A call for the review of the governance structures and statutes at the University of Guyana has been made by the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA). This is according to Vice President of the Association,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Dr. Melissa Ifill, during a recent press conference at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus on Friday.UGSSA Vice President, Dr. Melissa IfillShe said that the union has started a process whereby it has engaged the parliamentary parties by filing a petition which appeals for the review with a particular view to addressing the deficiencies in the composition and the functioning of the University’s Council.“That process is proceeding apace,Cheap Dortmund Jersey,” said Dr. Ifill even as she alluded to political interference through the very Council. “It is something that we have addressed in the petition to Parliament…it is one of the elements to the petition to Parliament that there is excessive political interference in the functioning and operation of the university,” she added.In fact this is nothing new, according to Dr. Ifill, since this state of affairs has always been the case because “the way in which the Council is compromised and composed it gives a lot of authority to the standing Minister of Education to appoint members of that Council.”Dr. Ifill disclosed too that oftentimes the Union has observed that over the years that the Minister appoints those who are politically aligned and who are in support of his/her political agenda.This,Cheap Jerseys USA, as a result,Minnesota Timberwolves Jerseys, has led to and encouraged political interference in the functioning of the University since the Council has excessive powers as it relates to finances and appointments.Dr. Ifill said that the Union, on February last, met with the Parliamentary Committee where it made an oral presentation. The union has since had its lawyers prepare a written presentation which will be submitted to the Committee and according to Dr. Ifill,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, “We are going to be continuing that process asking essentially for a bi-partisan approach to resolving the problems at the University of Guyana.”The University,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, the UGSSA Vice President asserted, is a national and critical resource and therefore it is essential that “all hands come on deck to rescue this place.”“If you were to use your cameras I don’t think you would find any campus in any part of the world, no matter how poor that country might be, in the state like this University and so it needs to be urgently rescued.”