Some students of the University of Ghana (UG) have expressed concern about a recent management decision to revoke the residential status of some continuing students at their affiliate halls of residence.
In a press statement, the students described the management decision as “heartless” for deciding to revoke the residential status of continuing students of Mensah Sarbah and Commonwealth halls.
According to the decision of management, all continuing students of the Commonwealth Hall, an all-male hall of residence, and continuing male students of Mensah Sarbah Hall will not return to their halls nor to any of the traditional halls.
“They are to be randomly assigned to available rooms in any of the UGEL and private hostels,” a communique dated December 14, 2022, according to the students said.
This, according to the students, was a management decision to start an In-out-out-out policy as part of measures to handle accommodation problems on campus.
However, to the students, they see it as a ploy by management to break the activism front of students by removing all continuing students from Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls and disintegrating their affiliation to the traditional halls.
“Why does University Management want to rid young level 100 of mentorship, senior course mates advice and the benefits that they enjoyed by having continuing students direct them when they were in the University?
“How does University Management expect Vikings and Vandals to competitively match other halls in terms of sports, SRC activities and even leadership of JCRs when all students in these halls will be level 100s?
“We would want to send a firm notice to University Management, that we will fight for our rights with all tools at our disposal, we would not stand and watch our future and that of other future generations jeopardized because you as management failed!
“We would have a legal battle, and we know they have capriciously crippled the JCR system in both halls making it quite impossible to have leadership to lead the charge. We tell them today that we have seen it but impossible is nothing”, the students stated.
