USP Council sub-committee yet to provide recommendations on Ahluwalia's contract

The USP Council has directed the Secretary to Council to refer the allegations of breach of the USP Council Code of Conduct by Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council Winston Thompson and the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee Mahmood Khan to the Council’s Executive Committee.

Written responses by Thompson and Khan will also be referred to the Executive Committee.

The USP Council says this will then allow the process thereunder to take its course.

A USP Council statement after a special meeting yesterday says recommendations are to be provided to the Council no later than 30 March 2021.

This is being done in accordance with Article 6 of the USP Council Code of Conduct.

The USP Council says it was not able to consider further the matter of the contract of Professor Pal Ahluwalia as the Sub-Committee is yet to present its recommendations to the Council.

The USP Council has extended the appointment of Dr Giulio Masasso Tu'ikolongahau Paunga as Acting Vice-Chancellor and President until further notice.

Fiji was represented at the special USP Council meeting by Education Minister Rosy Akbar, Permanent Secretary for Education Anjeela Jokhan and the Solicitor General Sharvada Sharma.