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 […]

KNUST wahala: UTAG to the defense of Vice Chancellor, we won’t allow him to be sacked

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 […]

KNUST wahala: all the students wanted was respect and recognition-Dr. Okoe Boye

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 […]

Aftermath of KNUST Brouhaha: get private investors to construct more hostels-YEA boss recommends

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 […]

KNUST melee: it is a well calculated plot to sack the Vice Chancellor-Joseph Yammin

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 […]

KNUST brouhaha: student who was said to have lost his memory discharged from hospital

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 […]

KNUST saga: we stand with you, you will surely prevail-Sammi Awuku assures students

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 […]

KNUST brouhaha: Measures used to quell demo is akin to military era-NYA boss spits fire

The National Youth Authority has condemned Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the manner in which it handled the student demonstration that went violent earlier today. The Authority in a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri said as the government agency responsible for youth development […]