Samuel Ankamah Obour’s reappointment as Registrar of Sunyani Technical University has been legally contested by two individuals in the Sunyani High Court in the Bono Region.
The plaintiffs, Dr. Stephen Okyere Boateng, a senior member of the university, and Isaac Ofori Atuahene, a former administrator at the institution, are seeking a court order declaring the reappointment null and void.
The plaintiffs further ask the court to determine that the defendant’s continuing tenure in office is without lawful authority and that he must refund all wages and allowances paid to him by the university or the consolidated fund.
According to the plaintiffs, under the regulations regulating technical universities, a registrar is appointed for a four-year term with the option of reappointment for one subsequent four-year term, provided the individual does not reach the compulsory retirement age during the term.
They also claim that when the defendant was re-appointed in August 2023, he pretended to be 57 years old, making him ineligible for re-appointment for four years because public officers must retire at the age of 60.
They allege that the defendant’s tenure ended on August 31, 2023, yet he continues to perform the duties of a properly appointed registrar.
The plaintiffs argued that the defendant’s reappointment violated Sections 21 and 22 of the Technical Universities Act, 2016 (Act 922) as amended by Act 974, rendering it null and void.
