‘’We are all Ghanaians and no one is superior to the other. We all saw what happened with the Ghana Maritime Authority saga. They have been given the leeway to resolve their own issues, why can’t we be given the same treatment?’’ those are the words of the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of […]
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New KNUST Council: no old guards will be allowed, school to reopen on Thursday 8th November 2018
Government has taken a firm stance on who should be on the new governing council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and it has made it clear that no old member of the council will accepted into the new one. A statement from the Ministry of Information detailing an update on […]
KNUST saga: New Council to be constituted today, school likely to reopen before 8th November-PRO
Assistant Registrar at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kwame Yeboah has confirmed that the chancellor of the University, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is on course to meeting the timeline given to him by government to constitute a new governing council for the school. According to him, the new council will be outdoored […]
KNUST saga: reports of capital punishment including caning of students by lecturers disturbing-Majority Leader
Majority leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has lampooned Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for treating the students as though they were in Senior High School, adding that reports of capital punishment in terms of caning students in the school was preposterous and absolutely out […]
KNUST wahala: decision to mix halls cannot be reversed-Occupy Ghana
Pressure group Occupy Ghana has said the decision by Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to convert singles halls of residence to mixed halls cannot be reversed. According to the group, once the University Council has taken that decision, it cannot be reversed. They argue that if the decision is reversed, […]
KNUST u-turn by gov’t: we were not summoned by Otumfuo, we went voluntarily to plead with him-Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister-Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the team from government that called on the chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in the wee hours of Monday October 29, 2018 did so voluntarily to plead with him to continue from where they left off in their quest […]
KNUST wahala: authorities rejected offers from CAL bank to construct new hostels-Majority leader reveals
The Majority leader and Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has revealed that Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology blatantly refused offers from CAL bank to construct new hostels for the University. According to him, other public Universities including the University of Ghana […]
KNUST Melee: gov’t must commission audits into use of residential facility user fee-Omane Boamah
Former Minister for communications in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah wants government to commission an audit into how monies accruing into the residential facility user fees in the various tertiary institutions are being utilized. According to him, this would enable authorities and the generality of the Ghanaian people appreciate what […]
KNUST brouhaha: students to be levied to pay for destroyed properties-NPP MP
The ruling New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Manhyia North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Collins Owusu Amankwah has hinted that students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will be levied to pay for the properties that were destroyed during the demonstration that turned brutal in the school last week. […]
KNUST Brouhaha: Gov’ts earlier approach was a face saving exercise that has embarrassed it-Occupy Ghana
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana has described government’s initial reaction and steps it took in an attempt to resolve the melee that erupted in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as a face-saving exercise which has embarrassed the government. According to the group, government did not use the required legal and legitimate means […]
Breaking News: KNUST to reopen on November 8, Otumfuo to reconstitute new council by 2nd November
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will be reopened on Thursday, 8th November 2018, government has announced. A statement issued by the Ministry of information and signed by the Minister-Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and which seeks to update the public on happenings in the University stated in part that government has requested the […]
Just in: Gov’t orders KNUST vice chancellor to vacate post immediately
Embattled Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prof. Obiri Danso has been asked to step aside following violent protests last week Monday. The National Council for Tertiary Education has informed the Vice-Chancellor to make way for the interim governing council to take over the administration of the university. The Professor of […]