The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has lampooned government for the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), saying the move smacks of political interference. A statement issued by UTAG and signed by Professor Eric K. Furkuo, President of the KNUST branch of UTAG said in […]
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has commended government for dissolving the governing council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), saying ‘’ The action taken by Government since the disturbances began on the KNUST campus clearly depicts a government that takes the education of young people of this country seriously.’’ A statement […]
Government has inaugurated an interim seven-member council to run the affairs of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the next three months and has directed the new council to ensure the reopening of the University within 14 days. The Interim Council, chaired by Nana Effah Apenteng, Paramount Chief of the Bompata Traditional Area, has […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has indicted its displeasure at calls for the removal of the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso. According to the Association, the calls are unnecessary and lack merit because the Vice Chancellor was only implementing a policy that had […]
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Lezdokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has indicated that the escalated tension that led to the violence at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) could have been averted if the school authorities had given the students the […]
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Joseph Yammin has expressed fear that the region is not safe in the hands of the current crop of leadership as composed as the Regional Security Council (REGSEC). According to him, recent happenings in the region particularly with regards to acts of violence in the political and academic circles in […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency, Justin Kodua Frimpong has recommended to Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to release some of the available lands in the school to private investors and developers for the construction of hostels, as a solution to the current impasse that has […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) strongman in the Ashanti Region, Joseph Yammin has alleged that the recent violence and other acts of lawlessness that engulfed the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology yesterday, October 22, 2018 was a calculated and well-orchestrated plot to oust the vice chancellor, Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso. According to him, several […]
Authorities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have rubbished reports that the student who was beaten and alleged to have suffered a memory loss, actually lost his memory. Assistant Registrar in charge of student relations at the University, James Kwasi Oberko speaking on an Accra based radio station a while ago […]
President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) Elisha Oheneba Essumang has served notice of their support to the agitated and aggrieved students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), warning that they will never back down until the grievances of the students are addressed. He minced no words in lampooning […]
The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye otherwise known as Nana B has assured agitated and aggrieved students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) that government is taking steps to address their challenges with the school Authorities and that the Vice Chancellor of the […]
The National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammi Awuku has assured aggrieved students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) of his unflinching support in these trying moments. According to him, he is optimistic that the Ministry of Education will do everything possible within the shortest time possible to […]
