Commonwealth Hall apologises to authorities

The members of the Junior Common Room of the Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana have apologised to the Vice-Chancellor of the University for the indecent behaviour of some students of the hall, during the Vandals Day celebration and subsequent events.

An apology letter to the Vice-Chancellor copied to other relevant bodies, signed by the President and Secretary of the Commonwealth Room hoped that a positive consideration be given to their plea.

It is recalled that the Old Vandals Association of the university, last week demanded an unqualified apology from students of the Commonwealth Hall, to the chancellor and the entire university administration.

The association also directed that the apology to be received by 5 pm last Monday be rendered to the vice-chancellor, chairman of the university council, and the entire membership of the old vandals through the national executive.

The apology letter pleaded that “Any disciplinary action or policy that has been or is being or will be adopted and implemented by the hall authorities with or without the sanctions of the university authorities be discontinued.

“We hope to prevent the re-occurrence of this unfortunate event.” The letter appealed to the vice-chancellor to convey “our sincere apology to the vice-chancellor, chairman of university council, all members of your administration, the Hall authorities, the Old Vandals Association and all others we might have embarrassed in the past few days.

A cover letter from the Commonwealth Hall, attached to the apology letter, signed by the Hall Master, Mr Harry Akussah, stated that the apology letter was received at 4.0 pm on Monday. It said: “On the basis of the apology, I am convening an emergency Hall council meeting today (February 26, 2002), to review the situation and will communicate our views on the issue to you by the close of day tomorrow.”