The University of Ghana (UG) says
it will not shield any employee or student found to have engaged in sexual
harassment or misconduct.
Reacting to a 13-minute
documentary on sexual assault released by the BBC Africa Eye on Monday, Stella
Amoa, the school’s director of public affairs, condemned the act, saying UG is
against such.
Yaw Gyampo, a professor of
political science, and Paul Butakor, a lecturer at the college of education,
were seen soliciting sex from students in the documentary.
The university said the two
lecturers would be invited by its anti-sexual harassment committee “in the next
few days to assist with further investigations into the BBC documentary”,
adding that no member of the institution is considered to be above the law.
“We would like to state
unequivocally that the University place great importance on issues of sexual
harassment and misconduct, and condemn any of such acts.
“Given that commitment, the
Business and Executive Committee of the University has taken a decision to
interdict Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, the two lecturers
featured in the documentary to allow for further investigations into the
matter.
“While the University of Ghana
believes sexual harassment is fundamentally about exploiting power imbalance
and voicelessness, we also understand the harmful impact it has on individuals,
families and institutions.
“It is for this reason that the
University has taken steps to encourage students and employees to report any
form of sexual harassment and misconduct and has also instituted measures to
punish anyone found guilty of the offence.
“The University will prosecute
the current matter under investigation in addition to all outstanding cases
before the Committee.
“We would like to state
emphatically that the University of Ghana does not and will not shield any
employee or student found to have engaged in sexual harassment or misconduct.
No member of the University is considered above the law.”
The institution said it will
continue to actively fight against sexual harassment and other acts of
indiscipline.
Earlier, Margaret Amoakohene,
chairperson of the anti-sexual harassment committee, had said there is no
evidence that the two lecturers slept with their alleged victims.
Gyampo had earlier vowed to sue
the BBC over the documentary, saying it could not establish anything against
him.
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