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January 17, 2014
“You don’t have the right to do that…you have to come for parliamentary approval before doing it…” says Mrs Ursula Ekuful.
The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West was reacting to a decision by management of the University of Ghana to charge road tolls on all vehicles that ply the roads within the University.
She said on ‘Kokrokoo’ programme Thursday that the University is a public institution; hence nothing can be done without approval from Parliament.
According to her before there will even be a parliamentary debate and approval, the issue would have to be discussed with the Ministry of Education as well as the Finance Ministry and then forwarded to Parliament.
“Under the Fees and Charges Act 2009, you don’t have the power to impose charges on anything without parliamentary approval. The University is a public institution and not private…it was established by an act of parliament. Don’t start with an illegality,” she advised.
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