Authorities of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have sealed off the back entrance of the school a day after angry students ripped apart the metal gate during a rare demonstration triggered by a major row over new levies.
The damaged metal gate has been re-erected and concrete pavement blocks used to seal off the gate.
Additionally, dozens of security personnel have been deployed on campus and at the sealed entrance which was attacked by angry students yesterday.
The move has triggered a never-before-seen gridlock that has spilled over to nearby road networks, sparking hate-chants against school authorities.
"I have spent more than two hours in traffic because of this senseless decision to close the back gate" one student said while caught up in the gridlock.
"God will punish them," screamed another student, while tooting his horn to fend off a taxi that had crossed his path.
Outraged students boycotted lectures and took to the streets yesterday to protest a new levy which must be paid by students who wish to either enter or leave the elite tertiary institution via the back gate.
Authorities had said they were introducing a 50-cedi GIMPA sticker that will entitle bearers use of the exit, which arguably is the easiest way to avoid the massive vehicular traffic that chokes road networks in the area during the evening rush hour.
But, students have accused management of the school of "extortion," with some describing the new levy as "gargantuan" and "unreasonable" and asked that it be scrapped.
Tensions have been flaring up on campus between management and students of the school after the authorities announced that students re-sitting papers they had failed during end of semester exams must pay 300 cedis per paper.
But tempers boiled over yesterday after a meeting between the Management of the school and the Students Representative Council over the issues ended in a deadlock, prompting angry students to take to the streets to demonstrate.
Meanwhile leadership of the SRC is expected to meet with management of the school later tonight after the Rector of the school, Prof Yaw Agyemang Badu, asked the SRC to return to the negotiating table for talks.
Our correspondent says calm has returned to the school although tension remains high.
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