Independent Committee to Investigate Disturbances of KNUST – Otumfuo

General News of Sunday, February 3, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-02-03

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, as well as Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), alluded to the creation of an independent committee to investigate recent disturbances between students within the school.

The three-member independent committee, he said, would be chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice Ladyship Judge Rose Owusu.

"The committee needs to investigate the circumstances that led to the unrest and come up with a road map to chart the way to avoid such problems in the future," Asantehene said at the conference. 39, a special ceremony organized by the congregation at Kumasi University.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu said it was imperative for KNUST community stakeholders to use tact, diplomacy and dialogue to solve problems and encourage them to respect decorum, while taking into account the repercussions of their own actions. not dynamic dies ".

The Chancellor hates the negative image badociated with the university because of the troubles that occurred among students. It was in the interest of all stakeholders to resolve to act in accordance with the rules and regulations in force regarding any new impbade.

KNUST, Ghana's first tertiary science and technology facility, was closed last October, when students in distress decided to unleash themselves, destroying badets worth several thousand Cedis from Ghana.

The protest, according to the student body, responded to what they described as orchestrated and systematic ill-treatment by the authorities.

In the heat of stalemate, the university council was dissolved, while some core staff members also decided to deposit their tools at some point in case of misunderstanding about the reconstitution. advice.

They included; members of the Association of University Teachers of Ghana (UTAG), Union of Teachers and Educational Workers (TEWU), Association of University Administrators of Ghana (GAUA) and Senior Staff Association (SSA).

In his report to the congregation, Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Vice Chancellor of the University, described this incident as a scar in the hard-won image of the institution.

Despite the debacle, he said, the University authorities have remained focused and will continue to fulfill their mandate in terms of sustainable development of the institution.

During the ceremony, 3,729 graduates, including 1,268 undergraduate students and 2,461 graduates from six colleges, received a certificate.