Government backtracks, calls for new university council

By Francis Kokutse. The government of Ghana has retreated from a recent decision to dissolve the governing council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and replace it with an interim council in the wake of demonstrations by students which resulted in the institution’s closure. In a new statement, the Ministry of Information has requested that the chancellor reconstitute the council in accordance with the university's statutes and laws. More...