May 25, 2021 07:50:17 PM The University of the South Pacific Council has reinstated Professor Pal Ahluwalia as vice-chancellor, three months after he was deported from Fiji. A council member who wishes to remain anonymous said Prof Ahluwalia has been reinstated and they have agreed for him to relocate to Samoa. “We discussed his contract, agreed for him to be reinstated and for him to be relocated to Samoa. The government of Samoa has agreed to host him,” he said. Majority of the regional institution s member countries voted in favour for Prof Ahluwalia to be reinstated as the vice-chancellor. The meeting has been adjourned to next Wednesday and the university will then issue an official statement on the outcomes.
The University of the South Pacific Council meets today to discuss the BDO Report which had highlighted a number of governance issues at the regional institution.
The report was compiled in 2019 by forensic accountant BDO Auckland following serious allegations by former Vice Chancellor Pal Ahluwalia of mismanagement and abuse of office at the USP.
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But since November 2019, the report had not been made public amid calls for the council to do so.
Professor Ahluwalia and his wife were forced to leave Fiji in early January after the government claimed they had both breached provisions in their visas.
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Effective Governance Team leader with UNDP, Revai Aalbark ( (left) and EU Embassador to Fiji and Pacific, Sujiro Seam launching the Citizens Budget Guide at Studio 6 Hotel in Suva today. Picture: RAKESH KUMAR
In The Fiji Times edition of Friday, February 25, 2021, we bring you developments to most of the stories that we have been covering for the past week or so, and more happenings from around the major divisions of the country.
So in today’s The Fiji Times – Friday, February 26, 2021, here are some of the stories that you will get to read more about.
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PM says he is not making misogynistic comments but questioning why appointment process was not followed
If you have evidence, take it to the USP Council - Prasad
PM says he is not making misogynistic comments but questioning why appointment process was not followed
If you have evidence, take it to the USP Council - Prasad
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama and National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says the University of the South Pacific Council needs to do a good clean up at USP and he is raising the question on why the position of Director for the Centre of Flexible Learning was not advertised externally.