I sent Adei's draft appointment letter to the chairman - Witness

Accra, April 21, GNA - Mr Tawiah Akyea, Secretary to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Governing Council, on Monday refuted claims that Dr Stephen Adei, Rector of GIMPA, did not have any appointment letter for his second term.
He said he personally sent a draft copy of the appointment letter of the Rector agreed upon by members of the GIMPA Governing Council to Dr Edward Boohene, Chairman of the Governing Council, to sign. Mr Akyea said this during cross-examination by Mr James Agagar, Counsel for Mr Egbert Faibille, Managing Editor of the Ghanaian Observer newspaper, who is questioning the professorship of Dr Adei, among other things.
Mr Akyea said the Chairman, instead of signing the letter, rather asked for the personal file of the Rector. He said the Chairman in his earlier testimony to the court sought to give the impression that no letter of appointment had been given to him to sign.
Asked why the Chairman did not sign the letter, he said it was not for him to give reasons.
Mr Akyea also said the Chairman had up till now not told any member of the GIMPA Governing Council why he did not sign the letter. Mr Faibille has filed a suit at the High Court against three defendants - Dr Adei, Rector of GIMPA as the first defendant, the GIMPA Governing Council as the second defendant and GIMPA as an institution as the third defendant.
Among the relief being sought are an order by the court to restrain Dr Adei from holding himself as a professor and Rector of GIMPA. He also wants the Governing Council of GIMPA to advertise the vacant position in the media and a suitable replacement found.
The rest are damages against the first defendant for deceiving the entire GIMPA institution, the Governing Council and fraud that he has perpetrated on the people of Ghana.
Case has been adjourned until Tuesday.