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The Senior Minister, Honourable Yaw Osafo-Maafo has on Thursday, November 19, 2020 indicated government's readiness to provide special incentives with reduced interest rates through the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana for private sectors to provide residential accommodation for students of the University. The Minister made the response after the Pro-Vice Chancellor, of KNUST, Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo seeked for government’s support in curbing the problem of inadequate residential facilities for students in his interaction with the Senior Minister. Speaking on their mission to the university, the Minister stated that, the meeting with the university formed part of the stakeholders’ consultations on the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ initiative by the government. Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Pro-Vice Chancellor, KNUST Th Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Owusu-Dabo in his remarks stated that KNUST's contribution towards Ghana Beyond Aid' is to train students with entrepreneurial ...

The NDC  Parliamentary Candidate for Oforikrom Constituency, Hon. Henry Osei-Akoto has lamented over the unending exorbitant hostel prices suffered by students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in his constituency. The Honourable Aspirant and former student of the University stated how hotels owners increase prices outrageously every year to extort students who have no alternative than to resort these same hostels. The Honourable Aspirant in his quest of  unseating the current Member of Parliament of the constituency pledged that a vote for Henry Osei-Akoto is a vote for a push for regulation of KNUST hostel prices and by extension, a general university hostel pricing in Ghana. He further stated that Parliament is the only legally binding institution that exercises oversight on a wide-range of issues. And as an MP for Oforikrom he will send the grievances of these students in his constituency with regards to the exorbitant hostel prices to Parli...

Election is one way populace express how democratic their country is. The exercise paves way for electorates to participate in the process of governance. Election allows citizens to make their own choices and express their views with regards to how a country should be ran. A citizen who is patriotic or has his/her country at heart would definitely engage himself/herself in election to get the best leadership for his or her nation. This is an election year and in not more than three weeks we will be going to the polls, what’s your say? What is in your mind, what are your thoughts? Are you thinking of exercising your franchise or not? If your answer to this, is contrary to the affirmative. Whom do you think should select leaders of this country for you, ruminate on it? Imagine everyone deciding not to vote, how do we get the good leadership we are seeking for. Let’s change our mindsets and notions from the complacency in exercising our franchise and vote to elect the best leaders we have...