polytechnic towards achieving
high laurels in practical oriented scholarship and in the
extent to which you can create congenial atmosphere on
campus to inspire confidence and high sense of belongingness
among the various interest groups," he said.
Dr Oduro urged the Rector to be a father to all members of
the Polytechnic community, irrespective of their ethnic
background, religious affiliation, political orientation and
interests.
He must also ensure that fairness and firmness characterise
his dealings with everybody.
He said the council would offer its unflinching support to
Rev. Prof. Nyarko so long as he remained faithful to his
oath of office and abides by the contents of his letter of
appointment.
Dr Oduro said the council would not interfere in the day to
day administration of the Polytechnic but would not hesitate
to intervene when there was evidence of the breach of the
Polytechnic Act and statutes.
He said when this happened, it should not be misconstrued to
mean interference as the ultimate responsibility of
governance of the polytechnic rests on the council.
Dr Oduro noted that the council would not compromise on
issues related to academic and administrative staff
development, promotion of scholarship, creation of
non-threatening atmosphere required for development.
Rev. Prof. Nyarko said his vision was to transform the
polytechnic into a world class polytechnic of choice for
tertiary technical and vocational education and training
comparable to any technical university in the world.
He said the current level of human resources, equipment and
other infrastructural facilities could serve as the
springboard for transforming the polytechnic into a
Technical University.
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