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 […]
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 […]
Ruling New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Effutu in the Central Region, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has warned Authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) not to ever make an attempt to change Casely Hayford Hall, (Casford) which is a male hall into a mixed hall. “I hope that UCC will not attempt to make […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has served notice it will embark on a strike action after the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is reopened within 14 days as instructed by government. President of UTAG, Dr. Eric Opoku says government has disrespected the teachers by dissolving the university council and inaugurating an […]
National Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye has lampooned the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) for its failure to protect students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) when Authorities visited mayhem on them. According to him the lecturers only found their voice after government’s […]
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 […]
