Holding party position or public office: GTEC deserves credit for enforcing law – Dr Osae-Kwapong

Project Director for the Democracy Project, Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has commended the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for its decision to enforce the laws restricting public officers in tertiary educational institutions from holding both public office and political party executive positions.“As the Registrar of a public College of Education, Mr Salifu occupies a public office within Ghana's public tertiary education system and is therefore expected to conduct himself in a manner consistent with the legal and ethical obligations applicable to public officers,” he stated.

It is a directive that GTEC issued to public officers holding political party executive positions, requiring them to resign from their political party roles or be relieved of their public offices.