The Registrar of Ho Technical University, Dr C.K Amehoe, has said no notice of revocation of appointment of the Vice-chancellor, VC, has been served the school’s governing council hence, he is still at post.
Dr. C.K Amehoe says the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor Prof. Honyenuga is still at post despite reports from a section of the media suggesting his appointment, was revoked by the Minister of Education.
Herald newspaper on the 13th February published that the Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh had revoked the appointment of Prof. Ben Honyenuga.
According to the report, the Minister had caused the abrogation of Prof. Honyenuga’s appointment pursuant to a pending investigation into the authenticity of his PhD which he acquired from the Open University of the Netherlands.
Registrar of the University in a press release said no notice of revocation of appointment has been served the school’s governing council.Â
“We wish to state for the information of the University Community, alumni and the general public that neither Council nor the Management of Ho Technical University has been served notice of revocation of the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor for the University.â€
The statement also indicated that two members of the faculty had petitioned the National Accreditation Board and the National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations for a probe into the authenticity of Honyenuga’s PhD, a matter the statement says has been resolved.
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“A letter dated December 13, 2018, to the University and signed by the Ag. Executive Secretary of the NAB, on the subject ‘Evaluation of Certificate, Ben Quarshie Honyenuga’, stated as follows: This is to certify that the Doctor of Philosophy awarded to Ben Honyenuga by Open University of The Netherlands, is comparable to a Doctorate (PhD), in the relevant subject area, awarded by a recognized tertiary institution in Ghanaâ€.
In another letter to the petitioners, the NAB stated as follows: “We wish to inform you that the Open University of the Netherlands has been duly accredited in its home country and that, the certificate awarded to Mr Ben Q. Honyenuga is authentic and comparable to doctoral degrees in the relevant subject area awarded by recognized tertiary institutions in Ghana. This qualifies Mr Ben Q. Honyenuga to prefix his name with the title ‘Dr’.â€
Describing the publication as a “falsehoodâ€, Dr Amehoe noted that such publications are the handiworks of “Institutional Non-Conformists†and rebels seeking to tarnish the image of the University.
“It has therefore come to the University as a surprise that The HERALD Newspaper could publish such falsehood and to state that “it was as a result of the brouhaha surrounding Mr Honyenuga’s PhD that has led to the Minister abrogating his (Mr Honyenuga) appointment as the new VC pending investigationâ€.
“The University wishes to assure students, staff, alumni and the general public to disregard the publication in the HERALD newspaper which could best be described as the handiwork of persons who have for some time now prided themselves as institutional non-conformists and rebels, seeking to tarnish the hard won reputation of Ho Technical Universityâ€.