The General Assembly (GA) of the University of Ghana, has given the President of the Students Representative Council (SRC), Isaac Agyemang seven days to account for GH¢ 66,138 of students’ dues that have been withdrawn without approval.
Proceedings on the floor of the General Assembly last Friday grinded to a halt when members of the gallery noticed a ‘discrepancy’ in the monies withdrawn from the student coffers.
According to the budget statement of the SRC, the house approved a lump sum of GH¢ 365,452 from the SRC dues as expenses for the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic year.
However, the ‘Income Statement’ presented to the house showed that an amount of GH¢ 431,590 was withdrawn from the dues indicating an excess of GH¢ 66,138 spent.
Income and Expenditure
The SRC was expecting to raise GH¢ 608,000 to fund its activities for the academic year.
As a standing decision, the house in earlier meetings agreed on a 60:40 ratio expenditure of the SRC dues.
By this rule, 60 per cent of the dues will be used in the first semester and the remaining in the second semester. Evidentially, the amount withdrawn was about 70 per cent on the expected total SRC dues.
Impeachment
The action of the SRC executive flouts that decision. The house described it as ‘unconstitutional and illegal’.
Pursuant to that, the General Assembly moved a motion directing the Audit Board to investigate the spending of the GH¢ 66,138 cedis.
It resolved that the SRC President and Treasurer must render accounts within seven days or face impeachment.
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