The Minister of Education has summoned key officers from Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) to an emergency meeting in Accra, intensifying the ongoing crisis at the institution.
The urgent directive was conveyed through a letter dated May 7, 2026, signed by Dr. Emmanuel Newman, Director of Tertiary on behalf of the Minister, and obtained by Dreamz News. The letter instructed the Chairman of the Governing Council, Government Nominees of the Council, the Vice Chancellor, the Pro Vice Chancellor, the Registrar, and the Finance Officer of BTU to appear before the Minister at his Conference Room on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 10:00 am.
The reason for the emergency meeting stems from allegations of procurement breaches at BTU. The Ministry’s letter revealed that the Minister had been reliably informed of an emergency Council meeting at the university, planned for the same date, to deliberate on a report concerning these alleged breaches.
However, Dr. Newman, writing on the Minister’s behalf, left no room for ambiguity; he ordered that the Council meeting “is to be STAYED.”
Adding weight to the meeting’s significance, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education and the Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) were also invited to participate in the high-level discussions.
This latest move is yet another episode in the escalating turmoil at Bolgatanga Technical University. In recent days, the university witnessed the suspension of its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Erasmus Samuel Alnaa, followed by a counter-directive from GTEC demanding his immediate reinstatement. The Minister’s intervention signals the gravity of the situation and the government’s determination to resolve the crisis at BTU.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com