The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has rejected the government’s decision to dissolve the school’s Governing Council.
The government has replaced the dissolved council with a seven-member Interim Council to look into the recent disturbances on campus, which resulted in the destruction of over 40 cars and 10 motorbikes.
The Interim Council is chaired by Nana Effah Apenteng, Paramount Chief of the Bompata Traditional Area.
The committee was formed after briefs and recommendations made by the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, after he led a high-powered delegation, including the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah; and the Minister-Designate of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, to Kumasi.
However, the KNUST SRC is calling for the restoration of the dissolved council.
In a letter dated 26 October 2018, which was addressed to the Minister of Education, the SRC President of KNUST, Kelvin Sah, said: “…We the students appeal to your high office to consider the decision to dissolve the Governing Council and replacing it with the Interim Committee and maintain the existing structures”.
Mr Sah explained that the student leadership has agreed to a solution with the management of the university over the recent disturbances, hence the dissolution of the Council was needless.
“The management of the university led by the Vice-Chancellor wholeheartedly gave us a listening ear and engaged us on our concerns and grievances. We had reached an amicable conclusion that was satisfactory to both students and management. Almost all our concerns were duly addressed and those we could not agree on, we had scheduled a date to continue negotiations, particularly the matter regarding the hall conversion,” the letter added.
The letter further noted that: “It was almost just after we agreed on all these that we were informed of the formation of the Interim Committee, which is supposed to solve the issue that had already been settled”.
Source: otecfmghana.com
