Over 2000 Slabs Of Indian Hemp Impounded At University Of Ghana Site
The University of Ghana’s attention has been drawn to a story published on July 31, 2017 on myjoyonline.com and adomonline.com under the headline: “Over 2000 slabs of Indian hemp impounded at University of Ghana site”.
From the account, your reporter mentions a suspect, Joseph Sarpong, 34 years, who was said to have been “arrested at a scene located within the proposed site for the University of Ghana Soil and Irrigation Resource Centre at Kpong, where the weed was cultivated in large quantity.”
We wish to state categorically that the suspect has no links with the University of Ghana and to further state that the said site does not belong to the University of Ghana’s Soil and Irrigation Resource Centre (SIREC) at Kpong or any of its outstations.
It may interest you to know that following your poorly researched story which you failed to corroborate with us, thereby giving an unbalanced reportage, our officials have engaged with the Regional Police Commander, the Crime Officer and the Police Public Relations Officer at Koforidua.
The factual errors contained in the story are an affront to the University of Ghana’s image and cherished reputation built over almost a 70-year period, during which we have been delivering higher education to this country, iri the area of research, high quality teaching and learning.
