Holding party position or public office: GTEC deserves credit for enforcing law – Dr Osae-Kwapong
The Project Director, Democracy Project, Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has commended the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for its decision to enforce the laws restricting public officers in tertiary educational institutions from holding both public office and political party executive positions.
Dr John Osae-Kwapong, the Project Director for the Democracy Project, has praised the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for enforcing a law that restricts public officers in tertiary educational institutions from holding both public office and political party executive positions. This decision comes in response to a directive issued by GTEC to governing councils and management of tertiary education institutions, requiring those who hold political party executive positions to resign from their political party roles or face dismissal from their public offices.
Dr Osae-Kwapong commended GTEC's enforcement as a rare example in the context of Ghana's increasingly partisan political environment, which could lead to the erosion of professionalism and the victimization of staff or students based on their political loyalties. He suggested a possible middle ground where public officers could engage in party activities outside of official working hours, while maintaining neutrality during work hours.
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