‘Stop undermining university management’ — Haruna Iddrisu warns Councils

The minister for education, Haruna Iddrisu, has cautioned governing councils of public universities against interfering in the day-to-day  management of tertiary institutions, insisting that such actions undermine effective governance

Speaking at the commissioning of a new hostel facility at Wisconsin International University College at Feyiase in the Ashanti Region, he insisted that university councils should align their oversight responsibilities with the country’s national development agenda while respecting the autonomy of institutional management.

The Education Minister reiterated that governing councils must work collaboratively with management rather than create unnecessary friction.

According to him, effective governance of tertiary institutions depends on a healthy working relationship between governing councils and management.

He warned that councils that seek to undermine management would not receive government backing.

“We have improved the governance of our institutions of higher learning. As I stand here, Minister for Education, I don’t interfere with the council of any university and how the council supports the management of the institution. So to those councils that are worrying management, they should desist from that conduct. They don’t have my policy support.

“We expect the universities to be run effectively by councils and management. And we expect that the relationship between council and management would be one of collegiate atmosphere, that there is respect of council to management for the good of those institutions,” he said.