Students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and technology, are left with sorrow and anger in their hearts and are fully
prepared and ready to go on an demonstration, should it turn a violent one which
they don't care since authorities have left them nothing good but dishonesty and
injustice. Samuel Gyekye Mensah, please known as Supremo, a KNUST
student leads his people through a group named CONCERNED STUDENTS FOR
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY-KNUST in this course as he believes the
authorities are not considering the difficult state of some parents in paying
fees. In his statement, he said, we are talking with the SRC executives but they
seem so reluctantly and time is not on our side. “We simply need results out of
this issue, a positive one, a reduction I mean and not justifications for none
of them will soothe the hearts of the people (students).” he
added.
Master Samuel Gyekye Mensah also touched on key areas they expect
the reduction should come from. He made it clear it was unfair for students to
be paying fees which has sharply incensed, which cuts across the fee paying,
parallel and regular students. He continued by saying fees like FIELD TRIP,
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE (ICT) and HEALTH CARE wereoverly charged. FIELD TRIP
experienced a 400 percent increase from GHC 25.00 to GHC100.00 which in most
cases students are not allowed to partake. PRACTICAL FEES Of a huge GHC200.00
was also a newly introduced fee which students are confused about.
In
the cases of the freshers to come, theirs become worse as they are charged HALL
ICT in addition to the TECHNOLOGY SERVICE (ICT)making them pay a some of GHC
270.00 only for ICT while neighbour universities are paying not more than GHC
100.00 .
“This is a serious unfairness and a threat to the students with
future fees that await them.” he voiced out. Every Knust seems to be bitterly
treated in this situation and all they are expecting is a
reduction.
Concluding, KNUST students are signalling a strong RED warning
to the university council to immediately review and reduce the fees. The
university hall and unity hall in this case are ready to settle differences and
fight for this and when the university council fails to response as quick as
possible they should not blame the students for any violent
caused.
Samuel Gyekye Mensah is a third year chemical engineering student
activist hailing from Obuasi and fighting for a right course his keen
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