ADMINISTRATOR SUES UNIVERSITY FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT (PAGE 27)

From Rose Hayford Darko, Tema

An Administrative Officer at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College in Tema has sued the Wisconsin International University College (WIUC) in Accra at the Accra Fast Track High Court, claiming general damages for breach of contract.
Mr Kwaku Osei Owusu Adomako, the plaintiff, is seeking a refund of US$6,000 paid to the defendant as fees, refund of all transportation and textbook expenses incurred during the duration of the course and interest at the commercial banking rate from the date of payment of the school fees until the date of final payment for failing to graduate him six years after allegedly completing an MBA course at the university.
Agyemang & Associates, legal practitioners and consultants, acting on behalf of the plaintiff, indicated in the statement of claim that Mr Adomako, who is a Ghanaian resident in Tema, applied to the WIUC in 2001 to undertake the MBA programme at the institution.
The statement said Mr Adomako was accepted by the institution to undertake six MBA level subjects as a pre-entry course to enable him to satisfy defendant’s full entry requirements.
According to the statement, the plaintiff did better as required and attained grade ‘A’ passes in all the six subjects.
It said the institution, acting as defendant, gave the assurance that persons undertaking the MBA course would graduate under the auspices of the University of Ghana.
The plaintiff averred further that he was made to pay fees totalling about US$6,000, excluding expenses on textbooks, stationery and transportation that he had to meet in his pursuit of the said MBA degree.
The statement claimed that the university had, since his completion of the programme in 2003, ignored every correspondent and effort by him to have him graduated.
That, it said, was causing a lot of inconvenience and embarrassment to Mr Adomako and denied him several opportunities to improve on his welfare.