Member of Parliament for Wassa East constituency, Isaac Agyei Mensah has commended Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for intervening in the impasse involving KNUST authorities and their students.
The Asantehene held talks with stakeholders of the University at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi to find a lasting solution to the current crisis at Ghana’s foremost Science University.
Present at the meeting were members of the dissolved Governing Council, University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU).
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who doubles as the Chancellor of the University intervened to restore calm following a violent demonstration by the students on campus against the authorities.
The protesters staged a massive demonstration to have their concerns addressed by the University authorities.
Their paramount concerns among other decisions taken by the University Governing Council at the behest of the Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso are about the mix of females with males at Katanga hall and other male halls.
After the incident, a 7-member interim Council was set up by government to oversee the affairs of the University but some groups like UTAG, TEWU and Occupy Ghana as well as some political figures have termed the government's action as illegal.
Commenting on the Asantehene meeting with the stakeholders, Hon. Isaac Agyei Mensah believed Otumfuo's intervention has helped to restore peace and ensure that the right steps are taken to resolve the conflict at KNUST.
According to him, the government's establishment of an interim Council was a wrong move because they didn't consult with Otumfuo before taking such decision.
Hon. Agyei Mensah thanked Otumfuo saying "the step he has taken is good. God bless him. This is the mark of great leadership”.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Rose you are sick and really sick! ndc will never come back to power mark my words ! if even the students informed the president and so what? why did the st*pid VC also behave like a tramadol addict? what was the sense in what he did? Otumfuor has up to Friday to reconstitute the council, and the English is reconstitute not reinstate. In any case Prince Edward is in Ghana ndc can consult him for explanation of their English language and his Older brother Prince Charles is also coming so they can help you to understand!
Where has the Otumfour been all this time.As chancellor he should have intervened before the October 22,2018 riots.
Is it true that the Student partitioned the President? and what did He do about it? . Why is every body behaving as if the President didn't know about all that went on before the distraction. Stop covering up for him, that is why he keeps embarrassing himself.
For the first time in my life as a Ghanaian one man called the Ashantihene has made all of us proud. May God bless him. Please someone kindly tell him to keep being honest and he will live long. You have really displayed your authority wisely. You have really shown us there are old men with wisdom in our country today. God richly bless you with long life. For this singular action you have taken, history will forever remember you
you wrote nothing. only using big words of grammar to express your cleverness but no wisdom in what you've written
KNUST SAGA CLEARLY REVEALS HOW FUNNY MANY GHANAIANS COULD BECOME. IT SAD THAT MANY GHANAIANS PAY ATTENTION TO SIDE ISSUES THAN SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS. THEY ACT AND EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS TO WRONG PERSONS, WRONG PLACES AND THE WRONG TIME. THE GOVERNMENT ACTED PROMPTLY TO STOP THE RAMPAGE OF THE KNUST STUDENTS. ALL THE SO CALLED STAKE HOLDERS, FOLDED THEIR ARMS TO LOOK ON HELPLESSLY WHEN THEY WERE NEEDED MOST TO STOP THE SENSELESS ACT. THE EMERGENCY DECISIONS, THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY PERFECT, WAS NECESSARY TO STOP THE CHAOS. JUST AFTER THAT EVERY TOM, HARRY AND DICKKKKK IN GHANA BECAME LAWYERS AND PROMOTERS OF LEGALITY TO CONDEMN THE SAVING INTERVENTION OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS UNGRATEFULNESS AND HYPOCRISY. NO MATTER ONE MIGHT JUDGE, THE GOVERNMENT SHOWED LEADERSHIP TO TAKE A PRECISE PRAGMATIC STEPS TO CONTROL SITUATION AND BROUGHT ORDER. INDEED IT IS THE ORDER CREATED BY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL OTHERS TO EXPRESS WHAT HAS NOW BECOME THEIR RIGHT AS STAKE HOLDERS HENCE THE THE DEMAND OF ALL, RECKLESS STUDENTS, DESPOTIC MANAGEMENTS, DISPASSIONATE EDUCATORS AND HYPOCRITICAL ONLOOKERS TO BECOME ADVOCATES OF THE RULE OF LAW AND INDICATORS FOR ILLEGALITY. IT INGRATITUDE TO APPRECIATE THE THE BOLD AND PRECISE STEPS THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PLAYED TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THE IMPASSE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE RIGHT FOCUS TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AND THE EXTENT OF THE RAMPAGE TO EXPOSE AND REPAIR THE WEAKNESS EXHIBITED BY THE SO CALLED STAKEHOLDERS TO AVOID ANY FURTHER INNACTION TO MAINTAIN A SERENE AND CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY.