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General News of Saturday, February 2, 2019
Source: kasapafmonline.com
2019-02-02
University students took to the streets to express their dissatisfaction
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II announced the establishment of a three-member committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the riot of students in the city. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in October 2018.
The commission will be chaired by Judge Rose Owusu, a retired judge of the Supreme Court and expected to be inaugurated next week, Otumfuo said.
The student demonstration resulted in the destruction of properties estimated at more than 1.6 million GHS.
Asantehene, who is acting as Chancellor of the KNUST, made it known at a special congregation held at KNUST on Saturday 2 February 2019 for postgraduate students.
The creation of the committee was announced for the first time last November by Otumfuo to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the events that led to the closure of the University.
"A full and transparent investigation must be put in place in all the circumstances that led to the day of horrors. As Chancellor of the University and in accordance with the provisions of the government that mandated me to manage this process, I should, with appropriate consultation, appoint a five-member committee, chaired by a judge, to review the long-term causes and immediate, as well as lessons learned. to be informed, "said Otumfuo Osei Tutu.
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