The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will today meet the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kwasi Obiri-Danso, and other stakeholders to discuss issues concerning the school in recent times.
The crunch meeting is expected to be held at the King's palace.
What was meant to be a peaceful demonstration by students to express their grievances turned violent after some properties including cars and motorbikes worth millions of Ghana cedis were destroyed – this has led to the indefinite closure of the university.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to gather firsthand information about what happened and a possible solution to the issue.
Before Monday’s protest, 10 students and one alumnus were arrested on Friday and later released. This, coupled with the manhandling of some of the students by the school’s private security got the students infuriated, leading to the protest march.
The government, through the Minister of Education, has already met the Vice-Chancellor over the matter and seeking an amicable solution to the matter.
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