Pentecost University sets up committee -To establish Law Faculty

PENTECOST University College (PUC) at Sowutuom near Accra has set up an implementation committee to see to the establishment of a Faculty of Law as part of its curriculum.
Members of the committee are Rev. Professor H. E. Ofori Amankwah who is the chairman, Mr Yaw Benuah, Mr Ernest Owusu Dapaah, Ms Marietta Brew Oppong and Mr Peter Zweunes.
The committee whose membership consists of eminent lawyers and academics shall be under the supervision of the Vice Rector of the university and acting Rector, Professor Kwame Bosiako Omane Antwi.
The substantive Rector, Rev. Doctor Peter Ohene Kyei, has travelled to the United States of America (USA) to finalise exchange programme arrangements with Oral Roberts University.
As part of the their duties, the members are to study the feasibility of a Faculty of Law at PUC, plan the curriculum for some identified courses within the faculty, determine admission requirements into the various programmes and apply for the accreditation of the various programmes.
Other duties include advising on infrastructure, especially lecture halls, administrative and faculty staff offices, moot court and library, and staff recruitment.
At the inauguration, the acting Rector of the School, Professor Kwame Bosiako Omane-Antwi, said, “We believe that through law education, we can help to secure to all citizens justice on the platform of social, economic, political liberty and equality.”
Professor Omane-Antwi said one of the challenges facing Ghana was the implementation of laws and not the availability of laws, adding that on every field and aspect, there was no lack of numerous laws but lack of enforcement.
He pointed out that the role of a lawyer was not to make money; a lawyer, according to the acting Rector, had a duty towards society as well as the courts adding that “all the three can go hand-in-hand. That is why it is called a noble profession.”
The Rector expressed the hope that when established, graduates from the PUC Law School would be special owing to their core brand which was the undiluted teachings and Christ-like living standards set up by the Church of Pentecost.
He stressed that PUC would like to use its Law Faculty to keep the character of the citizens and the country afloat and not weigh anything in monetary term, adding that they would help government to uphold human rights of everyone, to fight violence, bribery and corruption, promote harmony and spread brotherhood, among other things.
Professor Omane -Antwi stated that with support from the Council of the Church of Pentecost, (CoP), the Executive Management of the university had set themselves to a 10-year agenda which formed PUC’s strategic vision.
“The capstone of this vision is to ensure that by 2017, PUC must achieve a fully fledged private university which is in a position to award its own certificate and degrees,” he indicated.
The Dansoman Area Head of the COP, Prophet J. O Amaniampong, prayed to God to guide the committee members in their endeavour.